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FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s interview in his classified documents case.

House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

FILE - Attorney General Merrick Garland answers a question from Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, while testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Department of Justice, June 4, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The House is expected to vote on a resolution holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden&rsquo;s interview in his classified documents case.

June 12, 2024, 1:45pm Latest News

The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans' latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. Read story

FILE - Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court has a lot of work to do and little time to do it with a sizable case backlog

FILE - Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

June 12, 2024, 1:22pm Latest News

The Supreme Court is headed into its final few weeks with nearly half of the cases heard this year still undecided, including ones that could reshape the law on everything from guns to abortion to social media. The justices are also still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune… Read story

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a joint press conference with the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks at a joint press conference with the Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, June 12, 2024.

June 12, 2024, 11:18am Latest News

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal after Hamas proposed numerous changes to a U.S.-backed proposal, some of which he said were “workable” and some not. Read story

The verdict sheet in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is photographed Thursday, May 30, 2024, after a jury convicted Trump of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election.

AP-NORC poll: About half of US adults approve of Trump’s conviction, but views of him remain stable

The verdict sheet in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump is photographed Thursday, May 30, 2024, after a jury convicted Trump of felony crimes for falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election.

June 12, 2024, 9:58am Nation & World

About half of U.S. adults approve of Donald Trump's recent felony conviction, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows some potential vulnerabilities, along with some signs of resilience in his support, as Trump tries to become the first American with a… Read story

President Joe Biden is escorted by Air Force Col. Angela Ochoa, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Biden is headed to Italy for the G7 summit. Biden&rsquo;s granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, walks right.

Biden and Zelenskyy will sign security agreement between US and Ukraine when they meet at G7

President Joe Biden is escorted by Air Force Col. Angela Ochoa, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Wednesday, June 12, 2024. Biden is headed to Italy for the G7 summit. Biden&rsquo;s granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, walks right.

June 12, 2024, 9:05am Nation & World

President Joe Biden headed to Italy on Wednesday for a summit of the world’s leading democracies with an urgency to get big things done, including turning frozen Russian assets into billions of dollars to help Ukraine as it fights off Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Read story

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and other Republican leaders, from left, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-NY, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., meet with reporters to condemn former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s guilty conviction in a New York court last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Johnson also called President Joe Biden the worst president in American history. (AP Photo/J.

Republicans stick to attacking criminal justice system, echoing Trump, after Hunter Biden conviction

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., right, and other Republican leaders, from left, GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-NY, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., meet with reporters to condemn former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s guilty conviction in a New York court last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Johnson also called President Joe Biden the worst president in American history. (AP Photo/J.

June 12, 2024, 8:22am Nation & World

Republicans are responding to Hunter Biden’s conviction on federal gun charges with some version of, “That’s it?” Read story

Congress sought Osprey crash and safety documents from the Pentagon last year. It’s still waiting

June 12, 2024, 8:20am Nation & World

A House Oversight Committee panel that is investigating the safety and oversight of the V-22 Osprey aircraft following a string of fatal crashes has not received critical data or accident reports that its members requested months ago, two committee staffers told The Associated Press. Read story

FILE - First lady Jill Biden departs from federal court, June 7, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. First lady Jill Biden is kicking off her husband&rsquo;s outreach to older voters, an effort blending rallies and phone banks with social events bingo nights and pickleball games. While President Joe Biden is in Italy attending the Group of Seven summit, the first lady will travel to four swing states to launch the Seniors for Biden-Harris effort.

Biden campaign and Jill Biden launch outreach to older voters with bingo nights and pickleball games

FILE - First lady Jill Biden departs from federal court, June 7, 2024, in Wilmington, Del. First lady Jill Biden is kicking off her husband&rsquo;s outreach to older voters, an effort blending rallies and phone banks with social events bingo nights and pickleball games. While President Joe Biden is in Italy attending the Group of Seven summit, the first lady will travel to four swing states to launch the Seniors for Biden-Harris effort.

June 12, 2024, 8:19am Politics

First lady Jill Biden is kicking off her husband’s outreach to older voters, an effort that will blend rallies and phone banks with social events like bingo nights and pickleball games. Read story