Wyoming candidate undeterred after teen pregnancy disclosure
A U.S. House candidate in Wyoming who disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18 scoffed at the idea of dropping out of the race…
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Biden administration moves forward with plan to bring offshore wind to California coast for the first time
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving to advance offshore wind power on the coast of California for the first time. When…
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Biden administration announces plan to bring offshore wind to California coast for the first time
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving to advance offshore wind power on the coast of California for the first time. When…
Continue Reading White House touts US reaching 50% adults fully vaccinated
The White House on Tuesday touted the US reaching a new milestone when it comes to vaccinations, with 50% of adults becoming fully vaccinated,…
Continue Reading Biden’s DOJ appeals order to release full memo on why Trump wasn’t charged with obstruction
The Justice Department is partially appealing an order to publicly release a pivotal 2019 memo about whether then-President Donald Trump obstructed…
Continue Reading US will make ‘significant contributions’ to rebuilding Gaza, Blinken says
The United States will make “significant contributions” to rebuild Gaza and reopen its consulate in Jerusalem following the recent…
Continue Reading Georgia GOP governor bans Covid-19 passports in state government
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday prohibiting state agencies, state service providers and state properties from requiring…
Continue Reading Faulty redactions in court document show federal investigators seized more info in case against Rudy Giuliani than previously disclosed
New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have seized material from a wider array of individuals than previously disclosed, including…
Continue Reading White House ousts four Trump-appointed members of prestigious arts commission
The White House has ousted several members of a prestigious arts commission in the nation’s capital, the latest move in the Biden…
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White House expects US to reach 50% adults fully vaccinated on Tuesday
The White House expects the US will reach a new milestone on Tuesday when it comes to vaccinations, with 50% of adults becoming fully…
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Idaho Legislature hires own lawyers to defend new initiative
The Idaho Supreme Court has agreed to allow the state Legislature to intervene in two lawsuits that challenge the same restrictive voter initiative…
Continue Reading George Floyd’s family to meet with Biden and Harris at White House
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet on Tuesday with the family of George Floyd exactly one year after he was killed by a…
Continue Reading Judge blasts Barr’s Justice Dept. for ‘getting a jump on public relations’ in Mueller report rollout
A federal judge slammed the Department of Justice for “getting a jump on public relations” when its leaders in 2019 discussed a public…
Continue Reading Biden and Putin summit to take place next month in Switzerland
The first face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place next month in Switzerland, the White…
Continue Reading Senate poised to confirm Kristen Clarke as first Black woman to lead DOJ civil rights division
Democrats are poised to confirm Kristen Clarke Tuesday as the first Black woman to lead the Justice Department’s Civil Rights division, a…
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Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools
Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.…
Continue Reading Texas lawmakers send permit-free gun carrying legislation to governor’s desk
Texas is a step closer to allowing residents to carry handguns in public without obtaining a license or training. The Texas legislature on Monday…
Continue Reading Man accused of bringing bombs to Capitol had contacted Cruz’s office with concern about ‘election fraud,’ judge notes
A Vietnam veteran who allegedly brought Mason jar bombs to Capitol Hill on January 6 had scoped out the Capitol Building in December by driving…
Continue Reading Biden and Harris condemn recent attacks on Jewish community in US and abroad
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday condemned recent attacks toward the Jewish community after several Jewish people were…
Continue Reading Biden bolsters extreme weather preparation funding during FEMA visit
President Joe Biden on Monday announced his administration would invest $1 billion in extreme weather preparation ahead of hurricane season.…
Continue Reading US will make ‘significant contributions’ to rebuilding Gaza, Blinken says in first stop of Mideast tour
The United States will make “significant contributions” to rebuilding Gaza following the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas, US…
Continue Reading Biden and Putin summit expected to take place next month in Switzerland
The first face-to-face meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to take place next month in Switzerland,…
Continue Reading Democratic operatives launch initiative focused on progressive campaigns ahead of 2022
A team of Democratic operatives is launching an initiative to bolster progressive campaigns ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Blue State…
Continue Reading FBI assisting with investigation of white powder sent to Rand Paul’s home
The FBI and other law enforcement are investigating a package with white powder sent Monday to Republican Sen. Rand Paul‘s home in Kentucky,…
