Politics

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection sent a letter to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich Thursday seeking information and records related to what it said were his conversations and communications with former President Donald Trump’s team before and after the attack on the Capitol. In its […]

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will speak in prime time about the “soul of the nation” as he ramps ups his political messaging ahead of the midterm elections this November. Biden is set to make the remarks from outside Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia at […]

James Devaney/GC Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Wednesday responded to the Justice Department in the dispute over Trump’s request for a “special master” to review materials the FBI seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump’s lawyers have argued to a federal judge in Florida that the review is needed to […]

The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Democrat Mary Peltola is projected to win the Alaska special general election for the state’s sole House seat, ABC News reports. Peltola defeated two Republicans — former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich — and will be the first Democrat to represent the state […]

Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As states continue to regulate abortion rights across the country, abortion rights groups and state legislatures in Indiana and South Carolina are at odds amid fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Indiana abortion providers filed a lawsuit in Monroe County Circuit Court on Tuesday seeking to […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Tuesday responded to former President Donald Trump’s call for a “special master” to review materials the FBI seized at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump’s lawyers have said the review is needed to deal with matters they argue may be covered by executive privilege. In their 36-page filing, top […]

Nate Smallwood/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania, on Tuesday tried to distance himself from an aide’s comment last week that appeared to mock the stroke suffered by Oz’s opponent, Democratic Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. “The campaign has been saying lots of things,” Oz told KDKA, a Pittsburgh radio […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden has recovered from a “rebound” case of COVID-19 and will return to Washington nearly a week after again testing positive for the virus, her office said. Biden, who has been isolating in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, has now tested negative, her spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said in a statement. […]

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday said its team tasked with identifying potential attorney-client privileged materials that were seized in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month has already completed its review and is in the process of addressing possible privilege disputes. In a filing acknowledging receipt […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday pushed back on Republicans who called President Joe Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan unfair — with Sanders arguing the GOP turned a blind eye to government assistance in other sectors. “I don’t hear any of these Republicans squawking when we give massive tax breaks to […]