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Music industry backs bill to limit use of rap lyrics in federal court amid Young Thug indictment
Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Top music industry leaders, including the Recording Academy, are backing legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday that would limit the use of rap...
Jul 28, 2022
Jan. 6 committee deepens probe into Trump cabinet: Sources
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is working to secure testimony from a growing number of official...
Jul 28, 2022
Paul Whelan's twin brother speaks out on US proposal to secure his release with Brittney Griner
ABC News(NEW YORK) -- The family of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than three years, said they now have "a little bit of hope" after learning that the United Stat...
Jul 28, 2022
Manchin surprisingly announces spending deal with Schumer -- including health care, climate
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a surprise move Wednesday, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced that not only had he reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a major hea...
Jul 27, 2022
Kansas to vote on abortion in primary: What to know
ilbusca/Getty Images(TOPEKA, Kan.) -- When Kansans head to the polls on Aug. 2 to vote in their primary election, they will also decide on a critical ballot measure that could impact the future of abo...
Jul 27, 2022
House Democrats want a new inspector general to lead probe of Secret Service texts
J.Castro/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two leading House Democrats are requesting a government watchdog step away from an investigation into deleted text messages sent by the Secret Service around the t...
Jul 27, 2022
Texas abortion 'trigger' law allowing criminal, civil penalties set to go into effect in August
P A Thompson/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- Texas' "trigger" law, which raises the penalty for performing abortions, is set to go into effect on Aug. 25, after the U.S. Supreme Court formally issued i...
Jul 27, 2022
RNC warning to Trump: If you run for president, we stop paying your legal bills, says official
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Republican leaders who worry that Donald Trump could hurt their midterm chances by announcing a presidential run too soon are hoping he'...
Jul 27, 2022
Bronze statue of Amelia Earhart unveiled in the Capitol
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) – Nancy Pelosi was the guest speaker at the unveiling of a new statue at Statuary Hall of Amelia Earhart, the famous aviator born in Atchison, Kansas i...
Jul 27, 2022
Biden addresses public from Rose Garden after negative COVID tests, ending isolation
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Tuesday night and again Wednesday morning and will end "his strict isolation measures," ac...
Jul 27, 2022