Continue Reading Ex-WH counsel McGahn agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors next week
Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee next week after House Democrats and the…
Continue Reading Biden condemns arrest of detained Belarusian dissident journalist
President Joe Biden on Monday lambasted Belarus’ sudden grounding of a commercial flight and subsequent arrest of onboard dissident journalist…
Continue Reading Negotiators optimistic for policing overhaul on eve of George Floyd anniversary
The two lead Senate negotiators behind legislation to overhaul the nation’s policing laws expressed new optimism Monday, on the eve of a…
Continue Reading Top Republicans dig in over January 6 commission bill and plan to filibuster as soon as this week
Texas Sen. John Cornyn was clear in February: Congress should establish a 9/11-style outside commission to investigate the January 6 attack, a rare…
Continue Reading Ex-WH counsel McGahn agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors, likely next week
Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee after House Democrats and the Justice…
Continue Reading Texas emergency shelter is mostly ‘warehousing’ thousands of migrant children, according to eyewitnesses
The shelter at Fort Bliss feels more like a warehouse, according to people who have been there, with rows and rows of bunk cots stacked on top of…
Continue Reading Stephanie Murphy passes on Florida Senate run in 2022
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a rising Democratic star who was seriously considering challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio next year for his seat,…
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New Idaho Democratic executive director
Idaho Democratic Party Chair Fred Cornforth announced Monday party has hired Jared DeLoof to serve as Executive Director heading into the 2022…
Continue Reading Arizona and Georgia audits move forward as Republicans continue to push election fraud lies
A Republican-ordered audit of the 2.1 million votes cast last year in Arizona’s Maricopa County resumed Monday amid the escalating intra-party…
Continue Reading US Navy introduces incentives for sailors to get vaccinated
The Navy became the first branch in the US military to issue service-wide incentives for sailors to get vaccinated against Covid-19, including…
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Alabama governor signs bill banning COVID-19 vaccine passports
Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed a bill into law banning the use of so-called vaccine passports in the state. The law, which went…
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Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy runs for Idaho governor
Anti-government activist Ammon Bundy is running to be Idaho’s next governor, according to documents filed Friday with the Secretary of State’s…
Continue Reading Michigan governor apologizes for breaking state’s Covid-19 public health protocols
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for breaking the state’s public health protocols after a photo surfaced on social…
Continue Reading Supreme Court denies hearing to Missouri death row inmate requesting a firing squad
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday against a Missouri death row inmate suffering from a brain tumor who sought to have his execution carried out by…
Continue Reading New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins
A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be…
Continue Reading Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees
President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US…
Continue Reading Biden to bolster extreme weather preparation funding during FEMA visit
President Joe Biden is expected to scale up his administration’s investment in extreme weather preparation when he makes a visit to the Federal…
Continue Reading Another ballot audit set to move ahead in Fulton County, Georgia, as judge rules absentee ballots can be unsealed
Yet another ballot audit is set to move ahead in Georgia’s most populous county after a judge ruled Friday that absentee ballots could be…
Continue Reading Biden administration allocates $200 million to support survivors of domestic violence
The Biden administration announced on Monday it is allocating $200 million from the American Rescue Plan to support services for survivors of…
Continue Reading Florida becomes the 23rd GOP-led state to end $300-a-week pandemic unemployment benefits
Florida will stop paying jobless residents the $300-a-week federal boost to unemployment benefits on June 26, the state’s Department of…
Continue Reading Rep. Lucy McBath is living her son’s legacy
Rep. Lucy McBath vividly remembers having “the talk” with her teenage son Jordan in 2012 after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and…
Continue Reading Bipartisan talks over infrastructure deal on the brink of crumbling days before deadline
Bipartisan talks over a cornerstone infrastructure package sit on the brink of falling apart completely just days before a White House-imposed…
Continue Reading Charles Rangel Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former US Congressman Charles Rangel, who represented New York from 1971 to 2017. Personal Birth date: June 11,…
Continue Reading Trump administration didn’t provide some separated parents the opportunity to bring their children as they were deported, new watchdog report says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported some parents between July 2017 and July 2018 without giving them the opportunity to bring their…
Continue Reading Coming up on self-imposed deadlines, multiple bills face dire future
With just four legislative days left before the Senate’s week-long Memorial Day recess, it’s still unknown when Senate Majority Leader…
