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White House officials have spent weeks engaged in skirmishes with House Republicans over the looming debt ceiling battle.

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The Senate on Wednesday rejected a GOP-led effort to overturn a recently adopted Veterans Affairs rule that allows the department to provide abortions if the health or life of the veteran is in danger, or when the pregnancy is a result of rape or incest.

House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green barred GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from speaking further in a hearing after she called Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas a "liar" -- a stunning example of how Greene's extreme rhetoric led even members of her own party to shut her down, creating tensions inside the House GOP.

A 57-year-old Ukrainian woman from Kherson testified to US lawmakers that Russian forces beat her, threatened to rape her and forced her to dig her own grave.

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue.

Donald Trump's attorney on Wednesday said the former president "wishes" to appear at next week's civil trial where a jury will hear columnist E. Jean Carroll's assault and defamation claims against him -- but his attendance should not be necessary because it would be a "burden" on the city and court.

The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led resolution to block a DC policing bill aimed at accountability and reform.

Top Democratic donors and fundraisers have been invited to meet with President Joe Biden in Washington next week as he nears a likely 2024 reelection announcement, two people familiar with the matter told CNN.

The Proud Boys defendant accused of breaking open the window that rioters first used to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, told a federal jury this week that he wanted to take responsibility for his actions but also blamed police officers for agitating the crowd that day.

Republican attorneys general in Arkansas, Iowa and Missouri this week asked a federal appeals court to overturn the Biden administration's new cybersecurity regulations for water facilities, calling the requirements overly burdensome and a violation of state sovereignty.

Allen Weisselberg, the former chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, served roughly four months for his role in a decade-long tax fraud scheme.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' political allies overseeing Disney's special taxing district threatened on Wednesday to hike taxes, raise utility rates and develop land around the entertainment giant's Central Florida theme parks as retribution for the company's efforts to avoid a state takeover.

The US manufacturer of the generic version of a medication abortion drug sued the Biden administration Wednesday, the latest legal development in the dramatic court fight over abortion pills.

The US government is tracking more than 650 potential cases of so-called "unidentified aerial phenomena," commonly known as UFOs, according to the director of the office created last year to focus on the sightings.

While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a meet-and-greet on Capitol Hill Tuesday evening, former President Donald Trump and his team aimed to be one step ahead -- planning a dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort with members of the Florida congressional delegation just two days after the DeSantis reception.

The Air Force unit to which the Air Guardsman who is suspected of leaking classified documents online was assigned is "not currently performing its assigned intelligence mission," the Air Force said Tuesday in a statement.

Francisco "Franky" Carrillo, who spent two decades behind bars and was featured in the Netflix series "The Innocence Files," is launching a campaign on Wednesday for California congressional seat targeted by Democrats trying to win back the US House.

The Supreme Court cleared the way on Wednesday for Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed to seek post-conviction DNA evidence to try to prove his innocence.

President Joe Biden's pick to be the next labor secretary, Julie Su, has yet to secure the support of key Democrats ahead of her nomination hearing on Thursday, suggesting she faces an uphill battle to being confirmed by the Senate.