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J. Scott Applewhite-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday stepped up his months-long fight with the nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, suggesting he...

inhauscreative/iStock(WASHINGTON) — A tri-partisan group of senators on Tuesday introduced legislation designed to claw back national security powers, delineated in the Constitution, from the ex...

iStock/bohemama(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden's top COVID officials are set to testify before Congress on Tuesday as guidance on masks is splintering at the local level -- with some cities and me...

jasony00/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Capitol Police Department has a new chief, according to two sources familiar with the matter. They confirmed to ABC News that J. Thomas Manger has been sel...

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- For the first time in 20 years, the Senate Rules Committee held a field hearing on Monday, this time in Atlanta to discuss voting rights as Democrats pus...

Scott Olson/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 A...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With financial markets down sharply Monday over whether the new delta variant would endanger the recovery, President Joe Biden on Monday pushed back on in...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Days after Facebook publicly rejected President Joe Biden's message to the platform that it's "killing people" by allowing the spread of vaccine misinform...

iStock/Dusanpetkovic(WASHINGTON) -- The United States, several allies and partners and NATO are joining forces to “expose and criticize” China for a “pattern of malicious cyber activ...

TheaDesign(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has focused the opening months of his presidency largely on domestic issues, including crime and gun violence. Last month, he unveiled a multi-tiered stra...