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Supreme Court hears gay marriage opponent's challenge to anti-discrimination law
Colorado has long been at the center of debate over LGBTQ rights. A U.S. Supreme Court decision in Romer vs. Evans, 26 years ago, struck down a Colorado amendment prohibiting protections for LGBTQ peo...
Devin Dwyer, Isabella Meneses and Bobby Gehlen, ABC News Dec 05, 2022

Early voting for Georgia Senate runoff shattered records. Why?
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Early turnout in Georgia's fast approaching Senate runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker broke daily voting records three t...
Isabella Murray and Lalee Ibssa, ABC News Dec 05, 2022

Bidens attend Kennedy Center Honors for Gladys Knight, George Clooney, U2, more
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Joe and Jill Biden attended the Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday evening in Washington to celebrate five individuals and groups for their artistic accomplishments. The president...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Dec 04, 2022

Trump's call to suspend Constitution not a 2024 deal-breaker, leading House Republican says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Ohio Rep. Dave Joyce said Sunday that he didn't want to be drawn into commenting on Donald Trump's recent call to suspend the Constitution over baseless claims of 20...
Meghan MacPherson, ABC News Dec 04, 2022

Jeffries downplays chances of ‘compromise’ speaker as McCarthy faces pushback
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Incoming House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York on Sunday played down the chances of his caucus working with Republicans to elect the chamber's next speaker as the...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Dec 04, 2022

Biden denounces antisemitism after Ye's remarks praising Hitler
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday denounced antisemitism and urged other political leaders to do the same. "I just want to make a few things clear: The Hol...
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Georgia breaks early voting record again in Senate runoff
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Georgians swarmed to the polls on the last day of early voting before next week's Senate runoff, setting a new record for single-day early in-person turnout. A...
Lalee Ibssa and Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Dec 03, 2022

Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone testifies before federal grand jury
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two top Trump White House lawyers testified Friday before a federal grand jury investigating the events surrounding the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sour...
Katherine Faulders, John Santucci and Soo Rin Kim, ABC News Dec 02, 2022

Biden signs bill aimed at averting rail strike, says nation avoided 'catastrophe'
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation aimed at averting a nationwide rail strike while acknowledging that workers didn't get everyt...
Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News Dec 02, 2022

E. Jean Carroll says Trump acted outside scope of presidency in allegedly defaming her
Alec Tabak for New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll asked the Washington D.C. Court of Appeals Thursday evening to find that for...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Dec 02, 2022
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