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What Kyrsten Sinema's party switch means for Senate Democrats
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats had barely a few days to enjoy their 51-seat majority in the Senate until Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced Friday morning she wa...
Dec 09, 2022
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaving Democratic Party
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Friday made a bombshell announcement that she is leaving the Democratic Party and will be registering as a political independ...
Dec 09, 2022
First Gen Zer elected to Congress details his trouble getting an apartment in DC
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As another Gen Zer, Olivia Rodrigo, famously said, "God, it's brutal out here" -- including for Washington, D.C.'s newest, younges...
Dec 08, 2022
What Warnock's runoff win means for his future and Georgia as a battleground state
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Raphael Warnock's reelection in Georgia's runoff on Tuesday clinched a 51st seat for his party, cemented battleground status for his h...
Dec 08, 2022
Special counsel subpoenas secretaries of state in Michigan, Arizona
NurPhoto/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Jack Smith, the special counsel investigating efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, has sent additional grand jury subpoenas to the secretary of st...
Dec 08, 2022
'We want Paul home': Family of former Marine held in Russia speaks out after Griner's release
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In celebrating WNBA star Brittney Griner's release, President Joe Biden made a point on Thursday to say the prisoner swap was "not a choice"...
Dec 08, 2022
DOJ asks federal judge to hold Trump team in contempt over classified documents
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Justice has urged a federal judge in Washington, D.C., to hold former President Trump’s team in contempt of court for failing to comply f...
Dec 08, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez under ethics investigation
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, its acting chairwoman and active ranking member said in...
Dec 08, 2022
Brittney Griner release: How the White House says it happened
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Thursday disclosed additional details about how President Joe Biden and administration officials were able to secure WNBA s...
Dec 08, 2022
House passes historic marriage equality bill
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Thursday passed a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, which now goes to President Joe Biden's desk for his sig...
Dec 08, 2022
