BY: BENJAMIN SIEGEL, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Congress should hire more Capitol Police officers to boost the overstretched ranks of the department and provide them with better equipment, training and support, according to a study of Capitol security led by retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore released Monday. Honore and…
BY: MATT SEYLER, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin put the spotlight on two female generals who were recently promoted to head four-star combatant commands during remarks in honor of International Women's Day at the White House Monday. Austin…
BY: QUINN SCANLAN, ABC NEWS (ATLANTA) — Overcoming universal Democratic opposition, Republicans in the Georgia Senate on Monday narrowly passed a sweeping elections omnibus bill that would eliminate no-excuse absentee voting, which was enacted by Republicans in 2005, just months after a record number of Georgians opted to cast ballots…
By MICHELLE STODDART, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will make his first primetime address Thursday night to "to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 shutdown," White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced during a briefing Monday. "He will discuss the many sacrifices the American people have made over…
By ALLISON PECORIN, TRISH TURNER and KENDALL KARSON, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- In an unexpected move, a top Senate Republican, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, announced Monday that he will not run for reelection in 2022.Blunt, 71, has served in the Senate since 2011 and in the House of Representatives previously.He's currently…
By DEVIN DWYER, ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with a former Georgia college student who sued his school after it prevented him from expressing religious views in a free-speech zone on campus.The 8-1 decision, authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, said that Chike Uzuegbunam -- who…
By BENJAMIN SIEGEL and ANNE FLAHERTY, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- House Republicans on Monday called on Democrats to launch a bipartisan investigation into the impact of school closures on children with disabilities, warning that they are in particular danger of falling behind with remote learning."We are hearing from parents across…
BY: LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's extensive military career has not only prepared him for the roles diplomacy and deterrence play in American foreign policy, but for how to tackle head-on the issues of race and extremism in the military he said on ABC's "This…
BY: JACK ARNHOLZ, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Despite an increase in the number of people who have received COVID-19 vaccines, Americans should not stop wearing masks, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. "With the vaccine, we're now on the offense, that's the great thing. But in Ohio,…
BY: MEG CUNNINGHAM, ABC NEWS (WASHINGTON) — Days after he held up the passage of President Joe Biden's coronavirus relief bill on the Senate floor, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said Sunday that Biden will not have to cater to him in the evenly divided Senate as the president tries to…
