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Ukraine war not discussed in Reed prisoner swap with Russia, US officials say
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. and Russian officials have been negotiating the prisoner swap for Trevor Reed for months, according to senior administration officials Wednesday, wi...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Apr 27, 2022

Biden, Obama, Clintons at funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Much of official Washington remembered former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to ever serve in that role, at her funeral Wednesday at Wa...
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News Apr 27, 2022

DHS secretary grilled on ending Title 42, preparation for immigrant influx
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced blunt questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about how the Biden administration is handling and preparing f...
Quinn Owen and Luke Barr, ABC News Apr 27, 2022

Some GOP lawmakers criticize McCarthy over Jan. 6 recordings
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy was mum Tuesday night when questioned by reporters about being heard on tape saying some Republicans ...
Benjamin Siegel, Allison Pecorin and Lalee Ibssa, ABC News Apr 27, 2022

Biden pardons three people, reduces sentences for 75 non-violent drug offenders
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that he pardoned three people who have “demonstrated a commitment to rehabilitation,” inclu...
Briana Stewart, ABC News Apr 27, 2022

Military families testify about dangerous housing conditions
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Capt. Samuel Choe, a former resident of Fort Gordon in Georgia, flew 17 hours from his deployment in South Korea to testify before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday...
Zoha Qamar, ABC News Apr 26, 2022

Nature of battle changing, US helping Ukraine adapt: Blinken
Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Speaking publicly about his visit to Ukraine for the first time since returning home, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday asserted "the Ukrainians ha...
Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News Apr 26, 2022

Rep. Madison Cawthorn caught bringing loaded gun through airport security
Allison Joyce/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, was caught trying to go through security with a loaded gun at Charlotte Douglas International ...
Sam Sweeney and Amanda Maile, ABC News Apr 26, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office. Harris, who received her second b...
Emily Shapiro and Justin Gomez, ABC News Apr 26, 2022

Supreme Court hears 'Remain in Mexico' repeal case
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could have major implications for President Joe Biden's approach to immigration enforcement...
Quinn Owen. ABC News Apr 26, 2022
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