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A bill introduced this week takes aim at sexual assault and harassment at sea, seeking to better protect and support students at the US Merchant Marine Academy and others working in the maritime industry.

A federal judge will allow a member of the press and the defendant's wife inside the courtroom for the first January 6 trial, reversing an earlier decision to bar the public from the courtroom during witness testimony.

Most of the country's population recently went from living in a place where masks were recommended to one where they weren't. Changes from the CDC, alongside a slew of states lifting mask requirements, mean that when President Joe Biden addresses Congress, he could choose to say the State of the Union is mostly unmasked.

First lady Jill Biden will host Ukraine Ambassador to the US Oksana Markarova in her box at Tuesday night's State of the Union address, among a number of other guests.

President Joe Biden told news anchors during a lunch ahead of the State of the Union on Tuesday that he has a major message he wants to send to the American people: America and its allies will remain united in their response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and it's that unity that gives strength..

The House select committee investigating last year's US Capitol attack issued subpoenas Tuesday to six different individuals who have ties to the effort to interrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election.

Sizable Ukrainian populations in the US and a bipartisan group of lawmakers are pressuring the Biden administration to act on the growing refugee crisis as a result of Russia's invasion. The recent resettlement of Afghan evacuees has, to a degree, set expectations among Ukrainians in the US, desperate to have their family with them.

Texans are heading to the polls as the state kicks off the first primary of the the 2022 midterm election season. Follow here for live updates, results and news.

It's a very rare thing to see one US senator publicly criticize another US senator publicly. Especially when they are in the same party. Double especially when they are both in that party's leadership.

The White House will roll out a new strategy laying out the next phase of its response to the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday, two administration officials told CNN, outlining a vision that involves fewer disruptions to daily life while preparing for the unpredictable potential of another game-changing variant.

Texas kicks off the 2022 midterm elections Tuesday with the nation's first primaries.

The jury selection for the first January 6 trial has revealed how shaken Washington residents were watching Trump supporters attack the US Capitol last year -- and how that is making it impossible for some to serve on Capitol riot defendants' juries now.

Law enforcement in Washington, DC, said Monday that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, potential protests of President Joe Biden and a possible trucker convoy headed to the Washington area are all factoring into a heightened security response for the State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins had enough. It was time to fight back. So he took to Twitter on Sunday and dropped this truth bomb:

As Russian President Vladimir Putin rattles the West with nuclear threats, President Joe Biden faces an even tougher-than-expected task in Tuesday's State of the Union address.

When President Joe Biden discusses the state of the US economy during Tuesday night's State of the Union address, he will focus on a new plan to lower costs for American families and his administration's efforts in the labor market's recovery, senior administration officials told reporters on a call previewing the remarks.

The Biden White House is getting a major endorsement for Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson from a prominent conservative.

Ukrainian forces have so far managed to stave off Russian ground forces massed less than 20 miles north of the embattled capital Kyiv -- but though they've defied US intelligence predictions that the city would likely fall within one to four days of a full-scale Russian assault, US officials warn that Russian President Vladimir Putin could imminently increase the intensity of the attack.

Longtime Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, died Sunday evening following "a long battle with cancer," according to an announcement from Feinstein's office.

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are appealing a New York state judge's decision earlier this month ordering them to sit for depositions in the New York attorney general's civil investigation into the Trump Organization.