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House passes bill codifying same-sex marriage right, with some Republicans joining Democrats
uschools/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to codify the right to same-sex and interracial marriage in the wake of the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v...
Jul 19, 2022
Army likely won't meet recruiting goals this year
Daniel Karmann/picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Army's recruiting challenges this year continue as senior U.S. Army officials acknowledged to Congress on Tuesday that the tot...
Jul 19, 2022
Ocasio-Cortez, other House Democrats arrested in Supreme Court abortion rights protest
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Several House Democrats were arrested on Tuesday while protesting outside the Supreme Court over its decision to overturn constitutional protections for abo...
Jul 19, 2022
Bannon trial live updates: After guilty verdict, Bannon rips Jan. 6 committee members
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Steve Bannon, who served as former President Donald Trump's chief strategist before departing the White House in August 2017, is on trial for defying a subpoena...
Jul 19, 2022
Bill de Blasio drops out of House race, says he's done with electoral politics
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday he’s leaving electoral politics as he dropped out of a race for Congres...
Jul 19, 2022
Jill Biden meets with Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at White House
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- First lady Jill Biden and her Ukrainian counterpart, Olena Zelenska, met at the White House on Tuesday. President Joe Biden was also there on the South Lawn to...
Jul 19, 2022
Secret Service provides Jan. 6 committee single text exchange from that day
400tmax/Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Secret Service has provided a single text exchange to the Department of Homeland Security inspector general investigating the agency's record-keeping, acc...
Jul 19, 2022
Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson tests positive for COVID-19
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, announced Tuesday he has COVID...
Jul 19, 2022
Biden signs executive order on Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that codifies a 2020 law dealing with Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained a...
Jul 19, 2022
Maryland’s gubernatorial primary highlights Trump and Hogan’s proxy battle
adamkaz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With Tuesday’s primary, a contentious race to succeed Maryland's term-limited Gov. Larry Hogan is about to enter its next phase as Republicans seek to hold th...
Jul 19, 2022
