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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday — the biggest increase to short-term borrowing costs in more than two decades — and alerted consumers that more hikes of this size are yet to come, marking the U.S. central bank’s most aggressive moves yet to …

by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 3, 2022 WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democrats on Tuesday pledged a new vote codifying the right to an abortion after publication of a draft court ruling that showed the Supreme Court on track to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. Democrats, …

Vice President Kamala Harris blasted a leaked draft that indicated that the Supreme Court had voted to overturn the landmark abortion rights decision Roe v. Wade, declaring that “women’s rights in America are under attack.” Harris went on to encourage those in attendance to vote for pro-abortion rights Democrats to Congress …

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that his administration “will be ready when any ruling is issued” on abortion rights, after the nation was rocked by the leak of a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that confirmed the court is planning to overturn access to abortion. “I believe that …

Shefali Luthra, Abby Johnston, Terri Rupar Originally published by The 19th This developing story is being updated. On Monday night, Politico reported that Roe v. Wade — the 1973 decision that enshrined federal abortion protections — will be overturned, according to an initial draft authored by Justice Samuel Alito. The …

Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix May 2, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House committee looking into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol sent letters Monday to Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks of Alabama, and Ronny Jackson of Texas, asking them to share information about meetings and conversations they had …

A federal jury returned a unanimous verdict on Monday that found a longtime former officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) guilty of all charges related to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol. Thomas Webster, a Marine Corps veteran and 20-year member of the NYC police …

The United States Supreme Court has voted to strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, according to an initial draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito circulated inside the court and obtained by POLITICO. “The draft opinion is a full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed …

ATLANTA — A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. It’s looking into whether former president Donald Trump tried to interfere with the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. …

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill last week that would toughen financial disclosure requirements for federal judges and make the reports available in a searchable database available to the public. The measure, the Courthouse Ethics Transparency Act, heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature, reports the Wall …

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 29, 2022 For the past two years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at …

On Saturday night, President Joe Biden addressed the White House Correspondents’ Association,  the first time a president has spoken at the event in six years. The event was canceled during the pandemic, and former president Donald Trump shunned the event while he was in office. Text of Biden’s full remarks and …

by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russian troops. The legislation, called the Ukraine …

by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and claimed thousands of lives. Biden also asked U.S. lawmakers to make it …

by Kira Lerner, Florida Phoenix April 29, 2022 Florida authorities arrested a Black man while he was staying in a homeless shelter and charged him with voting illegally in a case tied to Republicans’ drive to root out election fraud. But Kelvin Bolton’s arrest raises questions about the rollout of …