Politics

Johannes Simon/Getty Images (MUNICH) — Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday the U.S. has determined Russia committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine during a speech in Munich in which she spoke of the need to stand up to authoritarian nations using “brute force.” “In the case of Russia’s actions in Ukraine, we have examined the evidence, […]

Angelo Merendino/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan came to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, he was the first top Biden administration official on the scene since Norfolk Southern rail cars filled with toxic chemicals derailed near the town two weeks ago. The incident has since sparked intense health and […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the 100th judicial appointment by President Joe Biden and as of Thursday the chamber had confirmed 105 of his nominees, exceeding the pace set by predecessors George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Donald Trump. Since the Trump administration, confirming judges has been a major focus of […]

Ulrich Baumgarten via Getty Images (New York) — The Labor Department has detailed an investigation that found one of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers illegally employed more than 100 children in hazardous work conditions across 13 facilities in eight states. DOL said its investigation into Packers Sanitation Services Inc., based in Wisconsin, found […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott continued Friday as Scott updated his much-criticized plan — calling for all federal programs to “sunset in five years” unless there’s a vote to renew them — to pointedly exempt Social Security and Medicare. As he […]

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 […]

ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (NEW YORK) — Since late January, four vessels, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon, have been seen in U.S. and Canadian airspace and were all subsequently shot down by the U.S. military. Some details link the incidents, including all of them occurring within a few days of each other, but there […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]