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Rep. Elaine Luria, Jan. 6 panel member: ‘I sure as hell hope’ DOJ is investigating Trump

Rep. Elaine Luria, a member of the House panel probing last year's riot at the U.S. Capitol, said Sunday she hopes the Department of Justice is investigating former President Donald Trump for criminal charges and does not need to wait for the committee's recommendations.

July 24, 2022

Al Gore compares ‘climate deniers’ to Uvalde police officers

Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday that those who deny or question the science behind climate change are comparable to the law enforcement officials who failed to take down the shooter who killed 19 elementary students and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, in May.

July 24, 2022

Rep. Liz Cheney says 2024 presidential campaign decision will come ‘down the road’

Rep. Liz Cheney, ousted from her GOP leadership position in Congress for her anti-Donald Trump stance, said Sunday she's undecided about whether she will mount her own dark-horse 2024 bid for the presidency.

July 24, 2022

Biden leaves Dems, environmentalists unsatisfied after failing to declare climate emergency

President Biden's failure to declare an official national emergency on climate change to unlock a variety of additional executive powers has frustrated environmentalists and green advocates in his own party.

July 21, 2022

Biden unveils executive action on climate change but stops far short of declaring national emergency

President Biden announced executive actions Wednesday to combat climate change, but chose not to heed calls from members of his own party to declare a national emergency to unlock a variety of additional powers.

July 20, 2022

Democrats roll out wish list of climate change executive orders for Biden

Democratic lawmakers and their environmentalist allies have a laundry list of executive actions on climate change that they want President Biden to take because Congress can't get the job done.

July 19, 2022

House GOP calls for probe into Biden’s ‘mismanagement’ of oil reserves after overseas sales

House Republicans want Democrats to haul in Department of Energy officials to examine the Biden administration's handling of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and recent overseas sales of domestic production despite U.S. gasoline prices remaining high.

July 19, 2022

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland breaks her leg hiking in a national park

Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland broke her left leg during a hike in Shenandoah National Park over the weekend, the agency said Monday.

July 18, 2022

Armed man at Wharf was fatally shot by off-duty D.C. police officer: Report

A man who police said was brandishing a firearm in the southwest D.C. neighborhood known as The Wharf on Saturday was reportedly fatally shot by an off-duty D.C. police commander who was leaving dinner at a nearby restaurant.

July 18, 2022

Maryland GOP Senate candidate arrested for false child trafficking report days before primary

A Baltimore man running as a Republican in Maryland's U.S. Senate race was arrested for allegedly making false reports to police claiming an adult bookstore was trafficking a young girl by forcing her to perform sexual acts with male customers.

July 18, 2022

Jill Biden says president had ‘so many hopes and plans’ amid stalled agenda

First lady Jill Biden expressed frustration during a private Democratic fundraising event over the weekend that President Biden has been unable to accomplish his agenda because of a host of unforeseen events.

July 18, 2022

Mike Pence endorses GOP rival of Trump-backed candidate for Arizona governor

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Monday endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson, who is running against Trump-backed, former TV news anchor Kari Lake in the GOP primary for Arizona governor.

July 18, 2022

BLM protesters confronted by Minneapolis mom who was target of gunman

A Minneapolis mother targeted by a gunman who was later killed by police after a standoff confronted Black Lives Matter protesters over the weekend gathered in protest of the killing.

July 18, 2022

Bernie Sanders rips Biden for Saudi Arabia trip

Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized President Biden on Sunday for traveling to Saudi Arabia to rekindle diplomatic relations and to request that the OPEC leader produce more oil to blunt high gasoline prices.

July 17, 2022

Ted Cruz says Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage ‘clearly wrong’

Sen. Ted Cruz argued Sunday that the Supreme Court's decision in 2015 to legalize nationwide same-sex marriage was "clearly wrong" and that the high court had overreached.

July 17, 2022

House Jan. 6 panel expects subpoenaed Secret Service texts soon, member says

The House Jan. 6 committee expects to soon receive sought-after Secret Service text messages from before and during the Capitol riot that the agency tried to delete, according to committee members.

July 17, 2022

Inflation ‘unacceptably high’ but ‘moving in the right direction,’ White House economic adviser says

A White House economic adviser conceded Sunday that inflation is "unacceptably high" but said it is being blunted by decreasing prices at the pump.

July 17, 2022

Bernie Sanders says Joe Manchin ‘sabotaged’ Biden’s agenda

Sen. Bernard Sanders on Sunday accused Sen. Joe Manchin III of "intentionally sabotaging" President Biden's agenda after a revelation last week that the West Virginia Democrat was ending talks to secure a party-line vote on a spending bill on climate and energy.

July 17, 2022

Biden pledges executive action after Manchin derails Democrats’ spending bill

President Biden has vowed to take "strong executive action" on climate change after Senate Democrats came up short in their last-ditch effort to force climate and energy legislation through the chamber.

July 15, 2022

Joe Manchin rejects Democrats’ climate, energy, tax proposals

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia has rejected proposals by his fellow Democrats to include climate and energy provisions as part of negotiations over a broader party-line spending bill, according to a Democrat briefed on the discussion.

July 14, 2022