Politics

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans, joined by some Democratic colleagues, may soon send legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk to rescind changes to Washington, D.C.’s criminal code that were opposed by the district’s mayor but overwhelmingly supported by its city council. The Senate legislation, being led in the chamber by Sen. Bill Hagerty, […]

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, left, told ABC’s Devin Dwyer, right, she believes her state does not have legal standing to challenge the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan in federal court because it is not directly harmed. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday began hearing arguments in two cases challenging President Joe […]

Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials are expected to brief top congressional leaders on Tuesday about documents with classified markings that were in the possession of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden, and former Vice President Mike Pence. The closed-door briefing to the so-called “Gang of Eight” — the top Republicans and Democrats […]

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is giving federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok on any federal devices, and to ensure vendors play by the same rules, according to new guidance on Monday from Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young. Young’s memo instructs agencies […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will once again consider whether to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee to helm the federal agency responsible for maintaining and keeping record of classified documents — as Congress continues to grapple with the fallout over Biden, former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike […]

Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are set this week to once again seize on the issue of U.S. immigration following a trip to see the Biden administration’s border security apparatus firsthand. On Tuesday, the House Homeland Security Committee — now under Republican control — will hold its first full hearing on immigration […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s new committee on the U.S. and China will hold its first hearing in prime time on Tuesday night, focusing on the “overall threat” of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. The panel, known as the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and […]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WSAHINGTON) — As Black History Month draws to a close, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday evening marked the celebration by delivering remarks at a reception in the White House’s East Room. The pair touted what they called the accomplishments their administration has made for the […]

RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and a push to overturn the 2020 election spoke out in several headline-making interviews, the judge overseeing the case told ABC News on Monday that jurors “can talk about the final report.” But Judge Robert […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic, FILE (NEW YORK) — Fox boss Rupert Murdoch said in a deposition under oath that any Fox News executives who knowingly allowed lies to be broadcast on the air should “should be reprimanded” or “maybe got rid of,” according to a new court filing on Monday by Dominion Voting Systems. This is a developing […]