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Senate to begin debate this week on bill to protect same-sex marriage

November 14, 2022, 3:52pm Politics

The Senate will begin debate this week on legislation protecting same-sex marriage, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after the bill’s sponsors made changes aimed at drawing enough Republican votes to win passage. Read story

A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence talking on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022.

Pence says Trump’s words on Jan. 6 ‘endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol’

A committee exhibit shows former Vice President Mike Pence talking on the phone from his secure location during the riot, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 16, 2022.

November 14, 2022, 2:21pm Latest News

Nearly two years after the Jan. 6 attack, former Vice President Mike Pence said ex-President Donald Trump “endangered me and my family” by siccing a mob of MAGA extremists on him inside the Capitol. Read story

Border chief quits amid tension over migrant crossings

November 13, 2022, 12:47pm Politics

The commissioner of Customs Border Protection resigned Saturday after saying he had been pressured to step down by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read story

Brianna McCullough, 20, a sophomore at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, walks through campus on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Support for abortion rights did drive women to the polls in Tuesday's elections. But for many, the issue took on higher meaning, part of an overarching concern about the future of democracy. "If they can take this away, they can take anything away from people. And I don't think that's right." McCullough said.(AP Photo/Gene J.

In election, support for abortion rights was about much more

Brianna McCullough, 20, a sophomore at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, walks through campus on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2022. Support for abortion rights did drive women to the polls in Tuesday's elections. But for many, the issue took on higher meaning, part of an overarching concern about the future of democracy. "If they can take this away, they can take anything away from people. And I don't think that's right." McCullough said.(AP Photo/Gene J.

November 11, 2022, 2:54pm Politics

To Mona Cohen, a lifelong Philadelphia Democrat, democracy is under attack in the United States. In the midterm elections, she lists a woman’s right to abortion as one of many fleeting freedoms she voted to defend. Read story

FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., walk out of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Jan. 10, 2007, toward reporters following a meeting with President Bush to discuss his revised Iraq strategy.

Pelosi faces uncertain future weeks after attack on husband

FILE - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., walk out of the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Jan. 10, 2007, toward reporters following a meeting with President Bush to discuss his revised Iraq strategy.

November 11, 2022, 8:53am Politics

The morning after the midterm election, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slipped on a sterling silver whistle given to her by her husband, who was attacked last month by an intruder at their San Francisco home. Read story

FILE - First lady Jill Biden arrives before President Joe Biden for a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 9, 2022. Biden will host a Veterans Day breakfast at the White House on Friday morning as she announces new support for children who live with wounded service members and veterans.

First lady hosts Veterans Day breakfast, supports caregivers

FILE - First lady Jill Biden arrives before President Joe Biden for a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 9, 2022. Biden will host a Veterans Day breakfast at the White House on Friday morning as she announces new support for children who live with wounded service members and veterans.

November 11, 2022, 8:51am Nation & World

First lady Jill Biden hosted a Veterans Day breakfast at the White House and announced new support for children who live with wounded service members and veterans. Read story

Fed up young climate activists: ‘Adults aren’t listening’

November 10, 2022, 8:01am Nation & World

The climate change generation is saying officials are talking too much, listening too little and acting even less. And they are fed up. Read story

Supporters of abortion rights react as preliminary results come in for Michigan Proposal 3 on Tuesday in Detroit, Mich. The measure adds the right to abortion to the state constitution.

Abortion supporters win in both GOP, Dem states

Supporters of abortion rights react as preliminary results come in for Michigan Proposal 3 on Tuesday in Detroit, Mich. The measure adds the right to abortion to the state constitution.

November 9, 2022, 4:49pm Politics

Abortion rights supporters won in the four states where access was on the ballot Tuesday, as voters enshrined it into the state constitution in battleground Michigan as well as blue California and Vermont and dealt a defeat to an anti-abortion measure in deep-red Kentucky. Read story

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to supporters as he attends a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Westchester, N.Y.

Youngkin apologizes to Pelosi for remarks after attack

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin speaks to supporters as he attends a campaign rally on Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, in Westchester, N.Y.

November 9, 2022, 10:59am Nation & World

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin wrote to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to apologize for widely criticized remarks he made after the October attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, Youngkin's office confirmed Wednesday. Read story

With the U.S Capitol in the background, people walk down steps on Election Day in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

Why AP hasn’t called control of Congress yet

With the U.S Capitol in the background, people walk down steps on Election Day in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.

November 9, 2022, 8:53am Politics

A look at where control of Congress stands in the 2022 midterm elections. Read story