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Black civil rights leaders hold private meeting with Manchin on elections bill
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Tuesday sat down for an hour-long virtual meeting with Black civil rights leaders about voting rights and Senate rules, just days after he ...
Jun 08, 2021
Biden-Capito infrastructure negotiations have ended
OlegAlbinksy/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Infrastructure negotiations between President Joe Biden and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have ended. "He informed Senator Capito today that the latest offer f...
Jun 08, 2021
Harris defends telling migrants 'do not come,' not visiting US-Mexico border
Josue Decavele/Getty Images(MEXICO CITY) — Vice President Kamala Harris had her first face-to-face meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday on her first foreign trip...
Jun 08, 2021
Arizona Senate president says in emails Trump called to thank her for 'audit'
adamkaz/iStock(PHOENIX) -- Arizona Senate President Karen Fann discussed the so-called "audit" of Maricopa County ballots with former President Donald Trump, who thanked her for pursuing it, according...
Jun 08, 2021
Security, intelligence failures led to Jan. 6 insurrection: Bipartisan Senate report
drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A bipartisan Senate investigation of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection found security and intelligence failures at every level of government that led to the breach of the Ca...
Jun 08, 2021
Biden's task force finds more than 3,900 children separated from families at border under Trump
ElFlacodelNorte/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration has determined that more than 3,900 children were separated from their families along the Southwest border after the Trump administration...
Jun 08, 2021
DOJ seizes millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department on Monday announced it has successfully seized millions of dollars in cryptocurrency Colonial Pipeline paid to the cyber criminal group DarkSide followin...
Jun 08, 2021
Why Asian Americans often appear underrepresented in polling and research
iStock/JillianCain(NEW YORK) -- There are almost 20 million people of Asian descent in the U.S. But if you looked at national polling and medical research, they might appear largely invisible in impor...
Jun 07, 2021
Supreme Court: No green card for TPS holders after illegal entry
YinYang/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A unanimous Supreme Court on Monday said immigrants who entered the U.S. illegally cannot apply for green cards simply because they enjoy Temporary Protected Status, or T...
Jun 07, 2021
Low-flying helicopters, emergency vehicles part of Capitol training exercise
wellesenterprises/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- It's being called a routine training exercise. But the sight of helicopters landing on the U.S. Capitol grounds Monday -- almost five months to the day after th...
Jun 07, 2021
