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Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump 'clearly unfit for future office'
Samuel Corum/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., the top Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said former President Donald Tru...
Jan 03, 2022
Progressives warn inaction on student debt could hurt Democrats in midterms
GETTY/Anna Moneymaker (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- While the Biden administration has once again extended the pause on student loan repayments, some progressives said that unless more is done, it could ...
Dec 31, 2021
Biden administration asks Supreme Court to hear 'Remain in Mexico' case
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to hear arguments on ending the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy. The program -- formally called...
Dec 31, 2021
White House pushes back on criticism of isolation guidance, says omicron likely less severe
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended the latest guidelines shortening the isolation period for certain people who ...
Dec 30, 2021
Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invited House Republican leader Kevin McCarth...
Dec 30, 2021
Harry Reid, the former 5-term US senator from Nevada, has died at 82 following cancer battle
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Harry Mason Reid, the former five-term U.S. senator from Nevada who led Senate Democrats for a decade spanning the Bush and Obama presidencies, died Tuesday...
Dec 29, 2021
Westchester DA declines to pursue charges against former Westchester DA declines to pursue charges against former New York Gov. Andrew CuomoGov. Cuomo
iStock/nirat(NEW YORK) -- Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah has declined to pursue criminal charges against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegations made by two women that he kissed th...
Dec 28, 2021
2021 was pivotal year for abortion laws in America
Joshua Roberts/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- For half a century, American women have had the right to choose to end a pregnancy at any point before a fetus is viable outside the womb. If 2021 saw that f...
Dec 28, 2021
Bidens' Christmas message recognizes those 'who have lost loved ones' during pandemic
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden honored those grieving loved ones lost during the pandemic in their joint message to Ameri...
Dec 27, 2021
US to lift Southern African travel restrictions
David McNew/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The temporary travel ban placed on eight Southern African countries will be lifted by the New Year, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions were...
Dec 24, 2021
