Politics

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The 118th Congress will see a number of historic “firsts” — the first woman and LGBTQ representative from Vermont, the first Latina representatives from Oregon and the first member of Generation Z, those born from 1997 to 2012. That 25-year-old, Maxwell Frost, will be the youngest member of a legislative body […]

KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Marking the four-year anniversary of Paul Whelan’s detention in Russia, the Biden administration vowed on Wednesday to continue efforts to bring the former Marine home. Whelan is serving a 16-year sentence at a Russian penal colony for espionage charges that the United States and his family say are […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fees for phone calls for people incarcerated in America’s prisons have skyrocketed in the past three years — with the industry costing families nearly $1 billion a year — according to the Prison Policy Initiative, a think tank. But that could soon change, because legislation that is awaiting President Joe […]

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Supreme Court decision on Wednesday halted the looming rollback of the immigration restriction known as Title 42, preserving a controversial status quo at the southern border, which has seen record numbers of migrant encounters. The Title 42 restriction, which began during the Trump administration in the early days of […]

Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee on Friday publicly released documents related to former President Donald Trump’s tax returns covering the six years from 2015-2020. The move comes after committee members voted 24-16 last week to release the documents after sensitive information — like bank account numbers and […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republican Whip Steve Scalise sent a letter to his colleagues Friday outlining the party’s legislative agenda once it takes over the chamber in the new year. Scalise, who has been elected to become the next House majority leader, laid out a handful of bills that will be brought to […]

Official White House Photo by Erin Scott (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday announced six full pardons granted by President Joe Biden. “Today, President Biden is granting six full pardons for individuals who have served their sentences and have demonstrated a commitment to improving their communities and the lives of those around them,” a […]

Wade Vandervort/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More discrepancies are emerging about New York Rep.-elect George Santos’ background, adding to a growing list of fabrications and exaggerations that the incoming congressman has told about his life — some of which have drawn the attention of prosecutors. In addition to having falsely said he attended Baruch […]

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden Thursday signed the omnibus spending bill into law while on vacation, extending funding for the government into next year. Biden, on vacation in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, signed the $1.7 trillion into law to avoid a government shutdown and provide funding for the federal […]

Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee has formally withdrawn its subpoena of former President Donald Trump as the investigation comes to an end days before the next Congress, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News. The chairman of the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, informed Trump’s lawyers of the decision in […]