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Was crime as bad as it was portrayed ahead of the midterm elections?
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Crime, and the fear Americans have of it, has proven to be a popular talking point for election cycles and the 2022 midterm elections were no different. ...
Nov 18, 2022
Why Philadelphia's district attorney was impeached by Pennsylvania's Republican-led House
Mark Makela/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- Pennsylvania's Republican-led State House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over what they allege is his lax approa...
Nov 17, 2022
Jan. 6 committee pushes back after Pence says he won't testify
John Lamparski/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence said this week that he's not going to testify before the House Jan. 6 committee, claiming that doing so would violate the se...
Nov 17, 2022
Republicans say they'll push ahead with Hunter Biden probe despite some warnings from within
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congressional Republicans say they're poised to push ahead with an investigation into President Joe Biden's family, including his son Hunter, in the coming sessio...
Nov 17, 2022
Warnock works to ensure turnout in Georgia Senate runoff by expanding ground game
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Raphael Warnock's campaign is expanding its field organizing program, offering a look into the areas his team is focusing on ahead of the Dec. 6 ru...
Nov 17, 2022
Pelosi stepping down from House Democratic leadership
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is stepping down from House Democratic leadership but will remain in Congress. Pelosi, 82, made the announ...
Nov 17, 2022
Abbott exhorts Biden to help curb immigration at the border, claiming it's an 'invasion'
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to Joe Biden on Wednesday urging the president to, as Abbott described it, carry out his constitutional obligations to pro...
Nov 17, 2022
Karen Bass projected to make history as LA's first female mayor
Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- California Rep. Karen Bass is projected to win her campaign to become Los Angeles' mayor, ABC News reports. Bass will be the first woman ...
Nov 17, 2022
Transgender health care, community targeted in new slate of Texas bills
Miguel Sotomayor/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The Texas legislature has recently introduced anti-transgender bills during Transgender Awareness Week as lawmakers prepare for the 2023 legislative ses...
Nov 17, 2022
GOP projected to retake control of the House in key win after Democrats held Senate
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans are projected to retake control of the House in the midterm elections, breaking Democrats' unified control of the federal government, ABC News repor...
Nov 16, 2022
