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Biden to use $7 billion in Afghan funds for humanitarian relief, 9/11 compensation
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday setting in motion a plan to make $7 billion in Afghan funds held in the United States available to compensate...
Feb 11, 2022
Senate passes bill ending forced arbitration in sexual misconduct cases
Bill Koplitz/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A bill that would eliminate forced arbitration agreements for sexual assault and harassment survivors in the workplace was approved in the Senate in a voice vo...
Feb 10, 2022
Jan. 6 investigators find gaps in Trump White House call logs, sources say
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack has found sparse call records and gaps in the White House telephone logs from Jan. 6, according to t...
Feb 10, 2022
Justice Sotomayor sees 'unprecedented' threat to Supreme Court in confirmation battles
Paul Marotta/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As a Supreme Court confirmation battle looms, Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a sobering warning Wednesday about intensifying partisanship that she says puts...
Feb 10, 2022
Black female lawmakers call on Biden to pick Supreme Court nominee committed to civil rights
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As President Joe Biden prepares to make good on his promise to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court, more than a dozen black female lawmakers ...
Feb 10, 2022
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump adviser Peter Navarro
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday subpoenaed Trump White House official Peter Navarro for records an...
Feb 10, 2022
Governors dropping mask mandates preempts White House efforts to 'move forward'
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House began assembling a pandemic exit strategy for the nation in recent weeks, pulling together health experts and aides to develop what ...
Feb 10, 2022
National Archives asks DOJ to investigate Trump's handling of White House records
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The National Archives has asked the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump's handling of White House records, a person familiar with the...
Feb 10, 2022
Angelina Jolie, senators announce path forward on Violence Against Women Act
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An emotional Angelina Jolie appeared on Capitol Hill Wednesday to join senators in announcing they've found a path forward on the reauthorization of the Violence ...
Feb 10, 2022
Stacey Abrams apologizes for going maskless at Atlanta school
Monica Schipper/Getty Images for Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights(ATLANTA) -- Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams apologized Tuesday following the fallout from photos that captured her maskles...
Feb 10, 2022
