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House votes to censure GOP Rep. Gosar, remove him from committees over violent video
Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted for a resolution on Wednesday that both censures Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and removes him from his committee assignments after the Ari...
Nov 16, 2021
Trump impeachment prosecutor Daniel Goldman announces run for New York attorney general
iStock/CatEyePerspective(NEW YORK) -- Daniel Goldman, the former federal prosecutor who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first impeachment investigation of former President Donald Trump, an...
Nov 16, 2021
Majorities back maintaining Roe v. Wade, oppose states' abortion clinic restrictions (POLL)
DNY59/iStock(NEW YORK) -- As abortion returns to the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket, majorities of Americans support maintaining Roe v. Wade, oppose states making it harder for abortion clinics to ...
Nov 16, 2021
Trump allies pressed Defense Department to help overturn election, new book says
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In the aftermath of the 2020 election, some of Donald Trump's closest allies embarked on an unprecedented effort to get the Department of Defense...
Nov 16, 2021
Biden signs executive order to improve safety, justice for Native Americans
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- Marking National Native American Heritage Month, President Joe Biden on Monday participated in a tribal nations summit, announcing new steps b...
Nov 16, 2021
Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt of Congress charges
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump's political ally Steve Bannon on Monday surrendered to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress stemming from his refus...
Nov 15, 2021
Climate groups slam Biden administration oil auction as 'hypocritical'
Proposed drilling in the Gulf of Mexico - ABC News Photo Illustration, U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management(WASHINGTON) -- On the heels of his stirring plea at the just-completed Glasgow Climate Con...
Nov 15, 2021
Democratic Sen Patrick Leahy announces he won't seek reelection
Pete Marovich/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Senate’s most senior member and third in line to the presidency, announced Monday that he will retire from the chamber i...
Nov 15, 2021
GOP House members who voted for infrastructure not paying a political price -- at least not yet
dkfielding/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- After 87 days of negotiations, the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill was passed in the House Nov. 5 with the help of 13 Republicans -- a decision that swiftly...
Nov 15, 2021
McConnell sought to disinvite Trump from Biden inauguration, triggering his final tweet, new book says
MarkHatfield/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell did something extraordinary: He decided to disinvite Donald Trump from President Joe ...
Nov 15, 2021
