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Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Golden State Warriors returned to the White House as national champions on Tuesday — their first trip back since Barack Obama’s presidency, despite winning two championships while former President Donald Trump was in office. The Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics during the 2022 NBA finals, claiming their fourth championship […]
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Reported threats to members of Congress in 2022 declined by more than 2,000 since the record-breaking 9,625 that were reported in 2021, according to statistics released on Tuesday by the U.S. Capitol Police. In total, there were 7,501 threat cases investigated by Capitol Police last year, the agency said. “The […]
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday continued to avoid answering reporters’ questions on the ongoing classified document drama as the White House faces questions of transparency about what it’s told the American public as opposed to the Justice Department. Face-to-face with reporters at an Oval Office meeting with Dutch Prime Minister […]
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear the appeal of a 33-year-old transgender woman from Guatemala who is seeking asylum in a case her attorney calls life or death. Estrella Santos Zacarias, whose claims of gender violence and discrimination were rejected by American immigration officials was deported to Mexico […]
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Monday morning, thousands of residents flooded the historic Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in southeast Washington, D.C. — the throughway for the city’s annual peace walk and parade in commemoration of the late civil rights icon. More than 120 organizations registered to participate in the parade, the […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy insisted Monday that he “always” had some questions related to now-Rep. George Santos’ resume amid ongoing revelations about the lies and embellishments by the freshman lawmaker from New York. “I never knew all about his resume or not, but I always had […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (NEW YORK) — As more questions arise from the discoveries of government documents found in President Joe Biden’s offices and home, elected officials and government watchdog groups are expressing concerns about the security of important documents. The latest news comes months after it was revealed that former President […]
ABC News (ATLANTA) — President Joe Biden on Sunday delivered a sermon at Martin Luther King Jr.’s former church in Atlanta, celebrating the late civil rights leader’s life and legacy and reflecting on the progress that Biden said was still left to be made. Speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King had preached, Biden spoke […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Schiff, a former chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that classified documents recently discovered to be in President Joe Biden’s possession from his time as vice president need to be assessed for their national security implications. “I don’t think we can exclude the possibility without knowing more […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News the December discovery of classified documents inside President Joe Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home served as a tipping point in the lead-up to a special counsel. That was the moment, sources said, that it became almost certain in the minds of investigators that an […]