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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to McCain, Biles and more
Eric Thayer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Friday announced the next list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, gun control advocate Ga...
Jul 01, 2022
Sinema opposes Biden's call for filibuster exception to pass abortion rights
Bonnie Cash-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema remains committed to upholding the Senate filibuster, a spokesperson said Friday, a day after President Joe Bid...
Jul 01, 2022
How feasible are Republicans' 'pro-family' plans in wake of new abortion restrictions?
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican lawmakers are proposing what they call "pro-family" platforms following the Supreme Court's scrapping of the constitutional protections around abor...
Jul 01, 2022
Hutchinson's testimony raises fresh questions about Secret Service's handling of Jan. 6
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former White House aide's stunning testimony before the House panel investigating the Capitol attack indicated that the U.S. Secret Service may have had...
Jun 30, 2022
Supreme Court to hear redistricting case that could upend state election laws everywhere
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - The Supreme Court announced Thursday it will hear a case this fall that could upend state election laws across the country. Moore v. Harper focuses on a n...
Jun 30, 2022
GOP's Ted Cruz feuds with Elmo over kids getting COVID-19 vaccines
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas took aim at Sesame Street's "Elmo" after the popular children's show puppet promoted COVID-19 vaccines for children o...
Jun 30, 2022
Law enforcement frustration along border 'earned,' Mayorkas says
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the apparent worst human smuggling tragedy in U.S. history, and amid migrants crossing the border at record levels, frustration among border pa...
Jun 30, 2022
Who is Ketanji Brown Jackson, the incoming Supreme Court justice? And the inside story behind her name
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight immediately shifted to who might replace him with most attention foc...
Jun 30, 2022
Supreme Court limits EPA's ability to reduce emissions
Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday limited the Environmental Protection Agency's power to fight climate change. The case i...
Jun 30, 2022
Supreme Court overturns Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy for asylum seekers
Robert Alexander/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Biden administration Thursday as it sought to end former President Donald Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy for asy...
Jun 30, 2022
