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Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines introduces President Joe Biden during a visit to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Va., July 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Intel report on coronavirus cannot find direct evidence of lab leak

The U.S. director of national intelligence released an unclassified report, late Friday, on potential links between COVID-19 and a major lab in central China, as required by law, but it does not solve the mystery of whether the virus escaped from a lab or slipped to humans from an animal.

June 23, 2023
President Joe Biden speaks about reproductive rights during an event in Washington, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden urges crowd to channel anger over Dobbs decision into 2024 action

President Biden said the GOP is in for a world of hurt in the 2024 election cycle, betting that women and angry voters are set to punish Republicans over restrictions on abortion that flowed from the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the broad right to abortion one year ago.

June 23, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a town hall meeting, Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Pella, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Sen. Tim Scott releases ads marking first anniversary of Dobbs decision

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Republican 2024 presidential candidate, is marking the first anniversary of the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade by running digital ads that take aim at Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for saying abortion bans would be "very damaging" for the economy.

June 23, 2023
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he leaves after addressing a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

India’s Modi praises U.S. democracy in address to Congress

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the foundations of American democracy in an address to a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, emphasizing the importance of the partnership between the world's two biggest democracies on a day of summitry that mixed geopolitics and commercial opportunity.

June 22, 2023
Ranking Member Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate panel advances bill targeting fentanyl money trail

A Senate panel unanimously advanced Wednesday a bill that targets every part of the illicit fentanyl chain, from Chinese chemical suppliers to Mexican cartels that ship the deadly drugs to U.S. towns, marking bipartisan progress on the problem and giving a 2024 presidential contender a win on a major GOP issue.

June 21, 2023
U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., attends a Democratic event at the Capitol in Washington, May 15, 2019. Rochester, Delaware’s lone representative in the U.S. House, announced Wednesday, June 21, 2023, that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Democrat Tom Carper. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester launches Senate bid

Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester announced Wednesday she is running for the Senate seat in Delaware being vacated by Sen. Tom Carper, a Democrat who decided not to run again.

June 21, 2023