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After Republicans escalate migrant busing scheme, White House condemns 'chaos'
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden White House on Thursday condemned Republican governors who this week escalated their strategy of busing -- and now flying -- migrants to Democratic ci...
Sep 15, 2022
NYC again rejects council members' calls to terminate Trump golf license
Mike Stobe/LIV Golf/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The New York City Parks Department has again rejected calls by members of the city council to terminate the Trump Organization's license to operate a city...
Sep 15, 2022
President Biden to meet with Griner, Whelan families Friday
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will meet Friday at the White House with the families of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, two American citizens who remain detained in R...
Sep 15, 2022
A pro-abortion access Miss America roils North Dakota House race with independent bid
Donald Kravitz/Getty Images(BISMARCK, ND) -- In November, there won't be a Democrat running against incumbent GOP Rep. Kelly Armstrong for North Dakota's sole congressional seat. The former nomin...
Sep 15, 2022
Biden touts tentative railroad deal as a 'big win for America'
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday took a political victory lap after railway companies and unions reached a tentative labor agreement overnight ...
Sep 15, 2022
Same-sex marriage foe appeals to SCOTUS over anti-discrimination law
Grant Faint/Getty Images(DENVER) -- Four years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled narrowly in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, the justices are preparing ...
Sep 15, 2022
GOP hopefuls, lawmakers splinter over Lindsey Graham's proposed abortion ban
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposal this week of a 15-week national abortion ban -- with limited exceptions -- has drawn mixed reaction f...
Sep 15, 2022
Senators press Biden administration on 'unacceptable' monkeypox response; officials defend their work
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At a congressional hearing on Wednesday with the nation's leading public health officials, senators on both sides of the aisle criticized the Biden ad...
Sep 15, 2022
Late Rep. Elijah Cummings' official portrait unveiled at the Capitol
Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With his widow and former colleagues looking on, the late Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings had his official portrait unveiled Wednesday at the U.S. Ca...
Sep 15, 2022
As railroad strike grows closer, congressional Dems hope for compromise -- and not to have to act
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As freight railroad carriers and a coalition of unions representing their workers move ever closer to a potential strike, a clash has erupted in Congress over wh...
Sep 14, 2022
