House Republicans pass new abortion restrictions in Veterans Affairs bill

WASHINGTON — House Republicans approved a veterans’ funding bill on Wednesday that would limit abortion access for troops and veterans, setting up another partisan clash with Democrats in the Senate and the White House ahead of a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government. A controversial provision in the spending bill would prohibit the Department […]

Trump’s VP search accelerates

Donald Trump’s search for a running mate is intensifying, as the former president awaits sentencing on felony charges and prepares for next month’s Republican National Convention. Vice presidential contenders recently received vetting materials, five sources familiar with the process told NBC News.  Trump’s search, according to one source, is heavily concentrated on four top prospects: […]

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s chief of staff to step down

The chief of staff to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will announce Wednesday that she is stepping down, according to a senior administration official and a person familiar with her plans.  Kelly Magsamen was one of the very few people informed that Austin was in the hospital on New Year’s Day, but she did not inform […]

Pro-Trump super PAC plans $100M push in key swing states

A pro-Donald Trump super PAC says it will spend $100 million over the summer for advertising in a handful of key swing states it says expand the former president’s path to victory. The plan was outlined in a five-page memo sent Tuesday to donors of MAGA Inc., a  top Trump-backing super PAC that has spent […]

Is access to birth control safe? Congress to vote on law to protect contraception

For the second time in two years, Congress is considering a bill that would protect access to contraception at the federal level.  If passed, the Right to Contraception Act would codify the right of Americans to have access to birth control pills, patches and implants, condoms, intrauterine devices (IUDs) and sterilization procedures, including vasectomies. It […]

Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn starts PAC after losing House run

Harry Dunn, the former Capitol Police officer who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 and unsuccessfully ran for a House seat in Maryland last month, is starting a new PAC to support candidates running against pro-Trump Republicans. The group will be called Dunn’s Democracy Defenders, and it aims to stop former President Donald Trump and […]

Hunter Biden’s ex-wife Kathleen Buhle takes the stand in gun case

In a brief cross-examination, Buhle detailed what life was like during her marriage with him and maintained that she did not witness him using drugs. After saying they met at a Peace Corps trip in Chicago, where they later got married, Hunter Biden’s lawyer Abbe Lowell asked what his client was doing for work in […]

Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal ‘is still on the table’

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Prosecutors pit Hunter Biden against himself with memoir audio 02:02 Temperatures in Phoenix could break 129-year record 01:43 Now Playing Jake Sullivan: Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal ‘is still on the table’ 05:57 UP NEXT Biden says world leaders are concerned about […]