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House Judiciary chair subpoenas former prosecutor on Trump's criminal case
William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans on Thursday took the next step in their probe of the Manhattan district attorney's yearslong investigation of former President ...
Apr 06, 2023
White House continues with 'EGGucation' theme for 2023 Easter Egg Roll
jean meyntjens via Getty Images(WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- The Easter Egg Roll returns to the White House on Monday, with first lady Jill Biden continuing her theme of "EGGucation." For the second year in a...
Apr 06, 2023
Idaho governor signs 'abortion trafficking' bill into law, 1st of its kind
Mark Miller Photos/Getty Images(BOISE, Idaho) -- Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law on Wednesday that makes it illegal for an adult to help a minor get an abortion across state lines withou...
Apr 06, 2023
Clarence Thomas reportedly received years of gifts from GOP donor, stirring new ethics scandal
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Thursday report that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted luxury travel and hospitality perks from a billionaire Republican donor was met with bo...
Apr 06, 2023
What the US could do about Social Security to avoid the same fate as France
Ibrahim Ezzat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With strikes raging throughout France in response to a push to raise the nation's retirement age, government officials across the Atlantic ...
Apr 06, 2023
Who were the Tennessee Democratic lawmakers at the center of expulsion?
Seth Herald/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- The Republican-led Tennessee House of Representatives held a hearing to vote to expel three Democratic members on Thursday over their involvement in ...
Apr 06, 2023
Supreme Court refuses to reinstate West Virginia ban on transgender student sports participation
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has denied West Virginia's request to immediately reinstate a law that would ban transgender student-athletes from participating in ...
Apr 06, 2023
'Undemocratic': Tennessee legislature expels two lawmakers over gun violence protest
ilbusca/Getty Images(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) -- Two Democratic lawmakers have been ousted from the Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives and one was allowed to stay in what marks th...
Apr 06, 2023
Biden administration will share reports on Afghanistan withdrawal with Congress, official says
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon and State Department have shared with Congress their after-action reports on the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House anno...
Apr 06, 2023
Judge in Trump's criminal case has received dozens of threats, police sources say
Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump has received dozens of threats in recent days, police sources told AB...
Apr 06, 2023
