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Who is going to debate in key midterm races in battleground states
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the primaries nearly all finished, it will soon be time for the general election debates -- except there may not be all that many debates to tune into. ...
Aug 30, 2022
Feds' free COVID-19 test program to halt this week due to lack of funding
Bloomberg via Getty Images/FILE(WASHINGTON) -- With COVID-19 funding drying up and no fresh cash infusion from Congress, the Biden administration says it will suspend its offer of free at-home rapid t...
Aug 29, 2022
Most relatives of deadly Kabul drone strike victims still not in US as promised
Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- One year after a deadly U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians, including seven children, 133 family members and co-workers of the Af...
Aug 29, 2022
TSA rolls out new program at LAX to better detect drones around airports
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- After drone sightings and even reports of a man flying in a jetpack around Los Angeles International Airport, the federal government is rolling o...
Aug 29, 2022
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Monday said its team tasked with identifying potential attorney-client privileged materials that were seized in the search of former Pr...
Aug 29, 2022
Sanders pushes back on 'Republicans squawking' over Biden's student loan forgiveness plan
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness plan unfair -- with Sanders arguing the GOP turned a ...
Aug 28, 2022
Trump should have returned documents, but Congress has questions for investigators: Sen. Blunt
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., conceded on Sunday that former President Donald Trump should have returned the sensitive and classified documents that the government says he took home w...
Aug 28, 2022
US diplomat struck and killed by flatbed truck while riding bike
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK(BETHESDA, Md.) -- A State Department employee was killed this week while riding her bike in Maryland. The Montgomery County Police Department confirmed Sarah Joan...
Aug 27, 2022
Americans can start applying for student loan relief in October, White House says
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Americans who qualify for the student loan relief President Joe Biden announced Wednesday can apply starting in early October, the White House said...
Aug 26, 2022
Biden's loan forgiveness plan to heavily impact Black borrowers
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's plans to cancel student loans will particularly impact Black Americans, who carry much of the burden of student loan debt. "The burden is es...
Aug 26, 2022
