Georgia lawmaker who knocked on governor's door during election bill signing won't be prosecuted

Marilyn Nieves/iStockBy JULIA JACOBO, ABC News (ATLANTA) -- The Georgia lawmaker who was arrested for knocking on the door while Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping election bill won't be prosecuted, the district...

GOP doesn't need to 'engage in every cultural battle': Arkansas governor

Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBy ALISA WIERSEMA, ABC News (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a staunch, longtime conservative, said Wednesday that amid the GOP-led culture wars, Republicans...

Cuomo repeals nursing home and hospital COVID-19 liability protections

Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty ImagesBy MARLENE LENTHANG, ABC News (ALBANY, N.Y.) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday night repealing a law that protected health care facilities, including hospitals and...

Breaking down claims about Georgia's election law: What's true and what's not?

LifestyleVisuals/iStockBy Quinn Scanlan, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Since GOP Gov. Brian Kemp signed a sweeping overhaul of Georgia's election code into law, Democrats have equated it with "Jim Crow" laws while Republicans...

Pressure builds over restrictive voting bills in Texas

nojustice/iStockBy Alisa Wiersema, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Amid the fallout over Georgia's new sweeping elections law, Texas Democrats and voting rights activists are strategizing how to get some of the state's biggest...

Gaetz, under investigation for sex allegations, sought blanket pardon from Trump: Sources

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesBy John Santucci and Katherine Faulders, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- During the final weeks of President Donald Trump's administration, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz asked the...

Arkansas state legislature overrides governor's veto on transgender health care bill

dlewis33/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- The Arkansas state legislature voted Tuesday to override a veto by Gov. Asa Hutchinson on a bill that would ban gender-affirming treatments for...

Former Trump HUD official fined and barred from federal employment for violating Hatch Act

Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesBy SOO RIN KIM, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- A former political appointee under the Trump administration has been disciplined for improperly using her official position in the Department of Housing...

Biden's infrastructure plan, with no GOP support, gets boost from Senate 'reconciliation' ruling

uschools/iStockBy MICHELLE STODDART, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The White House on Tuesday insisted that there is a "bipartisan path forward" on passing President Joe Biden's sweeping and costly infrastructure plan, but it...

House Democrats to target 22 districts in next year's midterms

uschools/iStockBy Kendall Karson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- House Democrats have outlined their offensive for the 2022 midterm elections, targeting 22 districts that could likely change once the House map is reshaped by...

Biden to call for states to make all Americans eligible for vaccine by April 19

Official White House Photo by Adam SchultzBy Ben Gittleson, Karen Travers and Sasha Pezenik, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Tuesday will call for states and cities to allow all Americans to be eligible to...

Permanent resident who hoped Biden would be his 'miracle' is set to be deported

Maria RodriguezBy Lauren Lantry, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Kelvin Silva, 44, hoped President Joe Biden would take a different stance than his predecessor by not deporting him. "We just need a miracle," Silva told ABC News...

Blinken taps COVID coordinator as US prepares to pivot to sharing vaccines overseas

ALEXANDER DRAGO/POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesBy Conor Finnegan, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is still not sending U.S. vaccines overseas, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that it is...

Arkansas governor vetoes bill that would ban gender-confirming treatments for transgender youth

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Questions remain about motive in Friday's Capitol attack

ALFSnaiper/iStockBy Jack Date and Luke Barr, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- Authorities continue to search for a motive in the deadly vehicle ramming attack at the Capitol that left one Capitol Police officer dead and another...

Capitol Police union urging Congress to ramp up security after attack

drnadig/iStockBy Luke Barr, ABC News (WASHINGTON) -- The United States Capitol Police union is urging Congress to ramp up security around the Capitol, days after a an officer was killed outside the building, they said in...

Capitol fencing should still be removed after Friday attack: Sen. Roy Blunt

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Americans 'want to see us get it done': Buttigieg on Biden's infrastructure plan

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As Deb Haaland creates unit to investigate missing and murdered Native Americans, a look at why it's necessary

RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty ImagesBY: KIARA ALFONSECA, ABC NEWS

White House starts selling infrastructure plan to American people

Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBY: MOLLY NAGLE, ABC NEWS

Storm coaches speak on changes to staff

Storm coaches speak on changes to staff

Stolen truck recovered in Kearney

Stolen truck recovered in Kearney

Offering hope and convenience, Nebraska Medicine opens $52M cancer center in Kearney

Offering hope and convenience, Nebraska Medicine opens $52M cancer center in Kearney

Veteran Nebraska anchor Dave Griek joins News Channel Nebraska as new evening anchor

Veteran Nebraska anchor Dave Griek joins News Channel Nebraska as new evening anchor

'Buffalo Wild Wings Go' announces opening date in Hastings

'Buffalo Wild Wings Go' announces opening date in Hastings

Sidney hoops sweep Gering in first road test of new season

Sidney hoops sweep Gering in first road test of new season

Western Nebraska wrestlers hit mats Saturday

Western Nebraska wrestlers hit mats Saturday

Eagles notes: Chadron State suffers first RMAC loss this season

Eagles notes: Chadron State suffers first RMAC loss this season

Saturday's local scoreboard, Dec. 7

Saturday's local scoreboard, Dec. 7

Jamiya Neal's 19 points help Creighton beat UNLV 83-65

Jamiya Neal's 19 points help Creighton beat UNLV 83-65