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Americans' optimism about country's direction over next year drops nearly 20 points since May: POLL
imagedepotpro/iStock(SALT LAKE CITY) -- As President Joe Biden completed 100 days in office, the country was optimistic about the coming year, but now, just after hitting the six-month mark, Americans...
Jul 25, 2021
New legislation would require women, like men, to sign up for potential draft
Samuel Corum-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would, if enacted, require young women to register for Selective Service alongside men, and in the r...
Jul 23, 2021
Democrats demand answers about how FBI handled Brett Kavanaugh inquiry
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Democrats are demanding answers after the FBI revealed just recently that it received more than 4,500 tips about Brett Kavanaugh when he was a Supre...
Jul 23, 2021
Rep. Hank Johnson among 10 demonstrators arrested at voting rights protest
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., was among 10 demonstrators arrested by U.S. Capitol Police on Thursday in an orchestrated act of civil disobedi...
Jul 23, 2021
2,500 Afghan visa seekers, families to be housed at US military installation
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Pentagon will temporarily house Afghan workers who aided the U.S. military or diplomatic missions and are trying to leave the country at Fort Lee, an Army ins...
Jul 23, 2021
Mississippi asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Kuzma/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The state of Mississippi formally asked the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to uphold its ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 19...
Jul 22, 2021
Former Rep. Abby Finkenauer announces run for Senate in Iowa
iStock/Oleksii Liskonih (IOWA) -- Democrat Abby Finkenauer, a one-term congresswoman who represented Iowa's 1st Congressional District until she was unseated by a Republican in 2020, announced Thursda...
Jul 22, 2021
Pelosi says she won't let GOP 'antics' distract from Jan. 6 committee investigation
iStock/Bill Oxford (WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shot back at House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday and said the Jan. 6 select committee is "deadly serious" after McCarthy accused P...
Jul 22, 2021
Pelosi considering adding former GOP congressman as adviser to January 6 committee
iStock/f11photo (WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats are considering inviting former House Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman to serve as an adviser to the Jan. 6 select committee in...
Jul 22, 2021
New Commerce grants designed so 'everyone’s included' in pandemic recovery: Raimondo
iStock/pixdeluxe Whether it is investing in a coal mining community, or in regional tourism, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says new "investing in America" grants being announced Thursday are design...
Jul 22, 2021
