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GOP blames Biden for gas prices after pushing for Russian oil ban
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House is set to vote as soon as Wednesday on a bill that would codify the Biden administration's ban on the import of Russian oil and energy products into th...
Mar 08, 2022
GOP Sens. Cruz and Johnson meet with 'People's Convoy' truckers
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Trucker protesters against COVID vaccine mandates and restrictions met Tuesday with a pair of Republican lawmakers for two hours on Capitol...
Mar 08, 2022
Putin 'angry and frustrated,' CIA director says, likely to 'double down' in Ukraine
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Top U.S. intelligence agency officials on Tuesday offered a sobering assessment of Russian President Vladimir Putin's objectives in Ukraine, and how the inv...
Mar 08, 2022
'Don't Say Gay' bill passes Florida Senate
Jeff Greenberg / Contributor/ Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has now been passed by both the Florida Sena...
Mar 08, 2022
Emmett Till Antilynching Act heads to Biden's desk
Bettmann / Contributor/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Emmett Till Anti-lynching Act, which would make lynching a hate crime under federal law, now heads to President Biden's desk. The Senate unanimo...
Mar 08, 2022
Biden announces ban on Russian oil imports, other energy products
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the U.S. will ban imports of Russian oil and other energy products, but will not be joined in doin...
Mar 08, 2022
Protests continue against Florida 'Don't Say Gay' bill
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Demonstrators gathered in front of and inside the Florida State Capitol on Monday to stop the legislation that has been dubbed the "D...
Mar 07, 2022
Tough decision for Biden: Russia oil ban would trigger higher gas prices
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Calls mounted Monday for the U.S. to ban the import of Russian oil, but while President Joe Biden's administration signaled a new openness to doing so, the pres...
Mar 07, 2022
Florida becomes 1st state advising against giving COVID-19 vaccine to healthy children, despite CDC recommendation
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Despite widespread support for pediatric COVID-19 vaccinations from the nation's top health officials, Florida will become ...
Mar 07, 2022
Blinken invokes Putin's dead brother in accusing Russia of 'starving' Ukraine's cities
Thierry Monasse/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As Russian forces continue to advance across Ukraine, the U.S. is accusing the Kremlin of "starving" besieged Ukrainian cities, in the words of Secretary of...
Mar 07, 2022
