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Senate advances bipartisan infrastructure bill in key test vote
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With multiple Republicans joining Democrats in the effort, the bipartisan infrastructure bill cleared another hurdle on its way to passing the Senate on Satu...
Aug 07, 2021
Homeland Security warns of 'increasing but moderate' threat of violence from Trump conspiracy
400tmax/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security said Friday they have observed "an increasing but modest level of activity online" by people who are calling for violence in response ...
Aug 06, 2021
Jan. 6 select committee to hire former GOP Rep. Denver Riggleman as adviser: Source
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack will hire former Rep. Denver Riggleman, R-Va., as an adviser to the pa...
Aug 06, 2021
The long and winding road to an infrastructure bill: Reporter's notebook
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- "Senator, what is a goat rodeo?" When you start covering Congress, you don't imagine yourself asking a United States senator these types of questions just outside...
Aug 06, 2021
New Jersey man pleads guilty to assaulting officer at Capitol on Jan. 6
drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A New Jersey man on Friday pleaded guilty to two federal counts of assaulting law enforcement and obstruction of an official proceeding during the January 6 Capitol assau...
Aug 06, 2021
Woman files criminal complaint against Gov. Cuomo in Albany
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(ALBANY, N.Y.) -- A former New York State employee has filed a criminal complaint against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo with the Albany County Sheriff'...
Aug 06, 2021
Biden signs measure awarding Congressional Gold Medal to police who defended Capitol
Win McNamee/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly seven months to the day a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a bill awarding Congress' highest honor -- the...
Aug 05, 2021
Blinken to meet 'Havana syndrome' victims amid 'growing concerns' about mysterious incidents
Andrew Harnik/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In his first message to all staff on the issue, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday acknowledged there is "growing concern" about the "unexplained&...
Aug 05, 2021
White House fires back at Florida's GOP governor over handling COVID surge
Bloomberg/ Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Thursday hit back at Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after he told President Joe Biden he will stand "in his way" while the country exper...
Aug 05, 2021
Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan to file lawsuit against embattled governor: Lawyer
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The first woman to publicly accuse New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment plans to sue him for allegedly retaliating aga...
Aug 05, 2021
