A guide to what you can expect to get from the $1.9 trillion Senate stimulus
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus package passed by the Senate contains a wide range of proposals to help Americans still struggling with the economic…
Continue ReadingThe $1.9 trillion coronavirus package passed by the Senate contains a wide range of proposals to help Americans still struggling with the economic…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is voting Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly 12-hour struggle to get…
Continue ReadingSeventy years after renowned Army Chaplain Capt. Emil Kapaun died as a prisoner in the Korean War, his remains have been identified by the Defense…
Continue ReadingJobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for a little longer under the Senate’s…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is facing an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing into the United States, placing added strain on a…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats’ push to quickly pass President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package has met a time-consuming and stamina-challenging…
Continue ReadingA task force established to review security at the US Capitol following the violent insurrection on January 6 is calling for mobile fencing around…
Continue ReadingThe Senate dealt progressives a blow they have been trying to prevent but knew was coming by voting down an amendment to include a $15 minimum wage…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration has notified facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-Covid-19 levels, acknowledging…
Continue ReadingThe attorney for Charlotte Bennett, who is accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, sent a letter Friday to New York Attorney…
Continue ReadingA deal has been reached in the Senate to pave the way forward on President Joe Biden’s Covid relief bill after activity in the chamber ground…
Continue ReadingChristopher Tapp and Senator Doug Ricks joined Governor Brad Little as he signed a bill to compensate people wrongly convicted of crimes in Idaho…
Continue ReadingThe New York State Senate and State Assembly passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded emergency executive powers Friday, sending it…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in the Idaho House have passed legislation that would require parents to opt in their kids to some sex education lessons in school.…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is considering opening additional temporary border facilities in Arizona to manage the influx of migrants arriving at the…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin stalled the passage of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill for hours on Friday, as Republicans urged…
Continue ReadingThis week, pressure mounted in Washington to pass the long-awaited Covid relief package, including a fresh round of stimulus checks. Republican delay…
Continue ReadingA former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after being charged for pushing against police…
Continue ReadingSome top aides for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly rewrote a June nursing home report from state health officials to hide the higher…
Continue ReadingCongressional Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Neera Tanden…
Continue ReadingJobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for an additional month under a last-minute…
Continue ReadingAs the demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace the supply, the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine came as encouraging and much…
Continue ReadingThe State House of Representatives passed a bill Friday to allow local school districts and public charter schools to certify anyone as a teacher as…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho House has killed the Idaho Attorney General’s budget for the upcoming year, a move that will force the Legislature’s budget-setting…
Continue ReadingWhite House and Detroit officials tried to limit fallout after Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan initially declined to accept an allocation of Johnson &…
Continue ReadingThe New York State Senate passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded emergency executive powers Friday. The vote split straight down…
Continue ReadingAll nine Supreme Court justices have now received the Covid-19 vaccine. “The Justices have all been fully vaccinated,” public information…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is bracing for a series of politically tough amendment votes Friday that could stretch late into the night and into Saturday, the last…
Continue ReadingBeto O’Rourke is on the road again, criss-crossing Texas and broadcasting his stops in small towns live. His efforts have been focused on the…
Continue ReadingJobless Americans will get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but will receive those payments for an additional month under a…
Continue ReadingBlack Georgians disproportionately cast their ballots on the weekend days that Republican lawmakers want to eliminate as options in future elections,…
Continue ReadingAs he darted down to Florida last week and skipped crucial House votes, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona neglected to tell GOP Rep. Ann Wagner…
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Thursday released its version of the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package, after the House passed its package last week.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Attorney General’s office says a northern Idaho school district was within its rights to remove an electioneering demonstrator from…
Continue ReadingThe House has passed the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package, bringing President Joe Biden’s stimulus proposal one step closer…
Continue ReadingTexas Gov. Greg Abbott is stalling efforts by the Biden administration to provide federal funds for Covid-19 tests for migrants released from…
Continue ReadingCharlotte Bennett, the second woman to go public with sexual harassment allegations against Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, says she thought…
Continue ReadingIn a matter of hours (big caveat on how many hours exactly), the Senate will vote to pass President Joe Biden’s first major legislative agenda…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is bracing for a series of politically tough amendment votes Friday that could stretch late into the night and into the early hours of…
Continue ReadingFormer House impeachment manager Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo…
Continue ReadingI took a walk on a frozen lake recently, worried less about thin ice and more about defrosting people, but I’m happy to report I was wrong. In…
Continue ReadingA US Drug Enforcement Administration agent was suspended this week for his participation in the US Capitol riot, though he insists he never went…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has sued former President Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump, Jr., Rudy Giuliani and Republican Rep. Mo Brooks in a…
Continue ReadingNew York Attorney General Letitia James was only a few months into her second term as New York City’s public advocate when, over a few hours…
Continue ReadingWhen the coronavirus pandemic was declared nearly a year ago, the future for state and local government finances looked grim. Millions of people had…
Continue ReadingThe political organization founded by NBA superstar LeBron James and a host of other Black athletes and artists will kick off its post-2020 work with…
Continue ReadingAn inspector general report detailing allegations of “sexual and denigrating” comments made by former White House physician Rep. Ronny…
Continue ReadingSenators who vehemently defend the Senate’s 60-vote threshold for legislation are nonetheless about to accept a simple majority of 51 votes…
Continue ReadingJustice Amy Coney Barrett penned her first Supreme Court majority opinion on Thursday, writing a 7-2 decision that will shield federal agencies from…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Thursday that it should dismiss pending cases concerning “sanctuary cities,” which…
