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Florida Senate approves bill to give DeSantis control of Disney special district
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida lawmakers on Friday approved a bill that would give Gov. Ron DeSantis the ability to appoint a board to run Disney's Reedy Creek Improvement District ...
Feb 10, 2023
California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee to announce Senate run by end of month
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- California Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee plans to formally announce she's running for Senate by the end of the month, ABC News confirmed Friday. ...
Feb 10, 2023
FBI searches former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home in classified documents probe
RYAN M. KELLY/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The FBI is conducting a consensual search of former Vice President Mike Pence's home in Indiana Friday following the discovery of documents with class...
Feb 10, 2023
US believes Chinese surveillance balloon payload located, official says
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. official said Friday it's believed the undercarriage of the Chinese spy balloon shot down Saturday -- where the surveillance equipment a...
Feb 10, 2023
White House communications director Kate Bedingfield stepping down
Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- White House communications director Kate Bedingfield is departing the administration at the end of this month -- halfway into President Joe Biden's te...
Feb 10, 2023
Santos, already raising funds for 2024, is asked by FEC to clarify if he's running for reelection
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Federal Election Commission is asking embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., to clarify by March 14 if he's running again in 2024, according to a letter sent b...
Feb 10, 2023
Government 'weaponization' subcommittee holds 1st hearing: 'I have never seen anything like this'
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At the first public hearing by the House Judiciary subcommittee committee on the alleged "weaponization" of the federal government, Republicans on Thursday...
Feb 09, 2023
House votes to block 2 DC bills, drawing some local outrage and calls for statehood
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After months of contention which began shortly after the midterm elections, the House, led by the Republican majority, voted Thursday to prevent a pair of local Wa...
Feb 09, 2023
Mike Pence subpoenaed by special counsel overseeing Trump probes: Sources
Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New York Times(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence has been subpoenaed by the special counsel overseeing probes into former President Donald Trump, accor...
Feb 09, 2023
US sanctions alleged Russian ransomware hackers known as Trickbot
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. governmen...
Feb 09, 2023
