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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is “well on his way to recovery” a little more than two weeks after he first checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Monday. Adam Jentleson shared the health update in a tweet along with […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to prevent the special counsel investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election from using testimony provided by former top White House lawyers to a federal grand jury, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. In recent weeks Trump’s attorneys have asked a court […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to delay the civil fraud case he faces in New York by several months. This timeframe would push the trial, currently scheduled for October, deeper into the 2024 presidential campaign. In a recent court filing, Trump’s attorneys said the delay they’re seeking is […]
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 […]
