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Actor Ben Savage is running for Congress to succeed California Rep. Adam Schiff
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Con, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Former "Boy Meets World" star Ben Savage is running for Congress in California's 30th Congressional District, he announced on Mon...
Mar 06, 2023
Sen. Sherrod Brown pushes rail safety bill following another Ohio derailment
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- A Norfolk Southern freight train derailed Saturday in Springfield, Ohio, marking the fourth rail incident in the state in the last couple of months, including the toxic crash in ...
Mar 06, 2023
Trump seeks to delay New York civil fraud case
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is seeking to delay the civil fraud case he faces in New York by several months. This timeframe would push the trial, currently ...
Mar 06, 2023
Ron DeSantis visits Southern California one year away from Super Tuesday
Nick Kerr/ABC News(SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Southern California on Sunday, taking swipes at Gov. Gavin Newsom in his own backyard amid a widening Republican Primary ba...
Mar 06, 2023
Lawmakers renew push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment 100 years later
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 -- and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to...
Mar 05, 2023
Buttigieg pushes back on East Palestine criticism, calls Trump's trip there 'somewhat maddening'
Michael Swensen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailmen...
Mar 05, 2023
Former Gov. Larry Hogan not running for president in 2024
Brian Stukes/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will ...
Mar 05, 2023
East Palestine toxic train derailment shows urgency of passing new safety law, Sen. Brown says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar over exi...
Mar 05, 2023
'It shouldn't take a disaster' for Congress to ensure rail, aviation safety: Sen. Sullivan
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Sunday shared his concerns about recent headline-making safety issues for America's rail and aviation systems, which he said underscored the need fo...
Mar 05, 2023
Biden travels to Selma for anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday'
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images(SELMA, Ala.) -- President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday." There, Biden spoke at the Edmund Pett...
Mar 05, 2023
