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Biden insists prisoner swap was 'not a choice' between Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(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" b...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

House poised to pass bill protecting same-sex, interracial marriage
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Thursday is set to pass a bill to codify federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, bringing the landmark legislat...
Lauren Peller, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

Democratic report details government’s COVID failings: Suffering was 'not inevitable'
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- More people died and more Americans lost trust in their institutions as a result of the federal government's decisions made in the early d...
Sasha Pezenik, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

Some Uvalde, Sandy Hook families join Biden, Pelosi at vigil for victims of gun violence
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Just days before the 10th anniversary of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting, and six months after a similar massacre in Uvalde, Texas,...
Kate Holland, Hannah Prince and Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

Florida lawmaker behind 'Don't Say Gay' bill indicted on wire fraud, money laundering charges
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Florida state representative behind the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics, announced his resignation after he was...
Alexander Mallin and Meredith Deliso, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

Doug Emhoff addresses 'rapid rise' in antisemitism with White House roundtable
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff hosted a roundtable at the White House on Wednesday about antisemitism, saying he was compelled to use his "microphone" to add...
Brittany Gaddy and Oren Oppenheim, ABC News Dec 08, 2022

Jan. 6 committee report will be released Dec. 21, Thompson says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said Wednesday that the panel's long-awaited report wil...
Katherine Faulders and Lauren Peller, ABC News Dec 07, 2022

After suicides, lawmakers push for mental health resources for border agents
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Republicans plan to aggressively challenge President Biden's border and immigration policies in the House next year, one border-district Republican is drawing...
Benjamin Siegel and Lauren Peller, ABC News Dec 07, 2022

Nine million people got incorrect email about 'approved' student loan forgiveness
jayk7/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Department of Education on Monday sent an email to some 9 million federal student loan borrowers correcting an erroneous announcement sent three weeks ago about the...
Cheyenne Haslett, ABC News Dec 07, 2022

Trump's team recovered more classified documents in search of storage unit
EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump had an outside team conduct a deeper search for any government documents at four properties which turned up at lea...
Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, and John Santucci, ABC News Dec 07, 2022
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