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President Joe Biden met on Monday with his national security team in anticipation of a retaliatory attack by Tehran over what it alleges was Israel’s killing of a Hamas leader on its soil. The high-level meeting in the White House Situation Room occurred as the United States aims to cool tensions in the region, sparked

Conway will advocate pro-Ukrainian positions to U.S. officials and will be paid $50,000 a month by a Ukrainian businessman. Kellyanne Conway, a longtime political adviser to former President Donald Trump, has registered as a foreign agent to represent Ukrainian interests in Washington. Conway was the campaign manager for Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and later served

The fundraising platform faces allegations of federal campaign finance violations. A House panel is expanding its investigation into whether the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue may be skirting or violating federal campaign finance laws. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-Wis.), chairman of the House Administration Committee, launched the probe last fall amid allegations that ActBlue was facilitating the

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill is defending a recently passed state law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public schools. Organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom from Religion Foundation are representing plaintiffs who filed a complaint in June arguing that the law violates the First Amendment. Murrill

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill has asked a court to dismiss a challenge to a recently passed state law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public schools. Organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom from Religion Foundation are representing plaintiffs who filed a complaint in June arguing that