Jun 07 What you need to know about the Republican-FBI clash over a Biden-related document By Farnoush Amiri, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The yearslong feud between congressional Republicans and the FBI is reaching a new level of rancor as lawmakers prepare a resolution to hold bureau director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. Continue reading
Jun 07 Missouri governor signs bill banning gender-affirming care for minors and some adults By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press Beginning Aug. 28, Missouri health care providers won't be able to prescribe those gender-affirming treatments for teens and children. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum announces 2024 presidential run By Thomas Beaumont, Jack Dura, Associated Press Burgum spoke under a sign declaring him “A new leader for a changing economy," echoing a slogan he first used as his successful 2016 gubernatorial campaign. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Former Vice President Mike Pence announces 2024 presidential run By Jill Colvin, Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press Pence is staking his presidential hopes on Iowa as he becomes the first vice president in modern history to take on the commander-in-chief with whom he served. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Canadian wildfire smoke blankets the Northeast U.S. By Associated Press White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a news briefing Wednesday afternoon as haze from Canadian wildfires blankets the East Coast. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: Statue of Willa Cather, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, unveiled at U.S. Capitol By Associated Press Littleton Alston, the statue’s creator, is the first Black artist to have work represented in the national collection. Continue reading
Jun 06 Chesapeake Bay report cites environmental justice disparities By Brian Witte, Associated Press It's the first time an integrated environmental justice index was included in the center's evaluation of the health of the nation's largest estuary. Continue reading
Jun 06 Ukraine brands Russia 'terrorist state' in opening statement at International Court By Mike Corder, Associated Press Kyiv is bringing a case against Russia linked to Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea and arming of rebels in eastern Ukraine in the years before Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 4:26 Chris Christie positions himself as alternative to Trump as he launches presidential bid By Laura Barrón-López The race to the Republican nomination for president is picking up as a growing number of candidates jump into an already crowded field. Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie filed his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission Tuesday, becoming the… Continue watching
Jun 06 Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie files paperwork launching 2024 Republican presidential bid By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The presidential bid will be the second for Christie, who lost to Trump in 2016 and went on to become a close on-and-off adviser before breaking with the former president over his refusal to accept the results of the 2020… Continue reading