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Top Democrats and Republicans want stiffer sanctions, but GOP divided on Biden
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Shortly after President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new sanctions on Russian banks and elites -- but not on Russian President Vladimir Putin himself -- a top...
Feb 24, 2022
Florida House passes controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill
Ana Ceballos/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- The Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has been passed by the ...
Feb 24, 2022
Attorney who aided Trump's election efforts sues Jan. 6 committee over phone records
ftwitty/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Washington, D.C., lobbyist and attorney who assisted with former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election filed suit this week against the H...
Feb 24, 2022
Biden announces new sanctions on Russian banks, elites but not yet on Putin himself
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After weeks of warning of "severe" sanctions if Russia invaded Ukraine, President Joe Biden addressed the nation and the world from the ...
Feb 24, 2022
White House overhauling COVID strategy as nation moves out of pandemic crisis
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House has begun a sweeping overhaul of its COVID strategy that will signal the nation is moving past crisis mode and into a more manageable pha...
Feb 24, 2022
Colorado to become the first state to accept cryptocurrency as payment for taxes
ozgurdonmaz/Getty Images(DENVER) -- Colorado will become the first state to accept cryptocurrency as payment for state taxes and fees, Governor Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Polis said the state, w...
Feb 23, 2022
2 prosecutors leading Manhattan DA's Trump probe resign, leaving charges in doubt
Brandon Bell/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Two prosecutors leading the criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump and his family real estate business have resigned, the Manhattan District A...
Feb 23, 2022
Ivanka Trump in discussions with Jan. 6 committee for voluntary interview
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Ivanka Trump, the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump, is in active conversations with the House Select Committee on Jan. 6 about meeting for a vo...
Feb 23, 2022
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump urges Biden to nominate Jackson to Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL(WASHINGTON) -- Civil rights attorney Ben Crump publicly urged President Joe Biden to tap Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the Supreme Court on Wedne...
Feb 23, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson's candid 2007 take on Justice Clarence Thomas: 'I don’t understand you'
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- More than two decades before becoming a top contender to be President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee, a young Ketanji Brown Jackson sat across from J...
Feb 23, 2022
