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WATCH: Senate committee holds hearing on health care industry labor shortages

By News Desk

Many American hospitals are looking abroad for health care workers, saying they're facing a dire shortage of nurses amid the slogging pandemic.

Civil rights groups worry Black districts may face increased GOP scrutiny after recent Supreme Court ruling on voting rights laws

By Nicholas Riccardi, Brendan Farrington, Associated Press

In Florida, GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis took the unusual step last month of asking the state Supreme Court whether a Democrat's plurality-Black congressional district could be broken into whiter — and more Republican — districts.

A divided Congress finds common ground on major legislation

By Lisa Desjardins, Ian Couzens

This week in Congress something happened that has been relatively rare in recent years -- there were bipartisan agreements on multiple pieces of legislation. Bills tackling the U.S. Postal Service's financial struggles and a major issue regarding workplace sexual harassment…

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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

The committee is demanding information and testimony from Navarro, who they say was involved in efforts to delay Congress' certification of the 2020 election and ultimately change the election results.

Palin takes witness stand in libel case against New York Times

By Tom Hays, Associated Press

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has taken the witness stand in her defamation lawsuit against The New York Times. She testified for only about 20 minutes at the end of the day Wednesday at a civil trial in federal court…

Capitol Police chief denies baseless claim its officers are spying on House Republicans

By Michael Balsamo, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

U.S. Capitol Police officers are facing increasingly heated and baseless claims from House Republicans that the department's officers are operating as politically driven spies.

WATCH: Senate holds hearing on the U.S. response to Afghanistan’s humanitarian crisis

By Associated Press

The Senate foreign relations committee held a hearing on the U.S. response to Afghanistan's ongoing humanitarian crisis on Wednesday.

WATCH: White House urges Americans in Ukraine to leave country

By Associated Press

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday repeated warnings made earlier by President Joe Biden that Americans in Ukraine should leave the country.

WATCH: White House COVID task force holds news briefing

By Associated Press

The White House said Wednesday it was beginning to prepare for the next phase of the pandemic response amid growing impatience for the federal government to ease up.