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Nick Kerr/ABC News (SIMI VALLEY, Calif.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis visited Southern California on Sunday, taking swipes at Gov. Gavin Newsom in his own backyard amid a widening Republican Primary battle ahead of 2024. “I know you guys got a lot of problems out here, but your governor is very concerned about what we’re […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Sunday shared his concerns about recent headline-making safety issues for America’s rail and aviation systems, which he said underscored the need for congressional oversight. “We need to be proactive, not reactive, with regard to these kinds of public safety transportation issues,” Sullivan told ABC “This Week” […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar over existing regulations and precautions for rail companies. “It shouldn’t take a rail disaster to get us working together like that. And that’s what […]
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” There, Biden spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — where in 1965 hundreds of civil rights marchers were attacked by police. The violence, which sparked national outrage, marked a turning point in the […]
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. In an interview with CNN, Buttigieg offered his most vociferous defense to date, seeking to rebut claims that the Biden administration doesn’t […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its guarantees of gender equality in the Constitution. “I’m dismayed that in 2023, we still have to fight to be seen […]
Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination for 2024. Hogan made clear that he’s not running so he can focus on defeating former President Donald Trump […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday said former President Donald Trump should not be entitled to immunity from lawsuits that aim to hold him accountable for the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol. In a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the department said that […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota woke up Saturday morning with a right they lacked the day prior. On Friday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed House File 28, which restores the right to vote to convicted felons who complete their term of incarceration. According to the governor’s office, 55,000 individuals […]
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Thursday he will visit East Palestine, Ohio, “at some point” as the area recovers from a train derailment that released toxic chemicals. Biden was asked about if he had plans to visit as he was exiting a lunch with Senate Democrats flanked by Senate […]
