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Michigan GOP convention tests Trump's endorsement power in key battleground state
Scott Olson/Getty Images(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) -- Thousands of Michigan GOP leaders are gathering in Grand Rapids on Saturday to decide which candidates will make it onto November's ballot in what will...
Apr 22, 2022
Biden to sign executive order protecting old-growth forests on federal lands
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday calling to protect old-growth forests on federal lands, strengthen reforestation initiatives and glo...
Apr 22, 2022
Florida House passes bills splitting up Black voters, eliminating Disney's district
Art Wager/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Florida's Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted during a special session Thursday to send two highly controversial bills -- one that greenli...
Apr 22, 2022
'Outrageous and inexcusable': Pelosi slams FAA for Capitol plane scare
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is slamming the Federal Aviation Administration for a plane scare that triggered a frantic evacuation of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday...
Apr 21, 2022
Donald Trump Jr. expected to meet with Jan. 6 committee: Sources
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack is expected to meet with Donald Trump Jr. in the coming days, sources fami...
Apr 21, 2022
Biden announces new $800M aid package to Ukraine as Russia presses offensive
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional $800 million package in military assistance to Ukraine -- as well as a ban on all Russian-affili...
Apr 21, 2022
Biden administration fast-tracking Ukrainian refugees into US
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Thursday announced it is moving to fast-track Ukrainian refugees coming to the United States. Beginning April 25, the administrat...
Apr 21, 2022
DOJ appealing ruling that struck down travel mask mandate
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department said Wednesday it will appeal a court ruling by a Florida judge that struck down the federal government's order to wear masks while travel...
Apr 21, 2022
Florida state Senate passes bill that would eliminate Walt Disney World's district
Art Wager/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The dispute between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' and The Walt Disney Company continued to play out in public on Wednesday when the Florida state Senate pa...
Apr 21, 2022
FAA makes 'zero tolerance' policy for unruly passengers permanent
EllenMoran/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- While the mask mandate on public transportation has been lifted, the Federal Aviation Administration's zero-tolerance policy for unruly passengers is here to stay,...
Apr 21, 2022
