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KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marking the four-year anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia, the Biden administration vowed on Wednesday to continue efforts to bring the former Marine home. Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence at a Russian penal colony for espionage charges that the United States and his family say are […]
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee has formally withdrawn its subpoena of former President Donald Trump as the investigation comes to an end days before the next Congress, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The chairman of the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, informed Trump’s lawyers of the decision in […]
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona’s attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes after a mandatory recount was triggered due to how close they were separated after the initial tally in November, when Mayes led by roughly 500 votes […]
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fees for phone calls for people incarcerated in America’s prisons have skyrocketed in the past three years — with the industry costing families nearly $1 billion a year — according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a think tank. But that could soon change, because legislation that is awaiting President Joe […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday halted the looming rollback of the immigration restriction known as Title 42, preserving a controversial status quo at the southern border, which has seen record numbers of migrant encounters. The Title 42 restriction, which began during the Trump administration in the early days of […]
David Becker for the Washington Post (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors have started looking into public filings by congressman-elect George Santos amid questions about the source of his wealth, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The sources were careful not to characterize this as a formal investigation and stressed that prosecutors, at this […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — David DePape, the man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer at their San Francisco Home, pleaded not guilty to state charges on Wednesday. The arraignment in San Francisco Superior Court comes two weeks after a judge ruled that DePape will face trial for the […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After nine public hearings and interviews with hundreds of witnesses, the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol released its final report late Thursday night. The 814-page volume is divided into eight chapters: The Big Lie; “I just want to find 11,780 votes”; […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md. announced Wednesday he has a “serious but curable” form of cancer and will enter outpatient treatment. “After several days of tests, I have been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma, which is a serious but curable form of cancer. I am about to embark on […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday passed a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the government from running out of money at midnight and send an additional $45 billion to Ukraine. The measure now goes to President Joe Biden for his signature. The bill passed 225-201 with nine Republicans — […]
