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Biden embarks for Asia with a heavy focus on China and North Korea
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With much of the Biden administration's attention this year focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden turns his attention to Asi...
May 19, 2022
What's next for McCormick-Oz squeaker -- and the possible electoral turbulence of Mastriano as governor
Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Many across the country -- and certainly former President Donald Trump -- are watching Pennsylvania. Ballots are still being counted in the...
May 18, 2022
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address baby formula shortage
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to address the widespread shortage of baby formula, the White House announced Wednes...
May 18, 2022
House passes bill to aid fight against domestic terrorism after Buffalo supermarket shooting
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the wake of the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that left 10 Black people dead, the House on Wednesday approved a measure to beef up federal efforts t...
May 18, 2022
DHS pauses much-scrutinized disinformation group for review but slams 'gross mischaracterizations'
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it was pausing its short-lived Disinformation Governance Board pending a revi...
May 18, 2022
House holds hearing on abortion access as nation awaits final Supreme Court decision
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on abortion access as the nation awaits a final decision from the Supreme Court in a case tha...
May 18, 2022
Ashley Biden, the president's daughter, tests positive for COVID-19
Gary Gershoff/WireImage/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a White House official. The first daughter, 40, was sch...
May 18, 2022
Three key takeaways from five states' primaries
plherrera/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Consequential primary races in five states, including some battlegrounds, helped shed light Tuesday night on what the rest of the midterms might look like. For Repu...
May 18, 2022
McConnell, when asked, fails to denounce racist 'replacement theory'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Democrats have ratcheted up condemnation of "replacement theory" in the wake of Saturday's mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, some Republicans on Capitol H...
May 17, 2022
Democratic House primaries could foreshadow party's direction
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- While much of the focus this midterm cycle has been on statewide races and the momentum behind Republicans amid dismal approval numbers for President Joe Biden,...
May 17, 2022
