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Rep. Jim Jordan urges GOP to use spending bills to hamper Trump cases

June 4, 2024, 8:25am Politics

House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Monday recommended using the congressional appropriations process to curtail prosecutions against former President Donald Trump. Read story

FILE - Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, March 8, 2023. Warner said Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. may be less prepared for the threat of foreign election disinformation ahead of this year&rsquo;s election than it was four years ago. Warner based his assessment on the development of powerful new AI programs that make it easier than ever to generate deepfake audio and video that can fool voters.

Intelligence chairman says US may be less prepared for election threats than it was four years ago

FILE - Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, speaks during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, March 8, 2023. Warner said Monday, June 3, 2024, the U.S. may be less prepared for the threat of foreign election disinformation ahead of this year&rsquo;s election than it was four years ago. Warner based his assessment on the development of powerful new AI programs that make it easier than ever to generate deepfake audio and video that can fool voters.

June 4, 2024, 8:25am Politics

With only five months before voters head to the polls, the U.S. may be more vulnerable to foreign disinformation aimed at influencing voters and undermining democracy than it was before the 2020 election, the leader of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Monday. Read story

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a medal ceremony for Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery on Oct. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Woodson is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, it was announced Monday.

Medic wounded on D-Day being posthumously honored

Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks during a medal ceremony for Cpl. Waverly B. Woodson Jr., at Arlington National Cemetery on Oct. 11, 2023, in Arlington, Va. Woodson is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, it was announced Monday.

June 3, 2024, 6:11pm Politics

Waverly Woodson Jr., a medic who was part of the only Black combat unit to take part in the D-Day invasion of France during World War II, is being posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of the heroism and determination he showed treating troops under heavy enemy fire. Read story

Biden prepares an order that would shut down asylum if a daily average of 2,500 migrants arrive

June 3, 2024, 3:29pm Politics

The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests at the U.S.-Mexico border once the average number of daily encounters hits 2,500 at ports of entry, with the border reopening only once that number… Read story

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

June 3, 2024, 1:32pm Health

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. What he hasn&#039;t done is utter any variation of the words that might benefit him most come sentencing time next month: &quot;I&#039;m sorry.

How Trump’s deny-everything strategy could hurt him at sentencing

FILE - Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, May 31, 2024, in New York. Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. What he hasn&#039;t done is utter any variation of the words that might benefit him most come sentencing time next month: &quot;I&#039;m sorry.

June 3, 2024, 11:49am Latest News

Donald Trump has had plenty to say since his hush money trial conviction last week. Read story

President Joe Biden&rsquo;s top climate diplomat John Podesta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

From electric vehicles to deciding what to cook for dinner, John Podesta faces climate challenges

President Joe Biden&rsquo;s top climate diplomat John Podesta speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, May 29, 2024.

June 2, 2024, 6:03am Politics

John Podesta was two months into his new role as President Joe Biden’s top climate diplomat when he faced his first international crisis — what to serve for dinner. Read story

US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger (right) speaks about security improvements around Capitol Hill as Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, and House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker listen during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Staffers bear the brunt of threats aimed at district offices

US Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger (right) speaks about security improvements around Capitol Hill as Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, and House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker listen during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on Jan. 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

June 2, 2024, 6:00am Latest News

Sen. Bernie Sanders wasn’t at his Burlington, Vt., district office when a man dumped a liquid at the bottom of the door and set it ablaze on a Friday morning last month — but seven of his staffers were. Read story

High school students and members of the public rallied in support of DACA in Los Angeles in 2019.

DACA recipients, facing long waits for renewal, risk losing their jobs

High school students and members of the public rallied in support of DACA in Los Angeles in 2019.

June 2, 2024, 6:00am Politics

It’s been three months since Miguel has been able to work at his job as a sustainability and inclusion manager at a professional services firm in San Francisco. Read story

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

As summer interns descend on the Hill, this resource office is ready

A view of the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

June 1, 2024, 5:31am Politics

Being a congressional intern can feel like drinking out of a fire hose, or at least it did to Maggie Mahfood-Bradley when she arrived on the Hill in 2016. Read story