Continue Reading Harris to the Class of 2021: ‘You have the strength to get through anything’
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday applauded members of the Class of 2021 on their perseverance in earning their high school diplomas during the…
Continue Reading Biden adviser: President will ‘change course’ in infrastructure talks if inaction seems inevitable
White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond said Sunday that President Joe Biden will “change course” on his massive infrastructure bill…
Continue Reading Blinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
Continue Reading Blinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinians
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
Continue Reading National Guard troops will leave US Capitol on Sunday
National Guard troops who have been deployed at the US Capitol over the past four months will be leaving Sunday, said the man tasked with leading a…
Continue Reading ‘Beyond reprehensible’: GOP lawmaker condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparison of mask mandates to Holocaust
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer on Sunday denounced fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s comparison of requirements for House members to…
Continue Reading Ex-Trump ambassador says former President ‘absolutely’ bears responsibility for January 6 riot
A former Republican senator and member of Donald Trump’s administration said Sunday that he thinks the ex-President bears some responsibility…
Continue Reading Biden to host George Floyd’s family next week on anniversary of his death
President Joe Biden will host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of…
Continue Reading ‘I stay up nights’: Afghans working for US worry about their future after Biden withdrawal announcement
Khan’s family is under threat, he’s no longer going to his job site, and he’s swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to…
Continue Reading Biden administration grants humanitarian protections to Haitians in the US
The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision…
Continue Reading Chief of staff for GOP lawmaker spoke to law enforcement after overhearing talk of storming FBI building on January 6
A top aide to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida says he spoke with both the Capitol Police and the FBI on the morning of January 6 after…
Continue Reading How federal prosecutors are pursuing Rudy Giuliani
After being under investigation by federal prosecutors for more than two years, Rudy Giuliani got a glimpse late last month of the possible charge…
Continue Reading Wyoming state senator running against Cheney for House seat reveals he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
A Republican Wyoming state senator who’s running against US Rep. Liz Cheney for her House seat told a local newspaper he impregnated a…
Continue Reading White House drops price tag of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers but wide divide remains
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Biden weathers his first foreign crisis after months focusing on domestic troubles
It was before 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the fourth time in a…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline tries to determine how DarkSide breached its network while interest in prevention spikes
Colonial Pipeline is still trying to narrow in on how its network was breached following a ransomware attack that resulted in the closing down of a…
Continue Reading Asian Americans emerged as an important voting bloc in 2020. Activists fear new voting restrictions could silence them
Democratic activist Cam Ashling pulled out the stops ahead of Georgia’s general election last year and its recent Senate runoffs. Her Georgia…
Continue Reading Here’s the truth about the labor shortage
There are countervailing storylines that complicate the pandemic recovery. Millions of Americans remain unemployed while companies big and small are…
Continue Reading Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend to cooperate with federal authorities in sex trafficking investigation
Federal authorities investigating alleged sex trafficking by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz have secured the cooperation of the congressman’s…
Continue Reading Biden says he won’t let DOJ seize phone records or emails from reporters: ‘It’s simply, simply wrong’
President Joe Biden on Friday told CNN he would not let his Department of Justice seize phone records or emails from reporters. Following a joint…
Continue Reading Biden announces US to vaccinate 550,000 South Korean service members against Covid-19
The US will provide Covid-19 vaccinations for 550,000 South Korean service members who work in close contact with American forces, President Joe…
Continue Reading Biden meets South Korean President as he turns his focus toward East Asia
President Joe Biden met with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday for the second in-person meeting with a world leader of his…
Continue Reading Judge allows Dakota Access pipeline to continue operating during environmental review
A federal judge on Friday allowed the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating, concluding he did not have the authority to side…
Continue Reading Fact check: Four times Walensky’s comments were out of step with CDC guidance
Since the early days of her time as Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has made comments and claims…
Continue Reading How a once-bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Riot fell apart
It was the investigation that never was. After months of talk, the independent commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6 is now on…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in Biden’s counteroffer on infrastructure
