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‘I’m in’: Caitlyn Jenner announces bid for California governor amid recall effort

Friday, April 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Caitlyn Jenner, a former Olympian and reality TV star, has filed paperwork to run for governor of California, taking the first official step in a bid to compete against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who is facing a possible recall election this... Read More.

Bill to purge early voting list unexpectedly fails in GOP-controlled Arizona Senate

Friday, April 23 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A bill designed to change how Arizona's early voting list works was voted down in the Republican-led state Senate where it was originally expected to pass.SB 1485, would have dissolved the word "permanent" from references to the state's early voting list,... Read More.

Chauvin verdicts ‘will be’ tipping point in policing reform: Rep. Karen Bass

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The House Democrat playing a key role in negotiations over policing reform in Congress, said Thursday she feels "tremendous positive momentum" that a bill will be passed in the wake of the Chauvin verdicts earlier this week."I will tell you we've been... Read More.

Sen. Tim Scott to deliver GOP response to Biden’s joint address to Congress

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Sen. Tim Scott will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden's joint address to Congress next week.The announcement comes as negotiations over policing reform have taken center stage on Capitol Hill. The senator from South Carolina has been the lead negotiator... Read More.

Republicans unveil $568 billion counteroffer to Biden’s infrastructure plan

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans unveiled a $568 billion infrastructure framework Thursday -- their answer to President Joe Biden's far more expansive $2 trillion package.The newly released GOP framework focuses exclusively on "core" infrastructure items like roads and bridges, broadband, airports, waterways, rails, ports and public... Read More.

Anti-Asian hate bill clears Senate with bipartisan support

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate voted 94-1 in favor of an amended bill aimed at combatting the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.Sponsored by Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, the legislation takes relatively modest steps to equip law enforcement and communities to better deal with the rise... Read More.

House passes DC statehood bill, now it heads to Senate and faces uphill battle

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A bill for D.C. statehood passed the House on a vote 216-208 and heads to the Senate, where it has 45 co-sponsors but an uphill battle for passage.This is the second time the bill has passed -- the first time was in... Read More.

What Biden has done on climate change has activists applauding — and waiting

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden said last year the nation was facing four “historic crises all at the same time" -- the pandemic, the related economic crisis, the need for racial justice and the “undeniable realities and accelerating threats of climate change.”At the time,... Read More.

Pelosi offers equal subpoena power, even partisan split on Jan. 6 commission

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has agreed to allow both Democrats and Republicans equal subpoena power and has conceded to an even partisan split on the 9/11 style commission that would investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, backtracking from an... Read More.

White House climate adviser says US needs to be humble going into Earth Day summit

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy said the United States needs to be humble going into this week's Earth Day summit after four years away from global climate negotiations while President Donald Trump was in office."There's no question that that we... Read More.

Biden’s USPS board nominees aren’t likely to oust embattled postmaster DeJoy, insiders say

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Critics of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy hoped Thursday's confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden's three nominees to the U.S. Postal Service's governing board would mark the beginning of the end for the embattled mail chief.But even if Biden's picks are approved by... Read More.

Hillary Clinton to co-author new thriller, “State of Terror”

Thursday, April 22 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Hillary Clinton is taking on the thriller genre for her next book.This fall, Clinton and her long-time friend, Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny, will publish their book, State of Terror, a political-mystery novel that follows a novice secretary of state."Writing a... Read More.

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