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DC mayor calls on Biden to end federal work-from-home or create affordable housing
Brian Stukes/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Since the rise of work-from-home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington is among many American cities that have wrestled with vacant office space while...
Jan 02, 2023
House GOP promises to probe COVID-19 origins, ax proxy voting, magnetometers
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the 118th Congress set to begin Tuesday, House Republican leaders are out with their proposed rules for the new legislative session. In what marks a substa...
Jan 02, 2023
First Gen Z member elected to Congress prepares for new job on Capitol Hill
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The 118th Congress will see a number of historic "firsts" -- the first woman and LGBTQ representative from Vermont, the first Latina representatives from Oregon and the first m...
Jan 01, 2023
Jan. 6 'disqualifies' Trump from GOP presidential nomination, Asa Hutchinson says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Arkansas' Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday that the pro-Trump Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection on Capitol Hill "disqualifies" Donald Trump from winning the 2024 GOP nominat...
Jan 01, 2023
House Republicans prepare to counter Democrats' priorities with new bills
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republican Whip Steve Scalise sent a letter to his colleagues Friday outlining the party's legislative agenda once it takes over the chamber in the new ye...
Dec 30, 2022
President Biden grants full pardons to six people
Official White House Photo by Erin Scott(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Friday announced six full pardons granted by President Joe Biden. "Today, President Biden is granting six full pardons for in...
Dec 30, 2022
Six years of Trump tax documents released by House Ways and Means Committee
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Friday publicly released documents related to former President Donald Trump's tax returns...
Dec 30, 2022
More parts of George Santos' background contradict, including details of mom's death
Wade Vandervort/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More discrepancies are emerging about New York Rep.-elect George Santos' background, adding to a growing list of fabrications and exaggerations that...
Dec 30, 2022
Biden signs $1.7T government spending bill, ensuring funding for most of 2023
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden Thursday signed the omnibus spending bill into law while on vacation, extending funding for the government into next year. Biden, on vacatio...
Dec 29, 2022
Arizona recount shows Democrat Kris Mayes beat Republican Abe Hamadeh
Christian Petersen/Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona's attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 vot...
Dec 29, 2022
