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Multiple people were injured in the explosion Sunday night, and police warned nearby residents ... . Investigators on Monday March 19, 2018, work at the scene of a bomb explosion on Dawn Song Drive in Austin, Texas, that seriously injured two men Sunday.
The Affordable Care Act very nearly failed to become law due to an intraparty dispute among Democrats over how to handle the abortion issue. Now a similar argument between Democrats and Republicans is slowing progress on a bill that could help cut soaring premiums and shore up the ACA.
Congressional leaders finalized a sweeping $1.3 trillion budget bill Wednesday that substantially boosts military and domestic spending but leaves behind young immigrant "Dreamers," deprives President Donald Trump some of his border wall money and takes only incremental steps to address gun violence. As negotiators stumbled toward an end-of-the-week deadline to fund the government or face a federal shutdown, House Speaker Paul Ryan dashed to the White House amid concerns Trump's support was wavering.
Republican and Democratic senators on Capitol Hill are calling on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to provide information about Cambridge Analytica's alleged misuse of data from Facebook's users. According to Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie, the firm, which was hired by Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, said Facebook should testify before a Senate committee to explain why Facebook users weren't aware that their personal data was being exploited.
The Capitol is seen before dawn Wednesday after a night of negotiating on the government spending bill, in Washington, March 21, 2018. Talks over a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed out deals on a first round of funding for President Donald Trump's U.S.-Mexico border wall.
Republican Rick Saccone conceded defeat to Democrat Conor Lamb on Wednesday night in a closely watched special election in Pennsylvania, more than a week after the end of a remarkable race that has shaken GOP confidence ahead of the November midterm elections. Lamb, 33, claimed the seat by about 750 votes in a Republican-held district that President Donald Trump won by almost 20 percentage points just 16 months ago.
The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at penalizing website operators that facilitate online sex trafficking, chipping away at a bedrock legal shield for the technology industry. The U.S. Capitol building is lit at dusk ahead of planned votes on tax reform in Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017.
Not having a verifiable way to audit election results in some states represents a "national security concern," the Trump administration's homeland security chief said on Wednesday, looking ahead to U.S. midterm elections in November. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security was prioritizing election cyber security above all other critical infrastructure it protects, such as the financial, energy and communications systems, the agency's chief, Kirstjen Nielsen, told the Senate Intelligence Committee.
In this July 27, 2017, file photo Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Cindy Hyde-Smith speaks at the Neshoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss. The state's governor will appoint Hyde-Smith as Mississippi's first female member of Congress to fill the Senate vacancy that will soon be created when Sen. Thad Cochran retires, three state Republicans told The Associated Press on Tuesday, March 20, 2018.
Farmers, electronics retailers and other U.S. businesses are bracing for a backlash as President Donald Trump prep... The administration is expected Thursday to slap trade sanctions on China, perhaps including restrictions on Chinese investment and tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese products. The administration is expected Thursday to slap trade sanctions on China, perhaps including restrictions on Chinese investment and tariffs on as much as $60 billion worth of Chinese products.
The chairman of the U.S. House Homeland Security committee says authorities seem to think the Austin bombing suspect had "above average intelligence." Republican Congressman Michael McCaul told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the suspect matched the FBI's initial profile suspicion that the bomber was likely a white male.
US President Donald Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election despite the warnings from multiple national security advisers and briefing materials that said "DO NOT CONGRATULATE," The Washington Post reported Tuesday evening. The Post, citing an unspecified number of officials familiar with the call, said Trump likewise did not listen to aides who gave him talking points to condemn a nerve agent poisoning in the UK, which the US has blamed on Russia.
Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, left, speaks with one of his attorneys, Dane C. Ball of Smyker Kaplan & Veselka, before his counsel determination hearing in front of Magistrate Judge Stephen W. Smith at the U.S. District Courthouse Friday, March 24, 2017, in Houston. less Former U.S. Rep. Stephen Stockman, left, speaks with one of his attorneys, Dane C. Ball of Smyker Kaplan & Veselka, before his counsel determination hearing in front of Magistrate Judge Stephen W. Smith at the ... more Former U.S. Congressman Steve Stockman, left, and his attorney Sean Buckley walk into the Federal Courthouse for the start of federal corruption trial against Stockman Monday, March 19, 2018, in Houston.
A group of influential Republican senators on Thursday called for the appointment of a special counsel to investigate how the Department of Justice and FBI conducted a probe of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians. Add Russia Investigation as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Russia Investigation news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
CIA Director Mike Pompeo is scheduled to meet with outgoing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Monday at the State Department. Republican Senator Rand Paul said Sunday on CNN that he would take all necessary steps to oppose Trump's nominees for Secretary of State and CIA Director.
Republican Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania is considering retirement, several state and national officials in GOP politics have told ABC News, a move that would boost Democratic hopes in their quest to retake control of the House. Add Republican Party as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Republican Party news, video, and analysis from ABC News.
Over the past week, Republican leaders and officials from the Pentagon and State Department have worked hard to scuttle an effort by Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, to force a vote on American support for the Saudi war in Yemen. Since 2015, the Saudis have committed a litany of atrocities in Yemen with American military support and American weapons.The Saudis have bombed hospitals and funerals, and blocked food and medicine to a country ravaged by food shortages and a cholera outbreak.
CRBI advocacy and communication coordinator Joe Cook presents a Clean 13 award to Rep. John Meadows at the Georgia Water Coalition's Clean 13 Celebration held March 8 at Mason Fine Arts Center in Atlanta.
Bridges don't usually crumble into dust. So when a pedestrian walkway at Florida International University collapsed Thursday, killing six people and crushing eight cars, people were rightly horrified and confused.
Rep. Marcy Kaptur is now the longest-serving woman in the history of the House of Representatives, breaking the record today -- 12,858 days after she first took office in 1983. Kaptur told ABC News that as she surpasses the milestone, previously held by Massachusetts Republican Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, she is "a citizen with deep gratitude and very energized to keep going and to keep working."