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Rep. Ilhan Omar introduces bill named for Amir Locke to curb no-knock warrants
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., introduced a bill on Tuesday calling for strict limitations on no-knock warrants in drug-related investigations. The bill, na...
Mar 02, 2022
Democrats set Judge Jackson's confirmation hearings for March 21
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, began traditional courtesy calls with senators on Wednesday as Democrats an...
Mar 02, 2022
Blinken visits Ukrainian church to show support
Getty Images/Win McNamee(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday joined Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, in a visit to a Ukrainian church in Washington, e...
Mar 02, 2022
In 1st Jan. 6 trial, DOJ calls accused rioter the 'tip of this mob's spear'
Getty Images/Robert Nickelsberg(WASHINGTON) -- Opening statements got underway Wednesday in the case of a Texas man charged with participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol and later ...
Mar 02, 2022
DOJ announces task force to target Russian oligarchs' assets
The mega-yacht "Dilbar" is completely shrouded while docked in the harbor in Hamburg, Germany. The 156-meter-long ship is said to belong to a Russian oligarch. - Markus Scholz/picture alliance via Get...
Mar 02, 2022
Five key takeaways from Biden's first State of the Union
Saul Loeb/AFP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address looked very different Tuesday night than it would have a few weeks ago -- before Russia i...
Mar 02, 2022
Texas governor sued by ACLU over directive to investigate parents for transgender care
Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services and Governor Greg Abbott ...
Mar 01, 2022
Ukrainian support to be on full display during State of the Union
Devin Dwyer, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- While President Joe Biden is laying out his agenda for the U.S., he and some members of Congress will be sending a message of support to Ukraine as it fights back ...
Mar 01, 2022
Biden to signal new phase in pandemic as learning to live safely with COVID
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's first State of the Union address will be a remarkable scene: A maskless president speaking to more than 500 invited lawmakers packed c...
Mar 01, 2022
State of the Union: Biden rebukes Putin, praises brave Ukrainians, offers 'unity agenda'
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden tonight delivered his first State of the Union address with a main theme of how the U.S. is responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. ...
Mar 01, 2022
