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Democrats land on $3.5 trillion budget agreement
drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Democrats said they have reached a $3.5 trillion budget agreement. This is the first step in unlocking a process that Democrats plan to use to pass many of Preside...
Jul 14, 2021
President Joe Biden's speech on voting rights: TRANSCRIPT
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) -- President Joe Biden in a fiery speech on Tuesday decried Republican efforts to limit ballot access across the country as a "21st Century Jim Crow assault," w...
Jul 13, 2021
Former chief of staff to Rep. John Lewis reflects on life, legacy of his colleague and friend
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) -- Michael Collins, the former chief of staff to the late-Rep. John Lewis, joined ABC's "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts to reflect on the life and legacy of the ci...
Jul 13, 2021
DOJ charges 5 members of same family for allegedly joining Capitol riot
Department of Justice(WASHINGTON) — Five members of the same Texas family were arrested Tuesday and charged for their alleged participation in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to n...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden steps up fight for voting rights: 'The big lie is just that -- a big lie!'
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden stepped up the fight for voting rights on Tuesday, speaking in the nation's birthplace of Philadelphia and invoking history, saying, "...
Jul 13, 2021
Texas Democrats pressure Congress to block state-GOP voting restrictions
dszc/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Texas Democrats spent Tuesday in Washington pressuring Congress to pass federal voting rights legislation and calling for an exception to the Senate's filibuster rule b...
Jul 13, 2021
Biden to make much-anticipated voting rights speech Tuesday in Philadelphia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- With GOP-led legislatures advancing new voting laws and Congress deadlocked over proposed legislation, President Joe Biden is expected to deli...
Jul 13, 2021
Democrats advance spending bill that would overturn the Hyde Amendment
Greg Meland/iStock(WASHINGTON) — House Democrats on Monday took steps to advance a new spending bill for the Department of Health and Human Services without the Hyde Amendment, a 40-year-old pro...
Jul 12, 2021
Texas Democrats to break quorum in special session over voting rights
CrackerClips/iStock(WASHINGTON) — For the second time since May, Texas House Democrats will break quorum in protest against state Republicans' push to revise the election and voting laws in the ...
Jul 12, 2021
Facing possible sanctions, Sidney Powell defends 2020 election lawsuit during heated hearing
Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell and her legal team clashed repeatedly with a federal judge Monday during a hearing to de...
Jul 12, 2021
