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Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield held in contempt for not turning over Trump documents
GC Images/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business rela...
Jul 06, 2022
Former White House lawyer Pat Cipollone agrees to transcribed interview with Jan. 6 committee: Sources
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone has reached a deal with the Jan. 6 committee to testify in a transcribed interview Friday, according to sources familiar ...
Jul 06, 2022
Kamala Harris makes unscheduled trip to Highland Park after parade shooting: 'We should stand together'
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images(HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) -- Vice President Kamala Harris made a previously unscheduled trip on Tuesday night to Highland Park, Illinois -- the site of a deadly mass ...
Jul 06, 2022
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs sweeping gun bills into law
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(TRENTON, N.J.) -- New Jersey Gov. Philip Murphy signed new gun legislation into law on Tuesday, making it harder for residents in the state to get ...
Jul 05, 2022
Dems stress message discipline on abortion ahead of midterms, while GOP hopes to avoid blunders
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence(WASHINGTON) -- Democrats are working to ensure their incumbents and midterm candidates maintain message discipline around a simple pitch to the public on abortio...
Jul 05, 2022
White House says Biden read Brittney Griner's letter from Russia, won't say if he'll meet her family
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As WNBA star Brittney Griner appeals to Joe Biden for help in getting released from Russian custody, her case is a "top priority" for the president, according t...
Jul 05, 2022
Justice Department sues Arizona for requiring proof of citizenship to vote in presidential elections
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has filed suit against Arizona challenging its recently enacted voting law that requires proof of citizenship in order to vote in presiden...
Jul 05, 2022
House's Jan. 6 committee announces next hearing date; expected to focus on who was in Capitol mob
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House's Jan. 6 committee announces next hearing date; expected to focus on who was in Capitol mob Tal Axelrod and Adam Carlson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Hous...
Jul 05, 2022
Fulton County subpoenas Rudy Giuliani, Lindsey Graham in probe into election interference
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) -- The Fulton County special grand jury investigating possible criminal interference in Georgia's 2020 elections has issued subpoenas for Rudy Giuliani, ...
Jul 05, 2022
Four Vietnam War veterans awarded Medal of Honor
Melodie Yvonne/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Four U.S. Army veterans were awarded with the Medal of Honor Tuesday for their "acts of gallantry and intrepidity" during the Vietnam War half a century ago ...
Jul 05, 2022
