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Biden admin move to expedite asylum processing gets mixed feedback
Miami Herald / Contributor/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is gradually moving forward with new changes that would increase the speed at which the U.S. government evaluates reque...
Mar 24, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings live updates: Hearings adjourn
Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, completed two full days of questions from the Senate J...
Mar 24, 2022
Conservatives push back against fellow Republicans' anti-LGBTQ bills
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A growing number of conservatives are speaking out against the wave of anti-LGBTQ bills being proposed by Republican legislators nationwide. Conservatives A...
Mar 24, 2022
Ukraine’s military forces Russian troops east of Kyiv back 55 km from city center
STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine's efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S....
Mar 23, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson clears major hurdle in historic Supreme Court bid
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The nation's first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, cleared 19-hours of grueling questioning at the Senate Judi...
Mar 23, 2022
Trump repeatedly pressed to 'remove' Biden, 'rescind' 2020 election results, GOP lawmaker says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump repeatedly pushed GOP Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama to "rescind" the 2020 election results, "remove" President Joe Biden from off...
Mar 23, 2022
US airline CEOs call on Biden to lift mask mandate on travel
Stefan Cristian Cioata/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on President Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation. The group -- wh...
Mar 23, 2022
Idaho governor signs bill banning abortion after 6 weeks modeled after Texas law
Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(BOISE, Idaho) -- Idaho became the first U.S. state to enact a law modeled after the recent legislation passed in Texas that bans abor...
Mar 23, 2022
DNC leaders push to change presidential nominating schedule, putting Iowa's first-state status in peril
ilbusca/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- National Democrats are pushing to alter the party's presidential nomination calendar, with senior party officials proposing a draft resolution that puts Iowa's firs...
Mar 23, 2022
US formally accuses Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday announced that the State Department has made a formal assessment that Russian forces have committed wa...
Mar 23, 2022
