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The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootingsripping through communities nationwide.

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump was convicted on Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Ca...

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus as new variants challenge the nation's efforts to resume normalcy after two and a half years of pandemic disruptions.

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some now facing rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack to overturn the presidential election.

Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to “hang Mike Pence,” a key former White House aide told House investigators Tuesday, describing chaotic scenes inside and outside the executive mansion as Trump argued to accompany his supporters.Former President Donald Trump dismissed the presence of armed protesters headed to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and even endorsed their calls to “hang Mike Pence,” a key former White House aide told House investigators Tuesday, describing chaotic scenes inside and outside the executive mansion as Trump argued to accompany his supporters.

Abortion rights activists are arguing that the law is unclear.

The memory that leaked was correct.

The “pattern-or-practice” investigation comes amid mounting evidence that the agency has looked the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, including the deadly 2019 arrest of Ronald Greene.

A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.

Jackson was confirmed was confirmed 53-47, mostly along party lines but with three Republican votes.

Russian forces have shelled Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, sparking a fire there that was extinguished overnight.

Biden declared that he and all members of Congress are joined “with an unwavering resolve that freedom will always triumph over tyranny.”

Explosions sounded before dawn in Kyiv and gunfire was reported in several areas.

Russian President Vladmir Putin threatened any foreign country attempting to interfere with “consequences you have never seen.”

House Speaker Rep. Clay Schexnayder said he launched the probe.

Benedict was responding to a Jan. 20 report from a German law firm.

President Biden said he would address the American people later Thursday on the raid.

President Joe Biden has pledged to fill the spot by naming the first Black woman to the high court.

Anderson was 68.