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Wisconsin governor calls special session to repeal 1849-era abortion ban
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MADISON, Wisc.) -- Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced Wednesday that he is calling a special session of the state legislature in his latest attempt to repeal a...
Sep 21, 2022
Appeals court grants DOJ's request for partial stay of judge's ruling on Trump special master
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A panel of judges on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has granted a request from the Justice Department to stay portions of a ruling b...
Sep 21, 2022
Ginni Thomas to speak with Jan. 6 committee, claims 'misconceptions' about her role in 2020 election
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has agreed to voluntarily speak with the House Jan. 6 committee, according to her lawyer. "I c...
Sep 21, 2022
House passes election reform bill to curb future interference; 9 Republicans join Democrats
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Wednesday approved a post-Jan. 6 election reform bill intended to blunt future challenges to presidential elections. The Presidential Election Ref...
Sep 21, 2022
GOP lawmakers seek to codify Trump's Iran sanctions amid ongoing nuclear talks
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new bill from a pair of Republican lawmakers would prevent the Biden administration from lifting key sanctions on Iran over the country's alleged support of ef...
Sep 21, 2022
Biden calls for more UN support for Ukraine, rebukes Putin for new threats
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast the defining conflict facing global leaders as a duel between democrac...
Sep 21, 2022
UN chief warns of 'colossal global dysfunction' but urges world to unite on sweeping solutions
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As global leaders descend on New York City for the annual U.N. General Assembly, the body's Secretary-General António Guterres is...
Sep 20, 2022
Veteran suicide rate is lowest in years, VA says, but advocates worry that's an undercount
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The number of suicides among military veterans dropped to its lowest rate in over a decade, according to a report released Monday by the Depar...
Sep 20, 2022
People under felony indictment can't be barred from purchasing guns, judge rules
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Banning someone from buying a gun while under felony indictment goes against their Second Amendment right to bear arms, a federal judge in Texas rul...
Sep 20, 2022
House Jan. 6 committee chairman confirms date for the likely final hearing
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill will hold another hearing next week, the group's chairman said Tuesday, suggesti...
Sep 20, 2022
