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Blinken meets family of slain Al Jazeera journalist
Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the family of slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Tuesday amid renewed deman...
Jul 27, 2022
Biden and Trump seem set for 2024 rematch -- why do their bases say they want anyone else?
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI,JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Joe Biden and Donald Trump have been headed for another face-off since the day Trump lost to Biden in 2020 -- but voters say they are ...
Jul 27, 2022
Trump evades question on Saudi-backed golf event at his NJ club
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump said he can "understand the feelings" but doesn't grasp the position of the grieving families of ...
Jul 26, 2022
House sergeant-at-arms will pay thousands for lawmakers' home security
Tim Graham/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- Starting next month, the House sergeant-at-arms' office will cover the cost of installing and maintaining security equipment at the residences of member la...
Jul 26, 2022
Rep. Carolyn Maloney speaks on gun control efforts
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- In advance of an oversight committee hearing with AR-15 manufacturers on their role in the gun violence epidemic on Wednesday, committee chair Rep. Caro...
Jul 26, 2022
Indiana's restrictive abortion bill advances despite protests
VisionsofAmerica/Joe Sohm/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.) -- Indiana lawmakers advanced a bill Tuesday that would ban nearly all abortions in the state. The 7-5 vote by the Indiana Senate Rules and L...
Jul 26, 2022
Pence swipes at Trump's 'focus' as he details his own agenda for the country
Nathan Howard/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In another break from his one-time boss, former Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday in Washington that while he and Donald Trump may not differ on conserva...
Jul 26, 2022
Georgia governor provides testimony in Fulton County election probe: Report
LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has provided testimony to the grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 202...
Jul 26, 2022
GOP congressman votes against same-sex marriage bill then attends gay son's wedding
Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., confirmed that he attended his gay son's wedding on Friday -- just days after voting against a bill that would codify ...
Jul 26, 2022
House Jan. 6 committee in discussions with Mike Pompeo for testimony, sources say
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is in active discussions with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for h...
Jul 26, 2022
