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Despite Trump's claims, experts say there's no 'magic wand' for a president to declassify documents
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump isn't the first White House veteran to claim -- in the midst of a criminal probe looking at their handling of governmen...
Aug 17, 2022
Pence says he'd consider testifying before Jan. 6 committee if asked
Scott Eisen/Getty Images(MANCHESTER, N.H.) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he'd consider testifying before the House Jan. 6 committee if asked, in some of his most specific comments...
Aug 17, 2022
Liz Cheney loses primary as Trump topples his most prominent GOP critic
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is projected to have lost her primary on Tuesday to Donald Trump-backed Harriet Hageman, ABC News reports, after Cheney built her p...
Aug 17, 2022
Sarah Palin projected to advance to the November general election
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is projected to have clinched on Tuesday one of four spots in November’s general election fo...
Aug 17, 2022
Murkowski projected to advance to November general election for US Senate in Alaska
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades/For The Washington Post via Getty Image(NEW YORK) -- Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is projected to have clinched a spot on Tuesday in the general election, ABC News reports, re...
Aug 17, 2022
Who is Harriet Hageman, the Trump-backed candidate who beat Liz Cheney?
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In many ways, Tuesday's GOP primary battle for Wyoming's at-large congressional seat was a war -- by proxy -- between former President Donald Trump and someone he...
Aug 16, 2022
Committee chairs threaten DHS inspector general with subpoena over missing Secret Service texts
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Democratic chairs of the House Homeland Security and House Oversight committees on Tuesday threatened the Department of Homeland Security insp...
Aug 16, 2022
FBI interviews former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and his deputy about Mar-a-Lago documents
Drew Angerer/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone and former deputy White House counsel Pat Philbin have been interviewed by the FBI regarding documents that were...
Aug 16, 2022
First lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 while on vacation with the president and their family, according to her office. Jill B...
Aug 16, 2022
Trump accuses FBI of seizing his passports during raid of Mar-a-Lago
GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Trump claims FBI took his passports during Mar-a-Lago search ABC News confirmed FBI agents seized three of the former president’s passports during...
Aug 16, 2022
