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Giuliani meets with Jan. 6 committee for over 7 hours

Rudy Giuliani, who helped lead Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election as his personal lawyer, sat Friday for a lengthy interview with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary too close to call, recount likely

A recount would mean that the outcome of the race might not be known until June 8, the deadline for counties to report their results to the state.
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The only thing that Biden can sort of control is the one thing most Americans don’t care about

President Biden has taken the lead on the world stage, but the economy at home appears to be more important to voters.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden's popular-vote victory and choose "a clean slate of Electors."

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Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, arrived to watch Amy Coney Barrett take the Constitutional Oath on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., in October of 2020.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden's popular-vote victory and choose "a clean slate of Electors."

President Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol visited at Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek campus on Friday in Pyeongtaek, South Korea.

Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda

President Biden on Friday opened his trip to Asia by touring a South Korean computer chip factory that will be the model for another plant in Texas, offering it as a way to deepen ties with the Indo Pacific and fuel technological innovation and foster vibrant democracies.

Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby held a press briefing at the Pentagon on May 19, 2022 in Arlington, Va.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White House

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is joining the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter, adding star power to President Biden’s National Security Council.

The US Capitol Building on Monday.

Senate gives final congressional approval to $40 billion Ukraine aid package, sending measure to Biden’s desk

In the 86-11 vote, every Democrat and all but 11 Republicans backed the measure. President Biden is expected to sign the bill quickly.

Representative Barry Loudermilk in May 4, 2021, in Marietta, Ga.

Jan. 6 panel asks GOP lawmaker to testify about Capitol tour

The congressional committee investigating the Capitol insurrection sent a letter Thursday to a Representative Barry Loudermilk of Georgia in an effort to learn more about a tour he led of the building the day before the deadly attack.

George Floyd’s murder by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, sparked what was called a national reckoning on anti-Black racism and police violence in America. But two years on, support for the Black Lives Matter movement is waning, according to a new poll.

Support for Black Lives Matter and police reforms is waning two years after George Floyd’s murder, poll finds

Support for the Black Live Matter movement’s goals fell to 41 percent, from 48 percent when UMass Amherst researchers conducted the same poll last April.

President Biden welcomed Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson to the White House on Thursday.

Biden hails Sweden, Finland NATO bids as leaders visit US

President Biden on Thursday welcomed the leaders of Sweden and Finland to the White House, as he hailed the application of the once-neutral countries to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Eva Abodoadji drops off a mail ballot into an official ballot drop box as voters wait in line at City Hall as in-person early voting begins for the general election in Rhode Island, in Providence, R.I.

Who is running in Rhode Island’s 2nd congressional district race?

In mid-January, Congressman Jim Langevin announced he would be vacating the seat he’s held for nearly two decades. A crowded slate of candidates have since announced interest in the 2nd Congressional District seat. Here’s a look at who’s definitely in, and who’s reportedly considering a run for Congress.

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