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Senate progressives threaten to tank bipartisan infrastructure deal
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Progressive Democrats are threatening to sink a bipartisan infrastructure proposal if they do not receive assurances that moderate and conservative members of their own ...
Allison Pecorin and Trish Turner, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

Biden-Putin summit live updates: 'I did what I came to do,' Biden says
Sean Gallup/Getty Images(GENEVA) -- U.S. President Joe Biden held a high-stakes summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday at what the leaders agree is a "low point" in the U.S.-Russia ...
Libby Cathey, Lauren King and Morgan Winsor, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

Trump allies leaned on DOJ to push probes into 2020 election fraud claims
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Then-President Donald Trump’s assistant, on his behalf, emailed the official who would become acting attorney general about investigating false ...
Luke Barr, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

Biden to hold July 4 celebration he once hoped would mark 'independence' from COVID
ntn/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- "America is back," says President Joe Biden, and so are July Fourth traditions in the nation's capital. Though the country isn't on track to meet Biden's goal of having 70% o...
Molly Nagle and Libby Cathey, ABC Nwqa Jun 15, 2021

FBI warns lawmakers frustrated QAnon conspiracy followers could again turn violent
Raghu_Ramaswamy/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- In a new warning to congressional lawmakers, the FBI assesses that frustrated followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory could turn from online talk of violence to ...
Luke Barr and Allison Pecorin, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

DOJ asks Supreme Court to reinstate death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
robertcicchetti/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to reinstate the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev was sentenced...
Aaron Katersky, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

Harris invites all female US senators to have dinner at Naval Observatory
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris, the nation's highest-ranking woman in government, is hosting a first-of-its-kind dinner at the Naval Observa...
Libby Cathey and Allison Pecorin, ABC News Jun 15, 2021

Members of Congress hold moment of silence for Americans who died of COVID-19
drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) — As the United States approaches the grim milestone of 600,000 coronavirus deaths, a group of bipartisan lawmakers gathered on the east front steps of the U.S. Capito...
Lauren Lantry, ABC News Jun 14, 2021

Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to 2nd highest court in US
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in a 53-44 vote on Monday. Jackson is the first of P...
Lauren Lantry, ABC News Jun 14, 2021

Harris kicks off tour of Southern states to boost vaccination rates
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson(GREENVILLE, S.C.) -- Three weeks out from President Joe Biden's deadline to have 70% of adult Americans vaccinated from COVID-19, Vice President Kamala H...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Jun 14, 2021
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