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Trump's fundraising extends massive $122 million war chest
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump announced Monday night that his political committees raised more than $51 million over the second half of last year, to buttress wh...
Feb 01, 2022
Ex-White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to Jan. 6 committee
Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesJonathan Karl, Benjamin Siegel and Will Steakin, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany turned over text messages to the House select...
Feb 01, 2022
What is the Electoral Count Act and why does it present problems?
Senate pages carry the Electoral College ballot boxes on Jan. 7, 2021 at the Capitol, in Washington. - Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With voting rights legislation...
Feb 01, 2022
DNC pulls record fundraising end-of-year hauls leading into critical midterm election year
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Democratic National Committee announced it hit new fundraising highs, raking in $10.7 million in December and $157 million in 2021. Both figures are r...
Jan 31, 2022
Biden to Pittsburgh to push infrastructure improvements as local bridge collapses
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) -- Just hours ahead of President Joe Biden traveling to Pittsburgh to stress improvements needed for the nation's infrastructure, a bridge in the area collapse...
Jan 28, 2022
Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
(WASHINGTON) -- When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight almost immediately shifted to who might replace him -- and getting a lot of attention has been Keta...
Jan 28, 2022
'Join the fight': Some GOP poll worker recruitment takes partisan bent
(WASHINGTON) -- With poll workers across the country resigning at an alarming rate, efforts to recruit their replacements have grown increasingly partisan - a troubling trend that experts fear will se...
Jan 28, 2022
Top intel official warns 'deficiencies' in classification system pose national security threat
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In a scathing rebuke of the nation's current classification procedures, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has told lawmakers that the current syst...
Jan 27, 2022
Holocaust Remembrance Day comes as many worry lessons are being forgotten
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, the warning to "never forget" took on renewed meaning. President Joe Biden, who was sche...
Jan 27, 2022
New Hampshire to sell rapid tests at liquor stores
John Blanding/The Boston Globe via Getty Image(CONCORD, N.H.) -- The New Hampshire Executive Council on Wednesday approved a request to buy 1 million at-home COVID tests and sell them at state liquor ...
Jan 27, 2022
