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Biden embraces Trump accords, but struggles with his withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal amid growing threat
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- There have been major differences between the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on foreign policy -- not least over the Iran nucle...
Conor Finnegan, ABC News Oct 14, 2021

White House pushes for release of Jan. 6 documents as Trump, Bannon rebuff committee
OlegAlbinksy/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The battle over White House records of former President Donald Trump's activities related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack intensified Wednesday as President Joe Biden f...
John Santucci, Katherine Faulders, and Olivia Rubin, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

Mayorkas calling for end to ICE raids shows diversity of Biden's cabinet, experts say
iStock/OlegAlbinsky(WASHINGTON) -- Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, one of four Latino cabinet members in President Joe Biden's administration, said on Tuesday he wanted to end raids...
Cristina Corujo, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

Supreme Court considers Boston Marathon bomber death sentence as Biden halts executions
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Wednesday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, even as the agency has s...
Devin Dwyer, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

Republicans fight for Latino voters in Democratic strongholds
tovfla/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Voting rights activists from Mi Familia Vota said after years of being ignored, they are seeing significant investments from politicians trying to reach out to the Latino ...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

Senate committee questions TikTok in Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation
5./15 WEST/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday added TikTok to a list of social media companies being scrutinized for their potential involvement in the spread of m...
Allison Pecorin and Luke Barr, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

Biden immigration authorities to end workplace raids
danielfela/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ending the practice of deportation raids on worksites, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said in a memo on Tuesd...
Luke Barr, ABC News Oct 13, 2021

House votes to temporarily raise debt limit
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The House voted Tuesday to temporarily raise the debt ceiling by $480 billion after the Senate approved the stopgap measure late last week, putting off the risk of defau...
Mariam Khan, ABC News Oct 12, 2021

White House tells governors: Get ready to start vaccinating kids
Oleg Albinsky/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In a private phone call Tuesday with the nation's governors, the White House said states should prepare to begin vaccinating elementary-aged kids against COVID-19 i...
Anne Flaherty and Katherine Faulders, ABC News Oct 12, 2021

Trial starting for Giuliani associate, Lev Parnas, in campaign finances case
iStock/CatEyePerspective(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani face no criminal charges but their names will figure into the trial that starts Tuesday in Manhattan of Soviet-bor...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Oct 12, 2021
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