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Government shutdown likely avoided after Sen. Manchin reverses course on energy permitting
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An about-face from Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday evening helped to set the Senate on an unexpected glide path to averting a Friday night shutd...
Sep 28, 2022
Jan. 6 committee postpones hearing because of Hurricane Ian
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Jan. 6 committee scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed because of Hurricane Ian. The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida at about the s...
Sep 27, 2022
South Carolina House rejects bill to ban abortions with few exceptions
The State/Getty Images(COLUMBIA, SC) -- The South Carolina House rejected a bill Tuesday that would've banned nearly all abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected. The proposed ban would have...
Sep 27, 2022
How Arizona's abortion ban may affect the midterms
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Arizona court ruling on Friday upholding the state's 1901 law banning abortions is rattling voters and elected officials. The law provides no exceptions fo...
Sep 27, 2022
Biden's student loan forgiveness will cost $400B, new estimate says, as White House pushes back
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness plan will cost $400 billion over 10 years, according to a revised estimate this week...
Sep 26, 2022
Biden and DeSantis haven't spoken directly as Hurricane Ian bears down on Florida
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of Hurricane Ian's expected landfall in Florida, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Monday that President J...
Sep 26, 2022
McConnell calls Democrat Kyrsten Sinema 'the most effective first-term senator'
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on Monday doubled down on her controversial support for the filibuster and displayed her unconventional friendship with Sen...
Sep 26, 2022
Senate stumbles toward government shutdown with impasse over energy policy
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congress has just three legislative days remaining to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown at the end of the week, and much of its ability to keep the g...
Sep 26, 2022
Biden to propose new rule requiring airlines to disclose extra fees upfront
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Monday is expected to announce a new proposed rule that would allow fliers to see the total cost of an airline ticket, ...
Sep 26, 2022
Next Jan. 6 hearing may be 'more sweeping,' Schiff says, as committee weighs criminal referral
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of what could be their final investigative hearing, scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, members of the House Jan. 6 committee on Sunday...
Sep 26, 2022
