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The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump got underway on Tuesday with arguments about whether the US Senate has jurisdiction to try the former…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of Donald Trump got underway on Tuesday with arguments about whether the US Senate has jurisdiction to try the former…
Continue ReadingSix Republicans joined all of their Democratic colleagues on Tuesday to vote that the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump is…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on…
Continue ReadingThe first day of President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial was nominally about the constitutionality of holding an impeachment trial…
Continue ReadingA wide array of Senate Republicans harshly criticized former President Donald Trump’s defense team on the opening day of his second impeachment…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is underway. It is only the fourth impeachment trial in US history, and the first time a…
Continue ReadingLegislation to allow the Idaho treasurer to invest in gold and silver that must be physically stored in Idaho headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump opened promptly at 1 p.m. Tuesday, a historic moment that ensures the 45th…
Continue ReadingThey’re not the Air Obamas, but one sneakerhead with a lot of cash will have an opportunity this week to purchase an exclusive pair of…
Continue ReadingThe Senate is voting on whether the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, in what could be an early indication…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday approved legislation requiring cities, towns and schools to get permission from the Legislature to change the historic names of…
Continue ReadingA Kentucky man facing four criminal charges linked to the Capitol insurrection asked a federal judge on Tuesday to let him travel to Peru later this…
Continue ReadingThe new lawyers who signed on to lead former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team brought a curious history of experience with…
Continue ReadingLead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday delivered a tearful account of his experience during last month’s US Capitol…
Continue ReadingA proposed law making it a felony in Idaho for a third party to collect and return multiple ballots to election officials headed to the full House on…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, apologized on Tuesday for some of the criticism she…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration will send some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply directly to community health centers starting next week as part of an effort…
Continue ReadingMore than 80 nationally recognized criminal justice and civil rights advocacy organizations have joined in the call to President Joe Biden on Tuesday…
Continue ReadingCongress has authorized nearly $4 trillion in spending over the past year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but…
Continue ReadingThe last-minute letter former President Donald Trump’s attorney sent to top lawmakers informing them he would no longer seek a suspension of…
Continue ReadingCongress is negotiating a fresh stimulus package that would include a third round of stimulus checks, but while there’s broad agreement on the…
Continue ReadingThe simple question posed by Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial that begins Tuesday is whether a president who loses reelection can get…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is officially underway. On the trial’s opening day, Trump’s title of former president…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares…
Continue ReadingEmbattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has told those close to him he wants to stay in his role under the new president, two sources tell CNN,…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins in the Senate on Tuesday, where senators will be confronted with the violent…
Continue ReadingThe Justice Department, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations,…
Continue ReadingThomas Caldwell, a Virginia man whom prosecutors have charged as part of an extremist group’s alleged conspiracy to prepare and attack the…
Continue ReadingProsecutors have charged more than 200 people with federal crimes in connection with the January 6 riot and insurrection at the Capitol, according to…
Continue ReadingMajority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday afternoon that Senate leaders had reached an agreement for an organizing resolution to set the rules…
Continue ReadingThough it started as a way to provide relief to middle class families, the child tax credit has also evolved into a bipartisan tool for lifting kids…
Continue ReadingHere’s where we are: A president who survived impeachment for trying to stack the deck against his most-feared election opponent is now facing…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats have rejected a Republican proposal to significantly narrow eligibility for further stimulus payments and are moving forward with…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins in the Senate on Tuesday, where senators will be confronted with the violent…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen thanked Stormy Daniels for giving him a second chance and apologized for the “needless…
Continue ReadingA select group of House Democrats known as impeachment managers will act as prosecutors when former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will appear before the Senate Homeland Security…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will pledge to bring a bipartisan approach to the role…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden had been in office less than a week when a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking one of his first…
Continue ReadingThe point of Donald Trump’s second impeachment is not his actual conviction. The quivering weakness of many Republican senators, who will not…
Continue ReadingAfter a full year of being pulled down by the pandemic, global oil prices are roaring back. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and…
Continue ReadingWhen crowds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed into the US Capitol weeks ago, hundreds of photos and videos emerged: clips…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s lawyers have explained how will they defend him in his second impeachment trial against the charge that he…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump’s lawyer David Schoen is withdrawing his request to not hold the impeachment trial on the Jewish Sabbath,…
Continue ReadingThey’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump has been reaching out to aides and advisers to discuss his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, sources familiar with the…
Continue ReadingIn a new legal filing, lawyers for former President Donald Trump accused the House Democrats who are leading Trump’s impeachment trial of…
Continue ReadingThe US Air Force is deploying B-1 bombers to Norway for the first time in a move that sends a clear message to Moscow that the US military will…
Continue ReadingFresh off a surprisingly strong vote of support within the House Republican conference, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney sat for an interview with “Fox…
Continue ReadingThey’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas has died, his congressional office announced in a statement Monday, saying that he had been admitted to the…
