Politics

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PIERRE, S.D.) — South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has been convicted in impeachment charges and removed from office over the aftermath following a fatal car crash in 2020 he was involved in. Ravnsborg, 46, faced the state’s first impeachment trial for his conduct surrounding the traffic accident, in which […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A decision in the U.S. Supreme Court’s biggest gun rights case in over a decade is expected to land any day now. The closely-watched case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso­ci­ation Inc. v Bruen, addresses whether New York state’s concealed carry law violates the Second Amendment. It is the […]

Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The latest House Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday afternoon focused on what it said was then-President Donald Trump’s “unprecedented” effort to push key state officials to reject the results of the 2020 election — including a scheme to create slates of “fake” electors to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. Rep. […]

Image Source/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of negotiation, a bipartisan group of senators released their anti-gun violence bill on Tuesday evening — setting up a vote in the upper chamber as early as this week. The key four senators on the deal were Republicans John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina […]

Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s Tuesday hearing will focus on what it says was then-President Donald Trump’s “unprecedented” effort to push key state officials to reject the election results and his central role in the plot to create “fake” slates of electors to overturn Joe Biden’s […]

David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As top White House officials reiterate that tackling high inflation remains President Joe Biden’s chief priority, his administration is debating strategies to bring prices down — and sending mixed signals about how, and how quickly, Biden may act on an issue that is top of mind for […]

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The clock is ticking for Senate negotiators working to reach a final agreement on an anti-gun violence package before the Fourth of July recess. After agreeing earlier this month on a framework for the deal — including enhanced background checks for those ages 18-21 and funding for […]

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff made a surprise visit to schoolchildren at the National Museum of African American History and Culture to talk about the meaning of Juneteenth as the nation observed the new federal holiday on Monday. Children and their families greeted Harris, […]

Seth Herald/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the first full week of hearings for the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol now complete, nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the incident, a new ABC […]

Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The federal gun safety proposal announced last week by a bipartisan group of senators in response to the attack on Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, is “a step in the right direction,” according to several authorities — but the measures, had they already been in […]