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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Some local politicians who were near US Capitol on January 6 return to life of prominence back home
In the weeks after Texas state Rep. Kyle Biedermann stood near the steps of the US Capitol where rioters soon brawled with police, he returned to the…
Continue Reading Biden celebrates ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas
President Joe Biden on Thursday touted the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas during a hastily arranged White House speech in response to the…
Continue Reading Biden to deliver remarks as Israel and Hamas reach ceasefire
President Joe Biden plans to address quickly moving developments in the Middle East from the White House on Thursday evening. It will be the first…
Continue Reading Democrats brace for momentous decision: Will Pelosi run again?
After taking back the House in 2018, Nancy Pelosi called herself “a bridge to the next generation of leaders” and agreed to a deal:…
Continue Reading US military sees 55% jump in Covid-19 vaccinations over last month
The US military has seen a 55% jump in Covid-19 vaccinations among active-duty service members over the last month, a senior defense official told…
Continue Reading Republicans have downplayed the US Capitol riot violence. The evidence paints a different picture.
Republican lawmakers have recently downplayed or outright denied the violence of the January 6 insurrection as a bipartisan agreement to investigate…
Continue Reading Hope fades for a bipartisan deal on gun background checks, key Democratic negotiator says
Sen. Chris Murphy, who’s been leading the charge to secure a long-shot bipartisan deal on a gun background checks bill, told CNN on Thursday he…
Continue Reading Biden increasingly impatient with Netanyahu, sources say
President Joe Biden became increasingly impatient with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following a blunt phone call Wednesday in which the…
Continue Reading Biden signs bill aimed at addressing rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
President Joe Biden signed into law on Thursday a bill that is aimed at countering a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes during the coronavirus pandemic,…
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Gov. Little in Idaho Falls Thursday
Governor Little will be in Idaho Falls on Thursday to discuss the 2021 Idaho Legislative…
Continue Reading Iowa governor signs bill prohibiting mask mandates in schools and businesses
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed legislation into law Thursday that blocks mask mandates from being implemented in K-12 schools and prohibits cities and…
Continue Reading In Arizona, Border Patrol encounters new tactics in migrants’ bid to cross into US
Just south of Tucson, Arizona, lies one of the most treacherous stretches of the US-Mexico border: 262 miles of hot, dry, often mountainous terrain.…
Continue Reading UN refugee agency urges Biden to end asylum restrictions on the border
The United Nations refugee agency urged the United States on Thursday to end Trump-era asylum restrictions on the US-Mexico border the Biden…
Continue Reading White House backs off May 25 police reform deadline
The White House is backing off a May 25 deadline to pass police reform legislation, leaving timing up to lawmakers who are still engaged in…
Continue Reading Justin Amash warns of painting Liz Cheney as a ‘hero’ and questions why she spoke out about Trump
Justin Amash, a former Republican congressman, argued that propping up GOP Rep. Liz Cheney as “some sort of hero” for breaking with her…
Continue Reading House narrowly passes $1.9 billion Capitol security bill after January 6 insurrection
The House of Representatives voted by a thin margin on Thursday to pass a $1.9 billion spending bill to increase security at the US Capitol in…
Continue Reading January 6 commission vote: Prospects bleak that 10 Republicans would buck McConnell
After the House passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6, Senate Republicans look poised to torpedo…
Continue Reading Biden administration to close two immigration detention centers that came under scrutiny
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop detaining immigrants at two detention centers that came under investigation over…
Continue Reading Senators propose bipartisan Postal Service reform bill that could actually pass
A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Wednesday that would reform the US Postal Service after the struggling agency made repeated…
Continue Reading Senators call on Biden administration to demand Saudi end blockade tactics on a starving Yemen
A group of Democratic senators are calling on President Joe Biden to take “immediate and decisive action” to end Saudi Arabia’s…
Continue Reading Biden to sign bill aimed at addressing rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
President Joe Biden is scheduled to sign a bill into law on Thursday that’s aimed at countering a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes that’s…
Continue Reading NRA head assures members organization remains ‘strong and secure’ following bankruptcy petition
National Rifle Association head Wayne LaPierre sent an encouraging email to approximately 5 million members Wednesday assuring them the organization…
Continue Reading Sanders will introduce resolution disapproving $735 million US arms sale to Israel
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders will introduce a resolution on Thursday disapproving of the US sale of $735 million in precision-guided weapons to…
Continue Reading John Katko searches for a sweet spot in turbulent Republican times
Rep. John Katko isn’t used to making headlines. So, when the New York Republican walked into the US Capitol on Tuesday — hours after he…
Continue Reading January 6 commission vote: Unclear if 10 Republicans will buck McConnell
After the House passed a bill to establish a commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6, all eyes are on the US Senate and whether or…
Continue Reading Clarence Thomas awaits his chance to drive the conservative majority on abortion and guns
Twenty-nine years ago, less than a year after he had taken the bench, Justice Clarence Thomas joined a dissent calling the landmark opinion Roe v.…
Continue Reading House to vote on $1.9 billion Capitol security bill after January 6 insurrection
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on Thursday to approve a $1.9 billion spending bill to increase security at the US Capitol in…
Continue Reading Trump allies seek to import Arizona’s election audit to Georgia
In a bid to bolster former President Donald Trump’s lies about widespread fraud in the 2020 election, Trump’s Republican allies are now…
Continue Reading New York attorney general can join lawsuit against right-wing political operatives over alleged robocall scheme, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that New York Attorney General Letitia James can intervene in a federal proceeding against two notorious right-wing…
Continue Reading Blinken and Lavrov hold first high-level meeting of Biden’s presidency as US-Russia tensions simmer
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, the first high-level encounter between the US and…
Continue Reading Here are the 35 House Republicans who voted for the January 6 commission
Thirty-five House Republican broke ranks Wednesday evening to support legislation that would establish an independent commission to investigate the…
Continue Reading NY attorney general has been looking into the taxes of Trump Organization CFO for months, sources say
The New York attorney general’s office has opened a criminal tax investigation into top Trump Organization officer Allen Weisselberg,…
Continue Reading House sends bill creating January 6 commission to the Senate
The House voted Wednesday to approve legislation to establish an independent commission to investigate the violent insurrection on January 6 at the…
Continue Reading Banks say USDA’s debt forgiveness for minority farmers will cost them money and could affect future loans. Black farmers call that a threat.
Three of the biggest US banking groups want the US Department of Agriculture to reconsider the terms of billions of dollars in planned debt relief…
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Lt. Gov. McGeachin announces run for Idaho governor
Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin is running for governor.…
Continue Reading US Capitol Police officer’s letter blasts Republican opposition to January 6 commission
A US Capitol Police officer anonymously sent a pointed letter to members of Congress on Wednesday expressing “profound disappointment”…
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