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Biden to call on Congress, states to temporarily waive gas taxes in bid to ease pain at the pump

President Biden is expected to call on Congress to suspend the federal gasoline and diesel tax through the end of September on Wednesday as part of a comprehensive plan to offer some relief to consumers facing painfully high prices at the pump.

June 22, 2022

Biden congratulates Colombia’s far-left president-elect, pledges to keep strong ties with Bogota

President Biden on Tuesday reaffirmed his administration's commitment to maintaining a strong relationship with Colombia in a call to congratulate the country's far-left President-elect Gustavo Petro.

June 21, 2022

Brad Raffensperger fumes that Trump supporters sent his wife ‘sexualized’ texts after 2020 election

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Tuesday said his wife received "sexualized texts" from Trump supporters after he rebuffed calls to overturn his state's 2020 election results.

June 21, 2022

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas British filmmaker with inside access to Trump team: Report

The House Jan. 6 committee has subpoenaed a British documentary filmmaker who had access to President Trump's inner circle in the weeks leading up to the 2021 attack on the Capitol.

June 21, 2022

Biden reverses Trump-era policy on land mines with revived ban

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that the military will no longer develop, produce or export anti-personnel land mines and will restrict their use outside the Korean Peninsula. Any anti-personnel mines not earmarked for South Korea's defense will be destroyed, administration officials said.

June 21, 2022

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to headline House Jan. 6 committee hearing on Tuesday

Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's Republican secretary of state who went toe-to-toe with President Donald Trump over stolen election claims just days before the U.S. Capitol riot, is slated to testify Tuesday before the House Jan. 6 committee.

June 20, 2022

West Point cadets schooled on ‘whiteness,’ ‘queer theory’ under newly revealed CRT regime

West Point cadets have been taught that "whiteness" connotes "race privilege" and "structural advantage" as part of instructions based on critical race theory, according to newly revealed documents and course materials from the military academy.

June 20, 2022

Biden says a visit to Ukraine is not likely during his next trip abroad

President Biden on Monday said a stop in Ukraine is unlikely when he visits Europe and the Middle East in the coming weeks.

June 20, 2022

Biden refutes the inevitability of a recession despite economists’ gloomy forecasts

President Biden on Monday doubled down on his administration's mantra that an economic recession isn't an inevitability despite widespread fears to the contrary.

June 20, 2022

Trump says McCarthy made a ‘bad decision’ in pulling GOP nominees for House Jan. 6 committee

Former President Donald Trump is taking shots at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy over the lack of GOP representation on the House Jan. 6 Committee.

June 20, 2022

Americans swayed slightly by House Jan. 6 committee hearings, poll finds

Nearly 60% of Americans say former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, according to a poll conducted midway in the House Jan. 6 committee's series of public hearings scheduled for this month.

June 20, 2022

CDC director approves COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky on Saturday approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccines for use in American children as young as 6 months.

June 18, 2022

Car crash in Mexico kills 2 actors from Netflix show ‘The Chosen One’

Two actors from the Netflix series "The Chosen One" are dead and six crew members are injured following an accident in Mexico.

June 18, 2022

John Hinckley Jr.’s Brooklyn concert canceled

A Brooklyn venue has canceled a planned performance by President Ronald Reagan's attempted assassin, John Hinckley, Jr.

June 18, 2022

Ginni Thomas looks forward to speaking with House Jan. 6 committee

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, said she welcomes the opportunity to "clear up misconceptions" with the House Jan. 6 Committee.

June 18, 2022

Biden takes a tumble off his bike while spending the weekend at the beach

President Biden on Saturday took a fall while on a bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

June 18, 2022

House Republicans sound alarm over Russian nuclear saber-rattling, call on Biden to draw red line

Top House Republican foreign policy, military and intelligence lawmakers are sounding the alarm over what they way is Russia's nuclear saber-rattling, calling on President Biden to leverage "every tool of national power" to deter the Kremlin from nuclear aggression amid the clash over Ukraine.

June 17, 2022

Bitter showdown ahead over Democrats’ plans to include women in the draft

Republicans are gearing up for a bitter showdown over a proposal to include women in the military draft as House and Senate committees hammer out the annual defense policy bill.

June 17, 2022

House Jan. 6 committee: Pence targeted for refusal to overturn election

The House Jan. 6 committee on Thursday zeroed in on former President Trump's pressure campaign on then-Vice President Mike Pence to delay or overturn the 2020 presidential election, characterizing it as an illegal scheme.

June 16, 2022

Jan. 6 panel: John Eastman acknowledged overturning vote could spark violence

John Eastman, the conservative lawyer behind President Trump's calls for Vice President Pence to reject the 2020 presidential electoral vote count, acknowledged that doing so could spark violence.

June 16, 2022