May 12 McCarthy and four other GOP leaders issued subpoenas by Jan. 6 Congressional panel By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press House investigators said Thursday that they have issued subpoenas to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and four other GOP lawmakers as part of their probe into the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, an extraordinary step that has little precedent and is… Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Abuse common at government boarding schools for Indigenous children, survivors say By News Desk The Indigenous House subcommittee holds a hearing on Thursday on the Indian Boarding School Act. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: GOP lawmakers hold news briefing on infant formula shortage By News Desk and Associated Press GOP lawmakers hold a news briefing Thursday on the nation's baby formula shortage. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Yellen calls for new regulations amid Crypto decline By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, responding to the recent sharp decline in cryptocurrencies, says additional federal regulation is needed to respond to the wave of speculative investment in the currency whose secrecy is an essential part of its appeal. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: 'Lessons' of Ukraine applicable to Taiwan, State Department says By Oleksandr Stashevskyi, Associated Press "Lessons" being learned in the U.S. support of Ukraine against a Russian invasion should be applied to assisting Taiwan against the possibility of attack by mainland China, State Department Assistant Secretary Jessica Lewis said on Thursday. Continue reading
May 12 WATCH: Biden urges world leaders to continue COVID fight as U.S. nears 'tragic milestone' of 1 million deaths By Zeke Miller, Maria Cheng, Associated Press President Joe Biden has appealed to world leaders for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he leads the U.S. in marking the approaching "tragic milestone" of 1 million deaths at home from the virus. Continue reading
May 11 Watch 4:42 News Wrap: Sharp rise in inflation may have hit a peak, but remains near 40-year highs In our news wrap Wednesday, the Labor Department's April consumer price report shows a slight drop in inflation increases amid 40-year highs, Hong Kong police arrested a Catholic cardinal for endangering China's national security, the Great Barrier Reef suffered its… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 5:19 U.S. senators go on the record with their stance on abortion Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked efforts on Wednesday to enshrine abortion rights into federal law. Democrats fell well short of the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster on codifying abortion access, with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin joining all… Continue watching
May 11 Watch 8:51 How misinformation and the partisan divide drove a surge in U.S. COVID deaths By William Brangham, Ryan Connelly Holmes, Ian Couzens As the death toll from the coronavirus nears 1 million Americans, we’ve been exploring why the u.S. Suffered such a terrible loss, especially when compared to other nations similar to us. While there are many reasons for this, one of… Continue watching
May 11 Senate Democrats fell short on enshrining abortion access as federal law By Associated Press President Joe Biden called on the Congress controlled by Democrats to pass legislation to protect abortion services for millions of Americans. But his party's slim majority proved unable to overcome the filibuster led by Republicans, who have been working for… Continue reading