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Kansas secretary of state discusses state's abortion amendment vote
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab spoke with ABC News Live Monday ahead of the state's anticipated primary election, which includes a referendum on abortion laws. Voters on ...
ABC News Aug 02, 2022

Senate could soon pass burn pit bill for veterans' health, after GOP complaints over Dem spending
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senators are hopeful that within days they'll again approve a bill that would offer millions of veterans expanded health care and disability payments for illne...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Biden announces killing of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul: 'Justice has been delivered'
Jim Watson/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Monday that the U.S. had killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, over t...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

China could take 'military provocations' tied to a Pelosi visit to Taiwan, White House says
ABC(WASHINGTON) -- The White House said Monday that China was seemingly laying the groundwork to carry out "military provocations" in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's potential visit to Taiwan...
Ben Gittleson, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Lindsey Graham adds Trump's former White House counsel as he battles Georgia subpoena
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Amid an ongoing legal battle over the 2020 election probe in Georgia, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has added former President Donal...
Olivia Rubin and Katherine Faulders, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in drone strike in Afghanistan: Source
Glowimages/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The leader of al-Qaeda, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was killed in a drone strike in Kabul over the weekend, ABC News can confirm through sources fam...
Luis Martinez and Ben Gittleson, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Biden still in isolation, feeling 'well,' but continues to test positive in rebound COVID case
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden "continues to feel well" and is still in isolation after experiencing a rebound case of COVID-19, according to a letter fr...
Tal Axelrod, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Kansas abortion amendment vote seen as a bellwether for post-Roe era
ABC News(WICHITA, Kan.) -- On Tuesday, for the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters will weigh in directly on abortion in what both sides call a bellwether for the issue i...
Devin Dwyer, Sarah Herndon, Isabella Meneses and Nathan Luna, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

First Capitol rioter to stand trial faces sentencing
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The first man to stand trial for his role in last year's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol will be sentenced on Monday in federal court in Washington, D.C. Gu...
Alexander Mallin, Quinn Owen and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Aug 01, 2022

Democrats' health and climate deal 'may be disinflationary by causing a recession,' Sen. Cassidy argues
Kelly Livingston, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- As Senate Democrats push a major economic, health and environmental proposal, "much of what they're saying about this bill is just not true," Sen. Bill Cassid...
Kelly Livingston, ABC News Jul 31, 2022
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