Following Brazil’s far-right uprising, Biden will bring Lula to the White House
Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a violent uprising on Sunday by supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president, President Joe Biden on Monday spoke with the nation’s newly inaugurated leader, Luiz Inácio Lula da Sil…
House Republicans pass legislation trying to block new IRS funding
Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Monday night made good on a campaign promise by approving a bill that would zero-out funding from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which is intended to dramatically increase the IRS’ enf…
Bipartisan group of senators renew call for immigration reform during border trip
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden made the same trip, a bipartisan group of senators on Monday visited the southern border in El Paso, Texas, as they work to craft an elusive legislative …
What the House Republicans’ new rules change, from speaker power to spending
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Monday approved news rules for the chamber for the next two years, in the first major legislative action after the chaotic and historic process of electing Kevin McCarthy spe…
DOJ reviewing as Biden lawyer says classified docs found in his old office
Thinkstock/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has launched a preliminary review into classified documents found at the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Biden Center in Washington, D.C., sources told ABC News.
In a statement, an att…
Investigation launched into top-ranked high schools accused of withholding student’s national merit awards
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — State officials have launched an investigation into multiple high schools in Northern Virginia for allegedly “withholding merit awards” after protests from parents of high-achieving students, Virginia Attorney General J…
After McCarthy’s deal to become speaker, House GOP takes up new rules
Michael Godek/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — To secure the House speakership, California Republican Kevin McCarthy cut a sweeping deal with some of the most conservative members of his conference that included concessions he had not only vowed would be a …
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg to be sentenced Tuesday
ftwitty/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, one of former President Donald Trump’s most trusted and loyal employees, will face sentencing Tuesday after he pleaded guilty last year to 15 state crimes then testified against the Trump Organizatio…
School district sues social media giants for ‘creating a youth mental health crisis’
Karl Tapales/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — Seattle Public Schools, the largest school district in the state of Washington, filed a lawsuit Friday against multiple social media giants, in an effort to hold the companies “accountable for the harm they have wr…
Grand jury declines to indict man who threw White Claw cans at Sen. Ted Cruz
Mint Images/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — A Texas grand jury has declined to indict a man who hurled two cans of White Claw hard seltzer at Sen. Ted Cruz during the Houston Astros’ World Series victory parade in November, according to court records.
After …