House committee expected to release Trump’s taxes Friday
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s tax returns are expected to be released by the…
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Former President Donald Trump files to run in 2024
Originally Published: 15 NOV 22 20:49 ETBy Fredreka Schouten, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday…
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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Trump for testimony on Capitol attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee voted Thursday to subpoena Donald Trump for testimony before the panel over the 2021 attack at the…
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Ivana Trump, first wife of former president, dead at 73
NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, who formed half of a publicity power couple in the 1980s as the first wife of former President Donald Trump and mother…
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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman to sit on Supreme Court
In a final Senate vote, Ketanji Brown Jackson has been confirmed to the Supreme Court and will be the first Black woman on the high…
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The midterms will decide the future of the January 6 investigation. Here’s how the race for the House looks today
The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol is racing against a political clock to get to the bottom of…
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Bolton recalls Trump using term “burner phone”
Former national security advisor for the Trump administration, John Bolton, said he heard former President Donald Trump use the term “burner phones”…
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New bill regarding catalytic convertor thefts headed to Senate
A new California Senate Bill 919 is aiming to help lower catalytic convertor…
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President Biden’s State of the Union address begins
WASHINGTON D.C. (KION-TV)– President Biden’s state of the Union has begun and he is expected to ban Russian aircraft from U.S. airspace in…
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US, EU agree to freeze assets of Russia’s Putin, Lavrov
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Biden administration announced Friday that it will move to freeze the assets of President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister…
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Ukrainian President declares martial law as Russian invasion commences
WASHINGTON D.C. (KION-TV) UPDATE Feb. 24, 2022 10:30 a.m. President Biden will deliver remarks announcing the further consequences the United States…
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Putin recognizes separatist eastern Ukrainian regions
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and LORNE COOK MOSCOW (Associated Press)– Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence of…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 14, 1946 Birth place: New York,…
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Bumble and Match pledge to help people affected by Texas abortion law
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Bumble and the CEO of rival dating platform Match Group are creating relief funds for people affected by a Texas law…
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Senate clears last hurdle before final vote on massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package
By Kristin Wilson, Ali Zaslav, Manu Raju and Clare Foran, CNN The Senate voted to cut off debate on the massive $1.2 trillion infrastructure package…
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Biden announces new emissions standards, target that 50% of vehicles sold in US by 2030 are electric
President Joe Biden unveiled another component of his administration’s plan to fight the climate crisis on Thursday, announcing a new target that…
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Pentagon is currently on lockdown following reports of shooting on bus platform outside
(CNN) – The Pentagon is locked down with no personnel allowed outside due to a “shooting event” that happened outside the building on a bus platform,…
Continue ReadingMcConnell says ‘highly unlikely’ he would let Biden fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if GOP wins back Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that if his party regains the majority in 2022 it’s “highly unlikely” he…
Continue ReadingTrump-appointed head of DOJ’s national security division to leave at end of June
John Demers, the Trump-appointed head of the Justice Department’s national security division, is leaving at the end of the month as planned, a…
Continue ReadingExclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and…
Continue ReadingJustice Department to ‘strengthen’ rules regarding seeking congressional records, Garland says
The Justice Department will “strengthen” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a…
Continue ReadingNATO leaders at summit back Biden’s decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan
NATO leaders meeting in Brussels on Monday largely backed President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, according to a…
Continue ReadingJustice Department can keep the Barr memo on not charging Trump secret for now, judge rules
Judge Amy Berman Jackson is allowing the Justice Department to keep secret part of a key memo to then-Attorney General William Barr from his top…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court declines to take up challenge to California electoral vote process
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging California’s electoral process in another instance of the high court shying away from…
Continue ReadingHow Democrats are laying the groundwork now for a potential reconciliation bill
As the bipartisan group continues to educate their respective members on their $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal, Democratic leadership and key…
Continue ReadingTrump-era sentencing reform law doesn’t apply to low-level crack cocaine offenders, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act…
Continue ReadingSenate to vote on confirmation of key Biden judicial nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court effectively delays challenge to Harvard affirmative action policies for several months
The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off…
Continue ReadingBiden preparing intensely for Putin’s tactics with aides and allies
President Joe Biden is using time away from summit meetings on his European tour this week for intense preparations ahead of his talks with Vladimir…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden arrives at NATO for first visit as President
President Joe Biden has arrived at his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’…
Continue Reading‘Her instinct is to dig in’: Kamala Harris’ struggles to answer border question seen as part of a pattern
Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically…
Continue ReadingEducation Secretary tells White House reopening schools is ‘challenging for all’
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings…
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President Biden set to make first NATO visit as President after meeting G7 allies
President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United…
Continue ReadingBiden’s agenda hits roadblocks in Congress as he preaches democracy overseas
As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on…
Continue ReadingG7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden and the first lady meet Queen Elizabeth II after his first G7 summit
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue ReadingApple informed former White House counsel Don McGahn and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the…
Continue Reading3 takeaways from President Joe Biden’s first G7 summit
When President Joe Biden and his aides were planning his visit to the Cornish coast this weekend, many — including the President — viewed…
Continue ReadingPelosi says Trump DOJ’s targeting of political enemies ‘goes even beyond Richard Nixon’
The Trump-era Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize data of Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee went even beyond the…
Continue ReadingAOC says she is ‘inclined to say yes’ as to whether Justice Breyer should retire
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is “inclined to say yes” as to whether Justice Stephen Breyer should retire from the Supreme…
Continue ReadingBiden says Putin is right about US-Russia relations being at ‘a low point’ ahead of summit
President Joe Biden said Sunday he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that relations between the US and Russia are at a “low…
Continue ReadingREAD: G7 communiqué calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19 after an initial report was…
Continue ReadingBiden leaves his first G7 summit for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue ReadingFact check: Breaking down Mitch McConnell’s spin on the John Lewis voting rights bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked Tuesday where he stands on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a Democratic bill that aims…
Continue Reading‘New York is back!’ The NYC Democratic mayoral primary captivates a reanimated city
When New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took the stage at a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley on Saturday night, the…
Continue Reading‘Asserting power when they don’t have any’: GOP governors move to ban mask mandates in schools
As a school year filled with challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic comes to a close, the focus is on summer school and planning for the fall, when…
Continue ReadingBiden set to cap off first G7 summit with an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue ReadingFormer Deputy AG Rosenstein has said he was not aware of subpoena for lawmakers’ data, source says
Ex-top Trump Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein has told people in recent days he was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of…
Continue ReadingYouTube suspends Sen. Ron Johnson’s account for posting video about dubious Covid-19 treatments
YouTube suspended GOP Sen. Ron Johnson’s account on Friday after he posted comments regarding dubious treatments for Covid-19. “We…
Continue Reading‘I’m a partner on this journey’: Jill Biden on how she sees her role as first lady during debut foreign trip
On her third full day in the United Kingdom to accompany President Joe Biden on his first G7 Summit, Jill Biden peeled off from her husband, and the…
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