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(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who had already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week."It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado's 4th District in Congress for the past 9 years," Buck said in…

(WASHINGTON) -- Robert Hur, who as special counsel conducted the yearlong probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability, will face questions today from members of the House Judiciary Committee.Hur, who was previously nominated by then-President Donald Trump as U.S. attorney…

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to "free" people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, whom Trump continues to claim are "wrongfully imprisoned."He made that promise, presumably about using…

(WASHINGTON) -- Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday, when four states and one territory will report election results.Should Trump be able to mathematically cross the Republican National delegate threshold then, the 2024 Republican race would…

(WASHINGTON) -- The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan bill that would ban the wildly popular social media app TikTok in the United States if its Chinese owners don't sell the app.While the legislation appears poised to pass in the House, its future is less certain in…

(WASHINGTON) -- A transcript of President Joe Biden's interview with the special counsel who investigated his handling of classified information contradicts the president's characterization of an exchange about the death of his son, Beau Biden, from brain cancer."There's even a reference that I don't remember when my son died," a…

(WASHINGTON) -- Robert Hur on Tuesday will face lawmakers eager to question the findings of his yearlong probe into President Joe Biden's handling of classified documents, an investigation that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability but left him with a trail of political liabilities.Hur wrote in a 388-page report…

(WASHINGTON) -- A new Donald Trump-backed Republican National Committee leadership team has started the process of cleaning house among national party personnel.Staff is being cut in political and data departments along with senior positions, with no fundraising positions expected to be reduced, sources tell ABC News. In addition, a source…

(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Biden administration of improperly attempting to silence immigration judges who frequently highlight shortcomings in the immigration court system, calling a recent Justice Department decree a "blatant attempt" to "discourage and obstruct" federal workers from exercising legally protected speech.The Justice Department last…

(WASHINGTON) -- As the relationship between President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has grown increasingly fraught and tense, a looming ground incursion into Gaza's southernmost city has emerged as a new flashpoint -- threatening to turn the allies even further against each other.Biden said Monday he has…