Politics

WATCH: Treasury Secretary Yellen testifies on President Biden’s budget in Senate hearing

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has acknowledged that she and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell "could have used a better word" than transitory when describing the expected run of inflation in the U.S. economy.

WATCH: President Joe Biden signs 9 bipartisan bills into law to benefit veterans

By News Desk and Associated Press

President Joe Biden signed into law nine bipartisan bills that will improve care for America's veterans at the White House on Tuesday.

WATCH: Uvalde native Matthew McConaughey speaks at White House Briefing

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Academy Award–winning actor Matthew McConaughey took center stage at the White House briefing Tuesday to call on Congress to “reach a higher ground" and pass gun control legislation in honor of the children and teachers killed in last month's shooting.

With Jan. 6 public hearings set to begin, who has already been held accountable?

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

More than 800 people across the U.S. have been charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, and federal authorities continue to make new arrests practically every week. It's the largest prosecution in the history of the Justice…

WATCH: Sen. Durbin holds news briefing with families of those killed in Buffalo mass shooting

By Associated Press

Senate Judiciary Chairman Dick Durbin will hold a news briefing with families of the victims of the May 14 racist supermarket shooting in Buffalo, New York.

WATCH: Congressional Democrats, Pelosi, Gabby Giffords, hold news briefing on gun violence

By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press

Eleven years after her own life was massively altered by gun violence, former congresswoman Gabby Giffords stood in front of the Washington Monument Tuesday and lobbied anew for stricter gun laws after yet another string of mass shootings in America.

WATCH: Son of Buffalo massacre victim calls on Congress to stop ‘cancer of white supremacy’

By Farnoush Amiri, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing Tuesday morning on the rise of domestic terrorism.

Company halts plans for Taser drone after 9 members of its ethics board resign

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The company best known for developing the Taser says it's halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone. The decision by Axon comes as a majority of its ethics board resigned over the project.