Continue ReadingThe unprecedented second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will take place under extraordinary security inside the US Capitol…
Continue ReadingHouse Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in…
Continue ReadingSecretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the insurrection attempt on the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingThe leadership of the USS Theodore Roosevelt failed to put in place measures to stop a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier and…
Continue ReadingThe New York state appeals court denied the Manhattan district attorney’s effort to bring criminal charges against Paul Manafort after he was…
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department…
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Monday confirmed Denis McDonough as President Joe Biden’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, a vote that took place just before the…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump gave a January 6 speech near the White House in which he exhorted his supporters to march on the US Capitol to…
Continue ReadingFormer president Donald Trump incited an insurrection and has faced little consequence for it so far. As such, senators must take on their…
Continue ReadingA federal judge in Seattle on Monday decided that a Proud Boys leader on the West Coast, Ethan Nordean, should be released pending trial, even after…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Legislature’s budget committee on Monday approved $175 million for emergency rental assistance stemming from people struggling to pay rent…
Continue ReadingDistrust of Trump-era appointees led the Biden administration to appoint a career Justice Department official as acting attorney general while it…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins this week as Senate leaders are closing in on an agreement that would give each…
Continue ReadingThe Senate will vote Monday evening on whether to confirm Denis McDonough as President Joe Biden’s secretary of Veterans Affairs, a vote that…
Continue ReadingThree months after Election Day, the New York State Board of Elections on Monday certified Republican Claudia Tenney as the winner in New…
Continue ReadingAs the Biden administration works to speed up the country’s Covid-19 response, reopening schools has become one of the primary benchmarks of…
Continue ReadingRaising the federal hourly minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty — but would also cut employment by 1.4 million workers and increase the…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama announced Monday that he will not run for reelection in 2022, after serving 42 years in Congress.…
Continue ReadingAs his predecessor is tried in the US Capitol this week for inciting a deadly riot, President Joe Biden will work to keep his first-100-days agenda…
Continue ReadingLawmakers in Idaho on Monday introduced legislation to make permanent changes to the counting of absentee ballots used in the last general election…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez teamed up in New York Monday to introduce $2 billion in special FEMA funds for…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration will reengage with the United Nations Human Rights Council, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Monday — its…
Continue ReadingArkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin departed the 2022 governor’s race Monday, opting instead to run for attorney general, in a move that signals…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said the US will not lift sanctions to get Iran back to the negotiating table, suggesting the measure would only happen if Tehran…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s legal team accused House Democrats Monday of engaging in “political theater” and argued that the upcoming Senate…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden said in an interview aired Sunday it was a “national emergency” that many students have been kept out of classrooms…
Continue ReadingIn a pretrial brief ahead of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate, Trump’s legal team accused House Democrats…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats on Monday asked the Biden administration to hand over long-sought documents from the Trump administration regarding its response to…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration will review the deportations of veterans and their family members, according to a White House official. The move is in line…
Continue ReadingThe second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump begins this week as the House impeachment managers prepare to make their case to the…
Continue ReadingIt’s a critical week of negotiations for Democrats about how to move ahead with President Joe Biden’s Covid relief package. It will play…
Continue ReadingSen. Patrick Leahy is expected to adhere largely to the script of Chief Justice John Roberts when he presides over the second impeachment trial of…
Continue ReadingHouse Democratic leaders will unveil legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in…
Continue ReadingIn a momentous week, America confronts a new reckoning with the negligent, destructive legacy of Donald Trump. The ex-President faces an…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman on Monday officially kicked off his campaign for the US Senate seat that’s coming open with Republican…
Continue ReadingMonths after the Democratic Republic of the Congo triumphed over its latest Ebola outbreak, another case has reared its ugly head. Here’s what…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden lamented the lack of Black coaches in the NFL during a Super Bowl halftime interview Sunday evening, urging teams to emphasize…
Continue ReadingWhen President George W. Bush addressed a joint session of Congress the week after the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, he told Americans…
Continue ReadingFormer US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who played a central role in helping to bring the Cold War to an end as President Ronald…
Continue ReadingIt is common that many politicians grow more popular once they leave office. That has not been the case for former President Donald Trump. On the eve…
Continue ReadingFormer US Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who played a central role in helping to bring the Cold War to an end as President Ronald…
Continue ReadingThe second Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is scheduled to kick off Tuesday with some of the key questions about the trial…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley has called on the country “to address the evil and scourge that is White supremacy,” one month after…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s voice rose over the din as a group of leading New York leftists, gathered in a small room in Brooklyn on…
Continue ReadingFormer Indiana first lady Susan Bayh died Friday at the age of 61 from complications due to glioblastoma, her family announced on Saturday. As the…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Liz Cheney stood her ground Sunday, rejecting her state party’s calls for her ouster and denouncing former President Donald…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said Saturday the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald…
Continue ReadingSen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said a “room full of lawyers” is working to make the case that raising the minimum wage to $15 squares with…
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