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Lawmakers praise successful downing of suspected Chinese spy balloon while concerns linger
Peter Zay/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The downing of a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon by the U.S. military was met by lawmakers with a mix of praise for the safe and success...
Meredith Deliso, ABC News Feb 05, 2023

171 Republican lawmakers join effort to stop student loan forgiveness program
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One hundred and twenty-eight House Republicans and nearly all Republican senators on Friday filed amicus briefs with the Supreme Court opposin...
Arthur Jones II, ABC News Feb 05, 2023

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu 'definitely thinking about' 2024 presidential run
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu said Sunday that he is considering a run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. "I'm definitely thinking about it and having those con...
Madison Burinsky, ABC News Feb 05, 2023

Buttigieg defends 'extraordinary' economy as polling suggests significant discontent
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- With President Joe Biden preparing to deliver his second State of the Union address on Tuesday, a new ABC News/Washington Post shows many people feel their finances are worseni...
Justin Gomez, ABC News Feb 05, 2023

Rubio says China flew balloon over US to send 'a message': They think America is 'in decline'
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that despite China's claims otherwise, they sent a balloon into the U.S. to send ...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Feb 05, 2023

Democrats approve new primary calendar for 2024
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- The Democratic National Committee near unanimously approved a reconfigured presidential primary calendar rubber-stamped by the White House at the gro...
Brittany Shepherd Feb 04, 2023

Florida schools directed to cover or remove classroom books that are not vetted
Courtesy Don Falls(MANATEE COUNTY, Fla.) -- A new state guidance in Florida is directing school districts to cover up or remove books in classrooms that have not been approved under a law restric...
Tesfaye Negussie and Rahma Ahmed, ABC News Feb 04, 2023

Republicans paint Biden as soft on China as surveillance balloon soars over US
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- As what U.S. officials call a massive surveillance balloon believed to be from China continued to fly over the continental United States, Pres...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Feb 03, 2023

Confidence in police practices drops to a new low: POLL
amphotora/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Americans' confidence in how police are trained and their treatment of Black people both have fallen to new lows in an ABC News/Washington Post poll. Following the ...
Gary Langer Feb 03, 2023

Democrats rally without 'any reservation' around Biden's expected 2024 campaign
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As hundreds of Democrats gather in Philadelphia this weekend for their annual winter meeting, the party is primed to create a smooth on-ramp f...
Isabella Murray and Brittany Shepherd, ABC News Feb 02, 2023
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