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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, talks with the commanding officer of the USS Gerald R. Ford, Navy Capt. Rick Burgess, during an unannounced visit to the ship on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The USS Gerald R. Ford has been sailing just a few hundred miles off the coast of Israel to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from expanding into a regional conflict.

Secrecy surrounding the defense secretary’s hospitalization has put the White House on the defensive

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, talks with the commanding officer of the USS Gerald R. Ford, Navy Capt. Rick Burgess, during an unannounced visit to the ship on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. The USS Gerald R. Ford has been sailing just a few hundred miles off the coast of Israel to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from expanding into a regional conflict.

January 10, 2024, 1:59pm Politics

President Joe Biden’s administration pledged from Day One to restore truth and transparency to the federal government — but now it’s facing a maelstrom of criticism and credibility questions after Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization was kept secret for days, even from the White House. Read story

‘Obamacare’ sign-ups surge to 20 million, days before open enrollment closes

January 10, 2024, 1:20pm Health

Some 20 million people have signed up for health insurance this year through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, a record-breaking figure. Read story

FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans, their sights on Mayorkas as &ldquo;derelict in his duty&rdquo; over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

As the Senate tries to strike a border deal with Mayorkas, House GOP launches effort to impeach him

FILE - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans are marching ahead with impeachment plans, their sights on Mayorkas as &ldquo;derelict in his duty&rdquo; over handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 10, 2024, 12:38pm Politics

Marching ahead with multiple impeachment plans, House Republicans set their sights Wednesday on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who they intend to prove is “derelict in his duty” over handling the surge of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. Read story

Defense Secretary Austin was treated for prostate cancer and a urinary tract infection, doctors say

January 9, 2024, 1:07pm Politics

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has prostate cancer and his recent secretive hospitalization was for surgery and later to treat a urinary tract infection related to that operation, doctors said Tuesday. Read story

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump gather on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors have recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for Ray Epps, a man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Ray Epps, a target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation for his Capitol riot role

FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump gather on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Federal prosecutors have recommended a six-month term of imprisonment for Ray Epps, a man at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

January 9, 2024, 12:23pm Latest News

A man targeted by right-wing conspiracy theories about the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Tuesday to a year of probation for joining the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by a mob of fellow Donald Trump supporters. Read story

Former President Donald Trump's attorney John Lauro, speaks to the media before Trump, at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after Trump attended a federal appeals court hearing at the federal courthouse in Washington.

With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he’s immune from prosecution

Former President Donald Trump's attorney John Lauro, speaks to the media before Trump, at a Washington hotel, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, after Trump attended a federal appeals court hearing at the federal courthouse in Washington.

January 9, 2024, 10:26am Latest News

With Donald Trump listening intently in the courtroom, federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep skepticism Tuesday that the former president was immune from prosecution on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Read story

House GOP details case for Hunter Biden contempt of Congress

January 8, 2024, 6:49pm Politics

House Republicans outlined their contempt of Congress case against Hunter Biden in documents released Monday, stating the president’s son flouted congressional subpoenas by being a no-show at a closed-door deposition and wants “special treatment” over how he gives testimony. Read story

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of defense

Defense chief’s hospital stay in focus

Lloyd Austin, Secretary of defense

January 8, 2024, 6:38pm Politics

Both the White House and Pentagon said Monday they would look into why President Joe Biden and other top officials weren’t informed for days that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had been hospitalized. A Pentagon spokesman pointed to one reason: A key staffer was out sick with the flu. Read story

A Guardsman walks over rail cars with concertina wire Jan. 3 along the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

Can Congress act on Ukraine, border?

A Guardsman walks over rail cars with concertina wire Jan. 3 along the Texas-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.

January 8, 2024, 5:14pm Nation & World

Senate negotiators were trying to land a bipartisan border security proposal this week that could unlock Senate Republican support for Ukraine aid. But as Congress returns, House conservatives are trying to interject their own hardline immigration demands. Read story

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets people after speaking during a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Clinton, Iowa.

Do presidents have immunity from the law? Trump case to separate ‘official acts’ from crimes

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets people after speaking during a commit to caucus rally, Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in Clinton, Iowa.

January 8, 2024, 8:14am Politics

There’s a beloved American axiom as old as the nation that “no one is above the law — not even the president.” Read story