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Why Republicans Romney, Murkowski and Collins, say they'll vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Three Republican senators -- Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah -- have taken the political risk of brea...
Apr 05, 2022
Ivanka Trump to meet with House committee probing Jan. 6 attack
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter and former senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, will meet today with the House Jan. 6 committee investigating...
Apr 05, 2022
Obama returns to White House to help Biden push Affordable Care Act
Ian Forsyth/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- For the first time since leaving office, former President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday to join his former vice president -- Joe Biden -- ...
Apr 05, 2022
Treasury to propose new rule to fix Obamacare 'family glitch'
KAREN BLEIER/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday will announce new steps his administration is taking to build on the Affordable Care Act, including a new executive orde...
Apr 05, 2022
Senate negotiators strike deal for $10 billion in COVID funding
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Key Senate negotiators have announced that they have struck a deal to move forward on legislation that will provide an additional $10 billion in COVID relie...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden calls Russia's killing of Ukrainian civilians a war crime but not genocide
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The killing of Ukrainian civilians committed by Russian forces in Ukraine is a war crime, President Joe Biden said Monday -- repeating his accusation th...
Apr 04, 2022
Senate forces Jackson nomination out of committee with bipartisan vote
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- By a bipartisan vote of 53-47, the Senate has forced the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson out of the Judiciary Committee -- putting the judge on tra...
Apr 04, 2022
Secret Service paying over $30K per month for Malibu mansion to protect Hunter Biden
Handout/DNCC via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Hunter Biden is apparently spending his father's presidency living in luxury in Malibu -- and so is his taxpayer-funded security detail. The Secret Service...
Apr 04, 2022
Sen. Roy Blunt says Ketanji Brown Jackson will be confirmed, but he won't support her
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of Republican leadership, said he will not vote to support President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, for her histori...
Apr 03, 2022
Russian invasion of Ukraine 'far from over,' White House chief of staff says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain is warning that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is "far from over," despite the claim by Moscow that they are retreating from Kyiv and s...
Apr 03, 2022
