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'Steele dossier' 'collector' found not guilty on all counts
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(ALEXANDRIA, Va.) -- A federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, delivered a verdict of not guilty on all four counts against Igor Danchenko, the Russian national accused o...
Oct 19, 2022
Biden to promise quick action on codifying Roe if Democrats keep control of Congress
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is stepping up efforts to make abortion rights a major focus for Democrats as the midterm election cycle enters its final ...
Oct 18, 2022
Trump Organization charged Secret Service $1.4M to stay at his properties, committee says
400tmax/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Trump Organization on some occasions charged the Secret Service more than five times the government rate to stay at Donald Trump-owned properties while the agen...
Oct 18, 2022
Debating once again, Kemp and Abrams paint drastically different pictures of Georgia
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams faced off on Monday, laying out drastically different views of the state ahead of t...
Oct 18, 2022
With Trump subpoena likely this week, what's next for the Jan. 6 committee?
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a dramatic end to what might be its last public hearing, the Jan. 6 committee took the historic step to vote to subpoena Donald Trump. The subpoena will like...
Oct 17, 2022
Biden officially launches student loan forgiveness application
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Monday officially launched the application for student loan relief, after the test version of the site went live this weekend -- a long-awa...
Oct 17, 2022
Early vote count surpasses ordinary midterm turnout
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More than 2 million people have already voted in the 2022 general election, according to data analyzed by the University of Florida's U.S. Elections Pr...
Oct 17, 2022
White House blasts what it calls Trump's 'antisemitic' comments
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Monday blasted former President Donald Trump for a weekend post on his social media platform telling American Jews to "get their act together...
Oct 17, 2022
DOJ seeks six months in prison, $200K fine for Steven Bannon over contempt conviction
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, adviser to former President Donald Trump, to six months in prison and make him pay a $...
Oct 17, 2022
Whistleblower complaint claims Trump media company committed 'fraudulent misrepresentations'
Mario Tama/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former executive has claimed to the government that Donald Trump's eponymous media company -- which sources say is under federal investigation -- committed "fr...
Oct 17, 2022
