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Shawna Chen

Judge rejects Fox News parent's request to dismiss Dominion defamation suit

Photo of a phone screen showing Fox News' website and Donald Trump's picture
Andrew Solender

Jan. 6 committee weighs changes to hearing schedule, citing new evidence

Jamie Raskin and Bennie Thompson
Herb Scribner

NRA: Senate gun control bill "falls short at every level"

CEO and Executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) Wayne LaPierre prepares to speak.
Herb Scribner

Jury finds Bill Cosby sexually assaulted teen in 1975, awards her $500K

US Entertainer Bill Cosby arrives for a scenting hearing.
Andrew Solender

Texas Rep. Cuellar beats back progressive challenger

Rep. Henry Cuellar
Oriana González
Updated Jun 21, 2022 - Health

Louisiana governor signs into law bill to make mailing abortion pills a crime

Picture of a person holding a sign that says "keep abortion safe and legal"
Oriana González
Jun 21, 2022 - Health

Louisiana bill criminalizing abortion providers if Roe falls signed into law

Picture of three people holding signs in support of abortion rights
Shawna Chen
Updated Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Jan 6. panel witnesses recount post-election threats of violence

Photo of Wandrea Shaye Moss speaking
Erin Doherty

Trump singles out witness ahead of Jan. 6 hearing

Former President Donald Trump in the Oval Office displayed on a screen during a hearing of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack.
Alayna Treene

Jan. 6 hearing reveals extent of Trump’s pressure campaign

A transcript of a phone call between Donald Trump and Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State
Emma Hurt

Meadows wanted to send gifts to Georgia election officials, Jan. 6 panel says

Raffensperger
Emma Hurt

Sen. Johnson's office sought to hand-deliver fake electors to Pence

Ivana Saric

Biden to nominate Arati Prabhakar as new White House science adviser

Arati Prabhakar
Andrew Solender

Arizona House speaker says GOP Rep. Biggs pressed him on decertifying electors

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)
Andrew Solender

Trump campaign had call script to pressure state legislators on election

Trump campaign script revealed by the Jan. 6 committee.
Shawna Chen

Arizona House speaker: "I didn't want to be used as a pawn" in effort to overturn election

Photo of Rusty Bowers
Axios
Updated Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Uvalde gunman's last 90 minutes: What we know

People place items outside of Robb Elementary School in Texas
Jacob Knutson

Families of detained Americans press Biden for meeting

President Biden speaking in the White House on June 16.
Ivana Saric
Updated Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Texas claims "abject failure" by Uvalde cops

Steven C. McCraw
Marina E. Franco (Noticias Telemundo for Axios)

What Colombia’s swing left means for the U.S.

Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez celebrate their victory in Colombia's presidential election on June 19. Photo: Andrés Cardona/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Jacob Knutson

Biden announces pay bump for federal firefighters

A Forest Service wildland firefighter battling the Caldor Fire near Twin Bridges, California, in August 2021.
Oriana González

Supreme Court rules Maine violated Constitution by excluding religious schools in aid program

Picture of Supreme Court
Erin Doherty

Trump filmmaker subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee

A general view during the third hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol.
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Jun 21, 2022 - World

Law banning Xinjiang products goes into effect

Illustration of a gavel
Jacob Knutson

Biden administration rescinds Trump-era rule on landmines

President Biden speaking in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., on June 17.
Ivana Saric

Biden to appoint first Native American as treasurer

Treasury Department seal
Shawna Chen

Here's who's testifying at the fourth Jan. 6 committee hearing

Photo of Donald Trump on a huge screen unfurled over the Jan. 6 committee in a packed hearing room
Axios
Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Texas GOP calls Biden "acting president"

Texas GOP
Axios
Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Jan. 6 committee counsel urged to run for Senate seat

John Wood
Axios
Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Elon Musk undecided on Trump in 2024 presidential election

Elon Musk
Mike Allen
Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Sneak peek: Henry Kissinger's 6 lessons

Henry Kissinger
Sophia Cai

A record number of LGBTQ candidates are running for Congress

Illustration of a pride flag yard sign
Rebecca Falconer
Updated Jun 21, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Colbert defends staff members arrested in Washington

A screenshot of "Late Show" host Stephen Colbert on his show on Monday night.
Rebecca Falconer

Pence says Democrats using Capitol riot probe "to distract attention"

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks to a crowd of supporters at the University Club of Chicago on June 20, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
Rebecca Falconer
Jun 21, 2022 - World

Kremlin claims captured American vets not protected by rules of war

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov moderates Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual press conference at the Manezh exhibition hall in central Moscow on December 23, 2021.
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