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COVID creeps closer to Biden ahead of White House Correspondents' Dinner
Photo by Paul Morigi/WireImage via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With power players flocking to a crowded Washington hotel ballroom for the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday, many itching...
Apr 29, 2022
Judge rejects Trump bid to end $10,000-a-day contempt fine
Allison Joyce/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump, in a sworn affidavit, said Friday he possesses no documents subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General's Office -- but the ...
Apr 29, 2022
Jan. 6 committee to hold public hearings in June
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, has promised the panel will tell the "s...
Apr 29, 2022
Charleston church massacre survivor calls for state hate crimes law
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- The fight to pass the Clementa C. Pinckney Hate Crimes Act in South Carolina is now intensifying, as several Republican state senators hold out agains...
Apr 28, 2022
Oklahoma legislature passes 6-week abortion ban similar to Texas law
SunChan/Getty Images(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) -- The Oklahoma legislature gave final approval Thursday to a so-called "heartbeat bill" that seeks to ban most abortions in the state. It is the latest bill...
Apr 28, 2022
Trump, in deposition, calls 2015 protesters 'troublemakers'
OlegAlbinsky/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump said his head of security "did nothing wrong" during a 2015 protest at Trump Tower at which five Hispanic men allege they were assa...
Apr 28, 2022
Biden asks Congress for $33 billion in new aid package to Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden formally asked Congress on Thursday for $33 billion in supplemental aid for Ukraine over the next five months to help counter Russian Pr...
Apr 28, 2022
Judge issues temporary restraining order preventing phase out of Title 42
Jason Marz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal judge in Louisiana formally issued a restraining order Wednesday that temporarily blocks the Biden administration from phasing out pandemic-justified b...
Apr 27, 2022
Oklahoma governor signs ban on nonbinary gender markers
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) -- Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill Tuesday that bans the use of nonbinary gender markers on state birth certificates. It's the first ban of i...
Apr 27, 2022
McCarthy defends himself to Republicans after leaked Jan. 6 recordings
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans on Wednesday rallied behind Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as he defended himself over audio recordings surfaced of him blaming former Presi...
Apr 27, 2022
