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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit by Trump seeking to prevent House from releasing his tax returns
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A Trump-appointed judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the former president that was seeking to prevent the House Ways and Means Committee from publishin...
Dec 15, 2021
Full House expected to hold Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House on Tuesday is expected to hold Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's chief of staff, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for his...
Dec 14, 2021
Ex-Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg agrees to pay Seminole County nearly $2M in restitution
Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images(SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla.) -- Former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, the one-time associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz who in May p...
Dec 14, 2021
Senate Democrats raise debt limit by $2.5 trillion, averting financial calamity
uSchools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate narrowly averted financial calamity Tuesday by passing legislation to raise the federal borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion dollars. All Democrats voted to raise...
Dec 14, 2021
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered to relinquish reported $5.1M in book proceeds
The Crown Publishing Group(NEW YORK) -- An ethics commission has ordered former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to turn over a reported $5.1 million in proceeds from his pandemic leadership book to the New...
Dec 14, 2021
Jan. 6 committee recommends holding Mark Meadows in criminal contempt
rarrarorro/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Monday recommended the full chamber hold Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump's last White...
Dec 14, 2021
President Biden's job approval sinking on inflation, crime and COVID: POLL
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden is facing significant skepticism from the American public, with his job approval rating lagging across a range of major is...
Dec 13, 2021
Donald Trump's 2024 tease creates potential campaign woes for Republican contenders
400tmax/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Donald Trump's public flirtation with the 2024 presidential race is complicating early stage campaigning for other Republicans who are criss-crossing the c...
Dec 11, 2021
Social spending plan will help ease pain from record-breaking inflation: White House
Oleg Albinsky/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has weighed in on the Department of Labor report out Friday that shows the consumer price index, which measures the prices consumers pay for a m...
Dec 10, 2021
Supreme Court allows challenge to Texas abortion law to continue but lets SB8 stand
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Texas' near-total ban on abortions to stay in effect more than three months after a majority of justices allowed the law, SB8, to be i...
Dec 10, 2021
