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Speaker Mike Johnson meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago after going 'all in' on former president
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson met with former President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday night, sourc...
Nov 22, 2023
Biden orders flags lowered to half-staff to honor Rosalynn Carter
Marcia Straub/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Following the death of former first Lady Rosalynn Carter, President Joe Biden on Tuesday ordered flags to be flown at half-staff from Saturday, Nov. 25 until ...
Nov 22, 2023
Both sides appeal ruling Trump engaged in Jan. 6 insurrection but can still run in 2024
Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Both the legal team for former President Donald Trump and a group of six voters represented by the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in...
Nov 22, 2023
DHS 'concerned' drones being used for 'malicious purposes'
Mark Newman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Near the end of the third quarter of last week's NFL game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals, play was stopped because there was an object with f...
Nov 22, 2023
DeSantis earns another major endorsement in Iowa, but still trails Trump
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(DES MOINES, Iowa) -- Influential Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, president of the Family Leader, officially endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis...
Nov 21, 2023
Virginia Democrats propose amendment to guarantee abortion access after winning General Assembly
John C. Clark/For The Washington Post via Getty Images(RICHMOND, Va.) -- After winning full control of the state's General Assembly two weeks ago, Virginia Democrats are wasting no time exercisin...
Nov 21, 2023
Another voting case could head to SCOTUS after lower court limits challenges to election laws
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A federal appellate panel narrowly ruled on Monday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act (VRA) does not allow people outside the federal government to...
Nov 21, 2023
Rosalynn Carter's funeral service to be held next week in Georgia
Diana Walker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The life of former first lady Rosalynn Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 96, will be celebrated next week with memorial events and a funeral service in her...
Nov 21, 2023
Turkeys Liberty and Bell escape 'fowl' fate with presidential pardon
Win Mcnamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden gave the official presidential pardon to turkeys Liberty and Bell on the White House South Lawn on Monday -- an event stuffed with jabs at B...
Nov 21, 2023
Biden believes deal is close to free hostages in Gaza
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said Monday he believes a deal is near to free some of the more than 200 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. Biden wa...
Nov 20, 2023
