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Biden praises Congress’ bipartisanship in passage of $1.7 trillion spending bill

President Biden on Friday signaled he would sign into law Congress' $1.7 trillion spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September, praising the measure as a shining example of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill.

December 23, 2022

Publishers race to capitalize on Jan. 6 report buzz with slick repackaging of anti-Trump findings

Book publishers are jockeying to cash in on the just-released report by the House Jan. 6 committee betting on lasting public demand for slickly bound copies of the panel's eight-chapter tome.

December 23, 2022

Trump blasts Jan. 6 report, doubles down on claims that 2020 election was stolen

Former President Donald Trump ripped the House Jan. 6 committee's weighty final report by calling the panel's investigation a "witch hunt" and doubling down on his claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.

December 23, 2022

Biden repeals Pentagon vaccine mandate with signing of annual defense policy bill

President Biden has signed into law this year's annual defense policy bill despite his opposition to a Republican-led measure included in the bill that repeals the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for military members, a rule put in place under his administration.

December 23, 2022

Russia’s mercenary outfit Wagner Group receives arms shipment from North Korea for use in Ukraine

North Korea has completed its first arms shipment to Russia's secretive mercenary Wagner Group, the White House said Thursday, as the Kremlin scrambles to replenish its weapons stocks for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

December 22, 2022

House Republicans blame Pelosi, Democrats in their own report on Jan. 6 Capitol security failures

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi barred Republicans from key security-related discussions ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a lengthy House GOP-led report issued Wednesday.

December 21, 2022

Twitter disclosures spur demand from Americans across political spectrum for online censorship probe

More than two-thirds of voters think the recent revelations exposed in Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" warrant further investigation by Congress, according to a new poll that shows concerns about censorship of conservative voices on social media extend far beyond the Republican base.

December 21, 2022

Zelenskyy at White House offers ‘all my appreciation from my heart’ for U.S. support of war effort

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday marked his first trip to the U.S. since the Russian invasion of Ukraine by thanking President Biden and Congress for the billions in military assistance that has been sent to his country.

December 21, 2022

Zelenskyy to meet Biden, address Congress as war rages on

President Biden will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Wednesday where Mr. Biden will announce that the U.S. will provide advanced Patriot surface-to-air missiles, administration officials confirmed Tuesday. In the evening, Mr. Zelenskyy will make his case before Congress as it considers the overall budget bill.

December 21, 2022

Latest ‘Twitter Files’ reveal the platform helped the Pentagon’s covert information operations

Twitter worked behind the scenes with the Pentagon to aid in the U.S. military's covert influence operations overseas, according to newly revealed internal documents that show the company broke its pledge to never help advance any government's disinformation schemes.

December 20, 2022

Biden to meet with Mexican, Canadian leaders next month

President Biden will attend the North American Leaders' Summit in Mexico next month and meet with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the White House announced Tuesday.

December 20, 2022

‘Twitter Files’ show FBI offered executives top secret info to guide 2020 election censorship

The FBI set up a classified briefing for Twitter lawyer James Baker weeks before news reports emerged about incriminating information found on Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop, according to internal Twitter documents.

December 19, 2022

House Jan. 6 committee recommends criminal charges against Trump, lawyer Eastman

The panel also is referring four House Republican lawmakers to the Ethics Committee for failure to comply with the panel's subpoenas -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California, and Reps. Jim Jordan of Ohio, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania and Andy Biggs of Arizona.

December 19, 2022

House Jan. 6 Committee previews final report focused on Trump’s role in Capitol attack

Former President Donald Trump was the "central cause" of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the House Jan. 6 Committee said Monday in a summary of its final report that Democrats hope, in part, will derail Mr. Trump's 2024 presidential bid.

December 19, 2022

Latest ‘Twitter Files’ reveal flood of FBI emails, back channel tools used by feds to censor posts

Coordination between the FBI and a top Twitter official on censoring posts included more than 150 emails with agents between January 2020 and November 2022, the latest drop of internal documents released as part of Elon Musk's so-called "Twitter Files" has revealed.

December 16, 2022

Biden the big spender: Same-day trips between D.C., Delaware come with massive price tag

President Biden is making back-and-forth trips between the White House and his home state of Delaware on Friday, racking up costly flight time.

December 16, 2022

Pelosi, Schumer say Biden should run in 2024

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said on Thursday that President Biden should seek reelection in 2024, citing his connection with the American people and his "excellent" first two years in office.

December 15, 2022

Jan. 6 Committee to meet Monday amid expectations that it will refer criminal charges

The House Jan. 6 Committee will hold a public meeting Monday amid mounting speculation that it will make criminal referrals to the Justice Department as the panel concludes its 18-month investigation of the events surrounding the assault on the Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump.

December 15, 2022

Trump vows if elected to crack down on left-wing censorship, reclaim free speech in America

Former President Donald Trump rolled out a plan Thursday that he said would "shatter the left-wing censorship machine" and reclaim the First Amendment guarantee of free speech for all Americans.

December 15, 2022

House Judiciary Republicans zero in on Big Tech collusion with Biden administration

Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are demanding several Big Tech companies hand over documents as the panel expands its probe into the Biden administration's attempts to curtail online freedom of speech.

December 14, 2022