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Proposal to put unruly passengers on no-fly list introduced in Congress

Thursday, March 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A bipartisan group of lawmakers re-introduced legislation Wednesday that would create a no-fly list for passengers fined or convicted for assaulting crew members on board an aircraft.The Protection from Abusive Passengers Act would direct the Transportation Security Administration to "create and manage... Read More.

GOP-led hearing on aid to Ukraine finds no evidence, so far, of misuse

Thursday, March 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- During a Wednesday hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on aid to Ukraine, lawmakers spent hours questioning the top watchdogs overseeing the three government agencies most directly involved in distributing billions of dollars in American support to the war-torn country, repeatedly... Read More.

Opposing lawmakers get into verbal altercation at Capitol over guns and gun violence

Thursday, March 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A Democratic lawmaker who was screaming about Republicans' approach to gun violence just off the House floor on Wednesday soon got into a tense altercation with one of his conservative colleagues.An animated Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., a former principal, came off the... Read More.

Republicans hope Trump indictment spares down ballot races but warn of pitfalls

Thursday, March 30 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Republicans are hopeful that potential charges against former President Donald Trump will not wreak havoc on down-ballot races next year but are warning of dour consequences should candidates mishandle an unprecedented indictment.Trump is facing possible indictment over hush money sent to porn... Read More.

John Fetterman returning to Senate following treatment for depression

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is expected to return to Congress the week of April 17, after the upcoming two-week recess, according to a source familiar with the matter.The Democratic lawmaker, who suffered a stroke during his campaign, checked himself into an impatient facility... Read More.

‘There is not a crime crisis,’ DC lawmakers insist at testy House hearing on police, public safety

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Republican members of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday pressed Washington, D.C., officials about public safety and the city's management in the wake of Congress taking the unusual step of blocking controversial changes to the local criminal code.For almost four hours, legislators debated... Read More.

Senate votes to repeal decades-old measures that authorized Iraq, Gulf wars

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal two congressional authorizations from decades ago allowing the use of military force against Iraq, a country then falsely accused of stockpiling chemical and nuclear weapons and now a U.S. security partner in the Gulf region.The measure... Read More.

Sen. Rand Paul staffer’s parents speak out after he was ‘brutally attacked’ in DC

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, police and Paul's office said Monday.On Wednesday, victim Phillip Todd's parents said in a statement that he was in... Read More.

‘Nothing to hide,’ Pence says as he weighs appeal of Trump probe order

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he's weighing how to proceed after a federal judge ruled one day earlier he must testify to a grand jury investigating efforts by former President Donald Trump to overturn the 2020 election.Pence, who is considering... Read More.

Cybercriminals targeting US on behalf of North Korea: Report

Wednesday, March 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- A group of alleged cybercriminals has been using several techniques to target U.S. companies and government agencies on behalf of the North Korean government, according to experts.Cyber intelligence analysts at Google have identified what is known as an "advance persistent threat" (APT),... Read More.

Kamala Harris grows emotional describing the ‘blood’ and ‘crimes’ at infamous slave post in Ghana

Tuesday, March 28 by ABC News

(CAPE COAST, Ghana) -- Vice President Kamala Harris started her Tuesday in Ghana looking toward what the future could hold for Africa -- but on Tuesday afternoon, she looked back at the dark history of slavery on the continent, visibly moved by what she had... Read More.

After yet another school shooting, familiar arguments from Biden, lawmakers

Tuesday, March 28 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- While the nation's latest mass shooting at a private school in Nashville, Tennessee, seems sadly all too familiar -- so, too, are the now routine responses from congressional lawmakers of both parties.Despite shock over more schoolchildren being gunned down by a mass shooter,... Read More.

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