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Hunter Biden retains top defense lawyer ahead of expected GOP probes
Kris Connor/WireImage/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of an expected deluge of Republican probes, Hunter Biden has retained high-powered defense lawyer Abbe Lowell to help navigate congressional ove...
Dec 21, 2022
Trump tax release puts spotlight back on years of controversy over his finances
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines on Tuesday to release information from former President Donald Trump's tax returns covering 2015-2020....
Dec 21, 2022
Zelenskyy’s trip to Washington being treated as 'mini-state visit," sources say
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's trip to Washington is being treated as a mini state visit – one with extraordinary security impli...
Dec 21, 2022
Trump's tax returns show he paid no taxes in 2020, committee says
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make public some documents related to former President Donald Tr...
Dec 20, 2022
US to send Ukraine Patriot missile systems and precision-guided bomb technology
Glowimages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is expected to announce on Wednesday that it will provide Ukraine with Patriot missile defense systems and precision bomb kits that will turn dumb bombs...
Dec 20, 2022
$45 billion in Ukraine aid included in must-pass $1.7 trillion government funding bill
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate leaders on Tuesday scrambled to beat a midnight Friday deadline to avoid a government shutdown after negotiators early Tuesday unveiled the text of ...
Dec 20, 2022
In historic address, Ukraine's Zelenskyy tells Congress: 'We are united ... the entire free world'
Celal Günes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a dramatic visit to Washington Wednesday -- his first known trip outside Ukraine ...
Dec 20, 2022
Kari Lake election lawsuit will go to trial after judge dismisses most claims
Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PHOENIX) -- Republican Kari Lake's election lawsuit will go to trial this week after an Arizona judge dismissed most -- but not all -- counts she put forward cont...
Dec 20, 2022
Top incoming House GOP investigators say they have little interest in probing Jan. 6
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans gear up to retake power in the House next year, incoming chairs of the two top investigative committees in the House of Representatives have roll...
Dec 20, 2022
Jan. 6 committee makes criminal referrals: Key takeaways and what's next
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee's 18-month-long investigation into the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, came to a dramatic close Monday when members voted unanimously...
Dec 19, 2022
