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Muslim members of Congress condemn Islamophobia after bigoted remarks
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Andre Carson on Tuesday night forcefully condemned the anti-Muslim remarks made by the...
Dec 01, 2021
Roe v. Wade on the line as Supreme Court takes up Mississippi abortion rights case
Jackson Women's Health Organization is Mississippi's last remaining abortion clinic. - ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will consider a case that could fundamentally transfo...
Nov 30, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert refuses to publicly apologize to Rep. Ilhan Omar for anti-Muslim remark
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, said she had an "unproductive" call with Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Monday over her anti-Muslim remarks and claimed the Color...
Nov 29, 2021
Trump's former Defense Secretary Mark Esper sues Defense Department over book redactions
Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, who served under former President Donald Trump until his firing in the wake of the 2020 election, has sued the...
Nov 29, 2021
Biden to address nation on omicron variant
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- With the COVID-19 omicron variant sending shockwaves around the world, President Joe Biden is set to address the nation surrounding the new va...
Nov 29, 2021
As inflation concerns mount, Republicans, Democrats still at odds over Build Back Better plan
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Amy Klobuchar said she’s confident President Joe Biden's Build Back Better plan will be passed by Christmas, but Republicans, inclu...
Nov 29, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert issues apology for anti-Muslim remarks about Rep. Ilhan Omar
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images(COLORADO) -- Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colorado) issued an apology on Friday for remarks she made that used anti-Muslim tropes to refer to Rep. Ilhan Omar, a D...
Nov 26, 2021
'They make me proud': Biden meets with Coast Guard after virtual meeting with service members
Getty/MANDEL NGAN(Nantucket, MA) -- President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden spent the first part of their holiday hosting a virtual meeting with service members from around the world to wish the...
Nov 25, 2021
$25 million awarded in case against white supremacists responsible for 'Unite the Right' in Charlottesville
iStock/nirat(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- Four years after "Unite the Right" was held in Charlottesville, Virginia, a federal jury has ordered the white nationalist leaders and organizations who backed th...
Nov 24, 2021
Expanded benefits for vets exposed to burn pits coming, but for some it's too late
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Kate Hendricks Thomas deployed to Iraq in 2005 as a member of the Marine Corps. She said she knew that choice carried risks, but she says she didn't realize it would come back ...
Nov 23, 2021
