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Lawmakers bash Southwest over flight cancellations
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Lawmakers are hammering Southwest Airlines over its spate of flight cancellations in recent days after a cold front blew in freezing tempera...
Dec 27, 2022
NY Rep.-elect George Santos now says he lied about college and his career
David Becker for the Washington Post(NEW YORK) -- New York Rep.-elect George Santos did, as promised, share some of his story on Monday in an interview with The New York Post, admitting that he lied a...
Dec 27, 2022
Trump's tax returns expected to be released on Friday, sources say
Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Ways and Means Committee is expected on Friday to release six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns, from 2...
Dec 27, 2022
Greg Abbott pushes back on criticism after busing migrants to VP's home on freezing Christmas Eve
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday pushed back against the White House's sharp criticism of him busing more migrants to Washington, D.C., over t...
Dec 27, 2022
White House condemns 'stunt' of busing migrants in freezing Christmas Eve weather
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Sunday blamed a politically motivated "stunt" for migrants being bused in subfreezing temperatures to Washington, D.C., the night befo...
Dec 26, 2022
Record number of migrants crossed southern border in November: CBP
John Moore/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- There were 233,740 migrants apprehended along the U.S. southern border in November, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection- a 1% increase from Octobe...
Dec 24, 2022
Trump attacks Jan. 6 report, claiming it 'did not produce a single shred of evidence'
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump responded publicly Friday night to the final report released by the House Jan. 6 committee, attacking the committee and refuting...
Dec 24, 2022
House passes $1.7T spending bill, sending measure to Biden, averting shutdown
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Friday passed a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the government from running out of money at midnight and send an additional $45...
Dec 23, 2022
House Jan. 6 committee releases final report on Capitol attack
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After nine public hearings and interviews with hundreds of witnesses, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol r...
Dec 23, 2022
6 months after overturning of Roe v. Wade, what abortion access looks like in America
joe daniel price/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The abortion landscape of the United States has changed dramatically since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court six months ago. The decision to ...
Dec 22, 2022
