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Justice Department sues Arizona's governor over shipping container border 'wall'
Rebecca Noble/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has sued Arizona's governor over a proposed makeshift wall along the U.S. -- Mexico border as illegal crossing numbers su...
Dec 15, 2022
Free COVID test website will be relaunched by federal government
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Thursday will relaunch its website for ordering free COVID-19 rapid tests. Each household will be able to order four at-home r...
Dec 15, 2022
House approves funding extension to avert government shutdown, buying time for spending deal
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Wednesday approved a short-term measure that extends funding for the federal government for another week, through Dec. 23, buying more time for lawm...
Dec 14, 2022
John Boehner chokes up at Nancy Pelosi's official portrait unveiling
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House speaker Nancy Pelosi's official portrait was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall, marking the first time a madame ...
Dec 14, 2022
Lawmakers propose raising teachers' minimum salaries to $60K to stem 'mass exodus'
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday introduced legislation to raise the national minimum salary for public school teachers to $60,000 -- a proposal that the care...
Dec 14, 2022
Sandy Hook parents reflect on 10th anniversary of mass shooting, work to curb gun violence
ABC News(NEWTOWN, Conn.) -- Nearly a decade after a group of students at Sandy Hook Elementary School and their teachers were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, two Sandy Hook parents said they are still...
Dec 14, 2022
Civil rights icon John Lewis, more to be honored with new USPS stamps
United States Postal Service(WASHINGTON) -- Late Georgia Rep. John Lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement who served in Congress for decades, will be memorialized with a new postage stamp in 2023...
Dec 13, 2022
Former female inmates speak about widespread sexual abuse by prison staff
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such vio...
Dec 13, 2022
What the Respect for Marriage Act does and doesn't do
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Respect for Marriage Act, which will be signed into law on Tuesday by President Joe Biden, is being celebrated as historic by him and lawmakers of both par...
Dec 13, 2022
Jan. 6 select committee announces final public meeting Monday
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Jan. 6 committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told reporters on Tuesday that the panel plans to hold its final public meeting on Monday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. ET ...
Dec 13, 2022
