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Jan. 6 committee expects more information soon from Secret Service amid deleted Jan. 6 messages
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Ahead of Thursday's hearing by the House's Jan. 6 committee, investigators anticipate receiving more information from the Secret Service "to get the full picture" of what occur...
Jul 17, 2022
Biden pledges U.S. won't 'walk away' from Middle East
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) -- President Joe Biden wrapped up his first trip to the Middle East on Saturday by pledging that the United States will continue to be an engag...
Jul 16, 2022
Biden is weighing a public health emergency over abortion, but experts are skeptical
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has said he is looking into declaring a public health emergency over abortion, nearly a month after the Supreme Court majority vote...
Jul 16, 2022
Case of 10-year-old rape victim challenges anti-abortion rights movement
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a House hearing on Capitol Hill this week, an anti-abortion rights advocate said ending a pregnancy isn't an abortion when it involves a 10-year-old...
Jul 16, 2022
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over deleted texts
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced on Friday that it had issued a subpoena for records from the United...
Jul 16, 2022
DHS inspector general meets with Jan. 6 committee about deleted Secret Service texts
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security inspector general met with members of the Jan. 6 committee behind closed doors on Friday amid revelations about de...
Jul 15, 2022
Manchin appears to sink Biden agenda on climate and tax reform
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Joe Manchin appears to have torpedoed a cornerstone of President Joe Biden's economic agenda, telling Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday...
Jul 15, 2022
GOP's Cornyn pushes Biden on whether PGA Tour probe tied to Saudi visit
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn wrote to President Joe Biden on Thursday raising questions about the timing of the Justice Department's antitrust probe into ...
Jul 15, 2022
House passes bills to codify Roe, protect interstate travel for abortion
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House of Representatives on Friday passed two measures to restore abortion rights after the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v....
Jul 15, 2022
Secret Service deleted texts from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after watchdog sought records
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Secret Service deleted text messages from Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, after an internal watchdog requested them as part of a review of th...
Jul 15, 2022
