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Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said new regulations build on Title IX, which outlaws discrimination in education based on sex.

Biden administration updates campus protections for LGBTQ students, assault victims

By Daniela Altimari
Posted April 19, 2024 at 9:50am
Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., highlighted the notifications for members of Congress as he advocated for the addition of a warrant requirement for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Spy reauthorization bill would give lawmakers special notifications

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 18, 2024 at 11:36am
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment managers Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., left, and Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., return to the House side Wednesday after the end of the Mayorkas impeachment in the Senate, as Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., conducts a TV news interview.

On Senate floor, Mayorkas impeachment sparks procedural clash

By Justin Papp
Posted April 17, 2024 at 5:58pm, Updated at 6:49pm
Visitors in the Hart Senate Office Building go about their business as floor action Wednesday on the impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas airs on television in the background.

Senate dispenses with Mayorkas impeachment without a trial

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 17, 2024 at 5:00pm
House impeachment managers, led by Reps. Mark E. Green, R-Tenn., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., walk through the Capitol Rotunda on Tuesday to the Senate to deliver articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Senate readies for Mayorkas impeachment showdown

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 16, 2024 at 5:46pm
Supporters of January 6 defendants, including Micki Witthoeft, the mother of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed during the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, gather Tuesday outside of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court questions use of statute against Jan. 6 defendants

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 16, 2024 at 3:25pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attend a photo op with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida last week.

Senate leaders seek quick action on key surveillance authority

By Ryan Tarinelli
Posted April 15, 2024 at 7:27pm
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., arrives for a vote in the Capitol.

Cotton among GOP lawmakers who back defendants in Jan. 6 case

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 15, 2024 at 9:20am, Updated at 9:20pm
President Joe Biden walks onstage to give remarks virtually to the National Action Network Convention on Friday.

Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel flips script as Biden had pressed for changes in Gaza

By John T. Bennett
Posted April 14, 2024 at 6:50pm, Updated April 15, 2024 at 5:30pm
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a House Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday.

House plans to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to Senate on Tuesday

By Michael Macagnone
Posted April 12, 2024 at 3:48pm, Updated April 15, 2024 at 5:32pm