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AOC hits back at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene for ‘weaker sex’ attack on people who identify as transgender

April 6, 2022, 9:12am Politics

AOC is slamming Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., for the GOP lawmaker’s sexist attack on people who identify as transgender. Read story

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on worldwide threats.

Congressman Adam Schiff tests positive for COVID-19

House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chair Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 8, 2022, on worldwide threats.

April 6, 2022, 8:48am Politics

U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, announced Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Read story

FILE - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Bipartisan Senate bargainers have agreed to a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, but without any funds to help nations abroad combat the pandemic, Democrats and Republicans familiar with the talks said Monday, April 4.

Democratic, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement

FILE - Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, arrives to watch a speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy live-streamed into the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, March 16, 2022. Bipartisan Senate bargainers have agreed to a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, but without any funds to help nations abroad combat the pandemic, Democrats and Republicans familiar with the talks said Monday, April 4.

April 5, 2022, 11:55am Politics

Senate bargainers have reached agreement on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19 with treatments, vaccines and other steps, but both parties' bargainers ended up dropping all funding to help nations abroad combat the pandemic. Read story

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as President Joe Biden shakes hands with former President Barack Obama after Obama jokingly called Biden vice president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

Obama touts health care law, calls it ‘high point’ of tenure

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as President Joe Biden shakes hands with former President Barack Obama after Obama jokingly called Biden vice president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

April 5, 2022, 11:50am Health

President Barack Obama returned to the White House on Tuesday to savor the 12th anniversary of his signature Affordable Care Act, which is now part of the fabric of the American health care system and whose reach President Joe Biden is looking to extend. Read story

How a California lawyer became a focal point of the Jan. 6 investigation

April 4, 2022, 8:02am Politics

A federal judge’s extraordinary assertion last week that former President Donald Trump likely committed felonies connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection marked a milestone for the House committee investigating the attack. Read story

Democrats push House vote on legalizing recreational marijuana, but GOP opposed

April 1, 2022, 9:28am Politics

House Democrats were poised Friday to pass a bill legalizing marijuana throughout the nation, but its future remains hazy, with Republicans mostly opposed. Read story

FILE - U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. DeJoy said Thursday, March 31, 2022, that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

Postmaster General says he’s been cleared in federal probe

FILE - U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, on Feb. 24, 2021, in Washington. DeJoy said Thursday, March 31, 2022, that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

March 31, 2022, 11:10am Politics

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Thursday that the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business. Read story

FILE - A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, March 13, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.

U.S. sanctions Iranians after missile strikes in Iraq, Gulf

FILE - A house damaged by an Iranian ballistic missile attack is seen in Irbil, Iraq, March 13, 2022. Iran has claimed responsibility for a missile barrage that struck early Sunday near a sprawling U.S. consulate complex in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil, saying it was retaliation for an Israeli strike in Syria that killed two members of its Revolutionary Guard.

March 30, 2022, 12:09pm Politics

The United States sanctioned Iranian defense companies Wednesday after a spate of ballistic missile attacks on targets in Iraq and the Gulf. Read story

Retirement savings bill passes House as Senate deliberates

March 30, 2022, 8:21am Business

The House passed a bipartisan package aimed at growing Americans’ retirement savings Tuesday evening, sending it to the Senate with broad bipartisan backing. Read story

Administration, health experts nervously eye new virus variants

March 30, 2022, 8:13am Health

The new COVID-19 subvariant isn’t yet causing concern among public health officials, but experts warn that the U.S. is not prepared for future variants or surges. Read story