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Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing about Supreme Court ethics. Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 Democrat, sent a letter to Roberts inviting him or “another Justice whom you designate” to appear before the committee on […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Thursday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking the deposition of Mark Pomerantz by the House Judiciary Committee less than two hours before it was set to begin. The subpoena of Pomerantz, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office, is part of an investigation […]
Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A supervisor at the IRS has told lawmakers that he has information that suggests the Biden administration could be mishandling the investigation into President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. In a letter to lawmakers obtained by ABC News, the lawyer for the […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — Opposition to Julie Su as President Joe Biden’s next labor secretary, and the reluctance of some Democrats to back her, has put her nomination in doubt as she faces a confirmation hearing Thursday. Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana are Democratic […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended a temporary stay to maintain the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone amid ongoing litigation. The administrative stay will be in place until the end of day Friday. The decision came just hours before an end-of-the-day deadline from Justice Samuel […]
Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited GOP proposal to lift the debt limit and enact federal spending cuts. Speaking on the House floor, McCarthy outlined what’s included in the so-called Limit, Save, Grow Act, designed to raise the debt limit into next year and […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While there is much to learn about the alleged Pentagon leaker, reports have indicated suspect Jack Teixeira was driven by a desire to impress friends he made on the social media platform Discord. Will that make a difference as the case moves forward? Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of […]
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has denied Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s request to block a congressional subpoena for a former prosecutor in Bragg’s office who investigated former President Donald Trump. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil on Wednesday declined to enjoin the subpoena for testimony about Trump’s indictment, clearing the way for Mark […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the Pentagon office reviewing UFO incidents reported by military personnel told Congress Wednesday that his office is now reviewing 650 incidents, but that there is no evidence that any of them is of extraterrestrial origin. Two new videos were released at the rare open congressional […]
John Lamparski/Getty Images, FILE (BOSTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and attorney from the famed political Kennedy family, announced on Wednesday that he is running for president in 2024 as a Democrat. Son of former Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and the nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, the 69-year-old launched […]
