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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
Biden administration working on more fixes to Trump border wall construction
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it will work to close gaps in the physical barriers along the southwest border and fix environment...
Dec 13, 2022
Biden signs historic same-sex marriage bill at White House
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Thousands of people gathered on the White Hous...
Dec 13, 2022
Biden marks holidays with Toys for Tots event
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sorted gifts at a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday to ce...
Dec 13, 2022
Manchin has 'no intention' of switching to be independent but suggests that could change
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday left the door open to one day becoming an independent, three days after Arizona colleague Kyrsten Sinema announc...
Dec 13, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 Capitol attack 'would've been armed' if she ran it
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event in New York over the weekend that if she had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. C...
Dec 12, 2022
Diplomat who brought Brittney Griner home tells Paul Whelan: 'We haven't forgotten you'
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, the official who brought Brittney Griner back to the U.S., told ABC News' Good Morning America on Monday that ...
Dec 12, 2022
Griner 'in very good spirits' but US isn't doing 'backflips' over freeing Russian arms dealer: Kirby
Abbie Parr/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Brittney Griner is doing well while recovering in Texas after being freed from Russian detention and returning to the U.S. last week, White House National Securi...
Dec 11, 2022
Rep. Kinzinger welcomes Griner's release but worries prisoner swap could encourage more hostage-taking
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday celebrated the release of Brittney Griner from Russia but said he was worried about the future "ramifications" from prisoner swaps like the one th...
Dec 11, 2022
Jill Biden, Fauci urge seniors to get COVID booster before holidays: 'Don't wait'
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Friday urged older Americans to get their bivalent COVID-19 shots now in order to be protected in time for the holiday season. "These m...
Dec 09, 2022