Continue ReadingNew York Attorney General Letitia James was only a few months into her second term as New York City’s public advocate when, over a few hours…
Continue ReadingAs Donald Trump plotted his Conservative Political Action Conference appearance last week, and a broader, more-robust plan to return to politics as…
Continue ReadingAhead of the Senate debate on the stimulus bill, Republican Senate leadership criticized the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package during a news…
Continue ReadingAlabama’s statewide mask mandate to curb the coronavirus is being extended to April 9 — but it won’t be extended after that, Gov.…
Continue ReadingA decision by Idaho lawmakers to reject a $6 million federal grant to improve early childhood education – and comments from one lawmaker who said…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s infrastructure received an overall grade of C- from the American Society of Civil Engineers, according to the group’s 2021…
Continue ReadingWyoming state Rep. Chuck Gray announced on Thursday that he will run against U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in the 2022 Republican primary for the state’s…
Continue ReadingMississippi is on track to become the first state this year to enact a law banning transgender athletes from competing on girls or women’s sports…
Continue ReadingThe top State Department diplomatic security official in Afghanistan was removed from his role for declaring the “death of America” and…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is now engaged in a marathon effort to take up President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, a process that could…
Continue ReadingMississippi moved one step closer to banning transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports after the state House approved a bill on…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors have charged Eric Gene Barber of West Virginia in connection to the Capitol riot, alleging he stole C-SPAN employee equipment…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators are examining records of communications between members of Congress and the pro-Trump mob that attacked the US Capitol, as the…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson joined Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney in reintroducing H.R 1403, the Grizzly Bear State Management Act.…
Continue ReadingA Senate panel has approved legislation that’s the product of more than 400,000 cows and some 50 million pounds a day of cow manure.…
Continue ReadingLast week, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky used part of his allotted time during the Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Rachel Levine,…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will travel to Japan and South Korea later this month, marking the first…
Continue ReadingSitting on an empty stage at the White House Wednesday evening, President Joe Biden stared into a camera and made an appeal to House Democrats who,…
Continue ReadingSen. Ron Johnson seems to be relishing his place at the center of the controversies dominating Washington. For two months, the Wisconsin Republican…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats on Thursday released their version of the Covid-19 relief bill before a marathon effort of late nights debating and voting over the…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden‘s nominee to become the top policy official at the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, apologized to Republican senators for using…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is bracing for a marathon effort and a late night of voting on amendments before lawmakers take a final vote on President Joe…
Continue ReadingUS Capitol Police have requested a two-month extension of National Guard troop support at the US Capitol which is now under review at the Department…
Continue ReadingVeterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Thursday outlined the administration’s efforts to vaccinate the nation’s veterans and other…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court ruled against an undocumented immigrant on Thursday who has been living in the United States for more than 25 years but faces…
Continue ReadingThe Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that, among other things, would counter…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week. While the final…
Continue ReadingFederal law enforcement is on high alert Thursday in the wake of an intelligence bulletin issued earlier this week about a group of violent militia…
Continue ReadingLt. Gen. Russel Honoré has briefed senior members of Congress on his independent review of security at the US Capitol and submitted draft…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden has agreed to a compromise with moderate Democrats to narrow the income eligibility for the next round of $1,400 stimulus checks…
Continue ReadingThe last three days have been a frantic rush to the finish line as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer faces his first big test to keep his caucus…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is negotiating how much to adjust the Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief package that passed the House last week. While the final…
Continue ReadingLt. Gen. Russel Honore has shared his independent review of security at the US Capitol with Congress and submitted recommendations for sweeping…
Continue ReadingMuch of the Republican Party — despite the deaths of more than half a million Americans — still acts as though the pandemic is more a…
Continue ReadingA criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia is set to intensify…
Continue ReadingA Democratic president has not filled a Supreme Court vacancy in more than a decade, so liberals are anticipating the possible retirement of Justice…
Continue ReadingShalanda Young will testify Thursday morning before the Senate Homeland Security committee, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other top Democrats…
Continue ReadingThe Pentagon inspector general tells us that many who worked with Ronny Jackson — the former Trump White House physician and now a member of…
Continue ReadingThe House on Wednesday approved HR 1, a sweeping government, ethics and election bill that Democrats have made a signature legislative priority. HR 1…
Continue ReadingThe Transportation Department’s inspector general asked the Justice Department in December to consider a criminal probe into then-Secretary…
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives on Wednesday approved legislation aimed at preventing police misconduct that Democrats named in honor of George Floyd,…
Continue ReadingFormer US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration’s current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue ReadingA US civilian contractor suffered a heart attack and died during a rocket attack on an air base hosting US, Iraqi and coalition forces in Iraq on…
Continue ReadingTexas Gov. Greg Abbott is facing a torrent of criticism over his surprise decision to roll back his state’s mask mandate and business…
Continue ReadingDuring his time as the White House physician for the last two presidents, Ronny Jackson allegedly behaved in an inappropriate way toward…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden sharply criticized states such as Texas and Mississippi for lifting Covid-19 restrictions against pleas from the US Centers for…
Continue ReadingIn an opinion article published on Wednesday, former Vice President Mike Pence did something he used to do in office: echo a lie from former…
Continue ReadingA House bill is now in the Senate which could increase the current snowmobile certificate…
Continue ReadingIdaho passed the nation’s first ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports last year, and the concept has since spread across the country,…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday announced an all-female Senate sergeant-at-arms leadership team, after the previous…
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