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Auburn Police Department (AUBURN, Wash.) — Police in Washington state said they have arrested a suspect who allegedly tried to abduct a barista through a drive-thru window. The Auburn Police Department had released surveillance footage of the incident — which occurred shortly after 5 a.m. local time on Monday — while seeking to identify the […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Reported threats to members of Congress in 2022 declined by more than 2,000 since the record-breaking 9,625 that were reported in 2021, according to statistics released on Tuesday by the U.S. Capitol Police. In total, there were 7,501 threat cases investigated by Capitol Police last year, the agency said. “The […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued to avoid answering reporters’ questions on the ongoing classified document drama as the White House faces questions of transparency about what it’s told the American public as opposed to the Justice Department. Face-to-face with reporters at an Oval Office meeting with Dutch Prime Minister […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department considered but decided against sending FBI agents to President Joe Biden’s Delaware home to monitor his attorneys’ search for classified documents, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The detail was first reported by The Wall Street Journal. Both the president’s attorneys and the Justice […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the appeal of a 33-year-old transgender woman from Guatemala who is seeking asylum in a case her attorney calls life or death. Estrella Santos Zacarias, whose claims of gender violence and discrimination were rejected by American immigration officials was deported to Mexico […]

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Monday morning, thousands of residents flooded the historic Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in southeast Washington, D.C. — the throughway for the city’s annual peace walk and parade in commemoration of the late civil rights icon. More than 120 organizations registered to participate in the parade, the […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insisted Monday that he “always” had some questions related to now-Rep. George Santos’ resume amid ongoing revelations about the lies and embellishments by the freshman lawmaker from New York. “I never knew all about his resume or not, but I always had […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — As more questions arise from the discoveries of government documents found in President Joe Biden’s offices and home, elected officials and government watchdog groups are expressing concerns about the security of important documents. The latest news comes months after it was revealed that former President […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans demanded the White House turn over a log of visitors from President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, where classified documents have been discovered, the White House said Sunday that such a record does not exist. “Consistent with past precedent of every President […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Two federal investigations into the handling of classified documents have drawn attention to a decades-old law governing presidential records. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, including materials he kept from his time as vice president. The development comes […]