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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marking St. Patrick’s Day in Washington, President Joe Biden began a day of festivities by welcoming Ireland’s prime minister to the White House. Biden, donning a shamrock-green tie in homage to his Irish roots, held a bilateral meeting with Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office — a return of a […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, speaking on ABC’s Good Morning America Friday, said he was “absolutely” prepared for cross-examination in a potential trial after completing his testimony this week before a Manhattan grand jury mulling charges against Trump. “I was working for a man who ultimately became president […]
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-V.a.) is taking graduate classes to learn more about new technology. — ABC News Live (WASHINGTON) — With the rise of artificial intelligence in our daily lives, members of Congress are trying to get ahead of the curve and ensure the technology doesn’t get out of control. And they’re taking different […]
Danny Guerra / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday, in a procedural move, cleared the way for a final vote on repealing decades-old war powers measures that authorized two wars with Iraq — first under former President George H. W. Bush in the Gulf War, and then by his son, former President George […]
Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via Getty Images, FILE (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — A Minnesota Republican said he opposed a bill to guarantee meals for all students because he had “yet to meet a person in Minnesota who is hungry.” State Sen. Steve Drazkowski made the comments Tuesday as he argued against HF 5, a proposal to dedicate […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (BISMARCK, N.D.) — The North Dakota Supreme Court declared Thursday that the state’s abortion ban is unconstitutional and will not be enforced. After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade during the summer, a trigger ban was set to go into effect that would make it a felony to perform an abortion […]
Daniel Garrido/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After six recent close calls between commercial airliners, the Federal Aviation Administration says it will work to require all cockpit voice recorders (CVRs), often called black boxes, to capture 25 hours of information. If ultimately finalized, that would be an increase from current regulations, which only require CVRs to record […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith is pushing to question an attorney for former President Donald Trump about an alleged phone call the two held as investigators were building evidence about Trump’s potential obstruction of the government’s efforts to retrieve classified materials that he had retained after leaving […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Many Democrats are starting their least favorite sexennial waiting game: hoping Sen. Joe Manchin runs for reelection while having little recourse to sway the willful West Virginian. Manchin, one of the most conservative members of his party and an occasional thorn in the side of Senate leadership and the Biden White […]
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is demanding TikTok’s Chinese owner sell its stake in the app or risk getting banned, the company and a U.S. official told ABC News. TikTok confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday that it was recently contacted by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the […]