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Supreme Court allows Alabama election map over Black vote dilution claims
Grant Faint/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated Alabama's new GOP-drawn congressional map over the objection of civil rights groups and decisions of two lower courts find...
Feb 08, 2022
Top GOP lawmaker on Biden's Ukraine approach: 'Deterrence has not been there'
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, refused to condemn a censure resolution targeting two Republican colleagues, Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming ...
Feb 06, 2022
WH national security adviser says there's a 'very distinct' possibility of Russian attack on Ukraine
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) - As the standoff between Russia and the United States continues, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan warned of a "very dis...
Feb 06, 2022
Bipartisan bill would create push alert for active shooter incidents
Tim Graham/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A new bill proposed this week would develop a federal alert system for active shooter situations, which have increased by over 1200% between 2000 and 2020. The F...
Feb 05, 2022
House votes to spend tens of billions to compete with China in manufacturing
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Friday passed sweeping legislation that will invest billions of dollars into American manufacturing and scientific research in...
Feb 04, 2022
House committee records show Trump, Jim Jordan spoke the morning of Jan. 6
congress.gov via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has obtained White House records showing then-President Donald Trump spoke w...
Feb 04, 2022
South Dakota signs 1st anti-transgender sports law of 2022
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images(PIERRE, S.D.) -- South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem signed an anti-transgender sports bill into law Thursday, restricting transgender women and girls from playing...
Feb 04, 2022
Biden touts stronger than expected jobs report: 'America is back to work'
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After the White House braced for a disappointing January jobs report officials predicted would be skewed by the omicron variant, President Joe Biden took a...
Feb 04, 2022
RNC votes to censure Cheney, Kinzinger for roles on House Jan. 6 committee
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) -- The Republican National Committee voted Friday to censure GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, in part for their roles on the House select committee in...
Feb 04, 2022
Pence, defending his actions on Jan. 6, rebukes Trump as 'wrong'
Sean Rayford/Getty Images(ORLANDO, Fla.) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday went further than he has before in publicly and directly criticizing former President Donald Trump, rebuking him ...
Feb 04, 2022