Nearly two months after President Joe Biden laid out his massive plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, White House officials presented a…
Continue Reading Here are the 63 Republicans who voted against the anti-Asian hate crimes bill
When the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
Continue Reading Democrats searching for a path forward on stalled voting rights bill
Senate Democrats will huddle privately next week to continue their internal deliberations over how to advance a sweeping voting rights, government…
Continue Reading White House partners with dating apps to encourage Covid vaccinations
Starting this week, the White House is hoping Americans swipe right for Covid vaccines, partnering with a series of prominent dating apps to offer…
Continue Reading White House reduces cost of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Commission reviewing military base names to visit West Point next week
The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the…
Continue Reading 94-year-old gets Medal of Honor 70 years after Korean War heroism
Ralph Puckett Jr. — a United States Army Ranger who led the defense against six Chinese assaults on a frozen hill in the Korean War — was…
Continue Reading Trump and his allies seize on small New Hampshire town’s vote discrepancies to push lies about election outcome
A local clash over the audit of state legislative vote totals in a New Hampshire town of 14,000 has turned into one of the flashpoints in the…
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Giddings files for Lt. Governor
State Representative Priscila Giddings (R-D7) announced she has filed paperwork to run for the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of…
Continue Reading Daniel Hernandez, former Gabby Giffords intern who helped save her life, is running for Congress
The intern who helped save former US Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords in the minutes after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting…
Continue Reading Trump planning rallies in Ohio and Florida this summer
Former President Donald Trump plans to resume his signature campaign-style rallies in a series of battleground states this summer as he inches closer…
Continue Reading Wyoming senator discloses impregnating 14-year-old at 18
Wyoming state Sen. Anthony Bouchard has disclosed that he impregnated a 14-year-old girl when he was 18.…
Continue Reading When do student loan payments restart?
Federal student loan payments are set to resume on October 1, after an unprecedented 19-month suspension that was put in place to provide financial…
Continue Reading More than 70 officers have left force since January 6, Capitol Police union says
More than 70 rank-and-file United States Capitol Police officers have resigned or retired since the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol building,…
Continue Reading Biden meeting South Korean President as he turns his focus toward East Asia
President Joe Biden is set to meet with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday, the second in-person meeting with a world…
Continue Reading Supreme Court enters a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing
Supreme Court justices have long criticized each other’s legal reasoning, but they are increasingly impugning their colleagues’ motives…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. DeSantis hints at future plans: ‘I have only begun to fight’
The applause for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from a ballroom full of Republican activists was loud and long — and it happened before the Florida…
Continue Reading Biden administration unable to continue $300 weekly pandemic unemployment benefits that GOP governors are slashing
The Labor Department has exhausted its options for continuing to pay an extra $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits to jobless people in the…
Continue Reading Biden’s plan to slash child poverty depends on whether the IRS can find those who need the cash most
President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to send families with kids thousands more dollars starting in July could slash child poverty in half…
Continue Reading Lawsuit aims to force Missouri governor to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion
The battle to expand Medicaid in Missouri has now shifted to the courtroom. A lawsuit was filed Thursday to force GOP Gov. Mike Parson to expand…
Continue Reading Labor secretary denies he knew about domestic violence allegations against Boston police commissioner he appointed while mayor
Labor Secretary Martin Walsh has denied he was aware of domestic violence allegations against the Boston Police commissioner when he appointed him to…
Continue Reading Biden, staring down first Mideast crisis, touts ceasefire
President Joe Biden — having weathered the first major foreign crisis of his presidency that tested the bounds of his decades-long friendship…
Continue Reading Prosecutors took 18 electronic devices from Rudy Giuliani’s home and office in April raid
Federal prosecutors seized 18 electronic devices belonging to Rudy Giuliani and more than one of his employees when they raided his home and office…
Continue Reading Trump administration secretly obtained CNN reporter’s phone and email records
The Trump administration secretly sought and obtained the 2017 phone and email records of a CNN correspondent, the latest instance where federal…
Continue Reading Justin Amash questions why Liz Cheney didn’t speak out about Trump sooner
Justin Amash, a former Republican congressman, argued that propping up GOP Rep. Liz Cheney as “some sort of hero” for breaking with her…
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