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Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said the U.S. “acted out of an abundance of caution” when shooting down three unidentified aerial objects flying over North American airspace this past weekend. While officials are still working to recover the objects and assess them, Biden said nothing currently suggests they were […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Wednesday checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Thursday. “While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,” Adam Jentleson said in a statement. Jentleson said […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham and Sheldon Whitehouse on Thursday called for Congress to have the Russian-backed paramilitary Wagner group formally labeled as terrorists. The bipartisan trio want to pass the HARM Act ahead of next week’s one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they said during a joint press […]
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden on Thursday had his second physical as president, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, more than a year after his first physical since taking the White House. According to a memo released later Thursday from the president’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Biden “remains fit […]
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and new GOP presidential candidate, this week accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of thinking America is racist, echoing past attack lines that Biden and Harris have dismissed. “Every day we’re told America is flawed, rotten […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will speak at 2 p.m. ET on Thursday about the country’s “response” to four aerial objects that have been shot down in recent weeks, according to the White House. Biden has faced growing pressure from Republicans and Democrats to address the nation on […]
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is set to undergo his second physical as president Thursday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, more than a year after his first physical since taking the White House. Biden, who is 80 years old, says he is weighing whether to seek […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Portions of a report submitted by the Georgia grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election are set to be released Thursday, following an order earlier this week from a Georgia judge overseeing the case. The majority of the […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has informed lawyers representing witnesses that it will not bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after a multiple-year sex-trafficking probe into the Florida congressman, multiple sources tell ABC News. A lawyer representing the one-time minor at the center of the sex trafficking investigation into Gaetz […]
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Some of the largest counties in the U.S. are joining forces to provide guaranteed income to residents in need. County leaders from Los Angeles County, Chicago’s Cook County, Houston’s Harris County and more help make up Counties for Guaranteed Income, a coalition of local leaders hoping to collect […]