Biden to campaign in Georgia ahead of runoff elections
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to travel to Atlanta on Monday to campaign on behalf of two Democrats looking to flip control of the US Senate…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to travel to Atlanta on Monday to campaign on behalf of two Democrats looking to flip control of the US Senate…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee will promote the national day of service on Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of festivities…
Continue ReadingThere were 18 attempted calls from the White House to the Georgia secretary of state’s office between the election and Saturday’s phone…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a 9 p.m. ET rally for a pair of Georgia Republican Senate candidates, but his election eve appearance…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s Republican lieutenant governor on Monday condemned President Donald Trump’s phone call with Secretary of State Brad…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Josh Hawley threw a political grenade into Washington last week when he announced his intentions to object when Congress counts the…
Continue ReadingDays after ordering a United States aircraft carrier out of the Middle East, the country’s acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller has…
Continue ReadingCNN has obtained the full January 2 audio call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Trump is joined on…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his…
Continue ReadingBefore he leaves office, President Donald Trump will award the nation’s highest civilian honor to two of his most vocal political allies who…
Continue ReadingVice President-elect Kamala Harris slammed President Donald Trump and his call pushing Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to…
Continue ReadingAll 10 living former US defense secretaries declared that the US presidential election is over in a forceful public letter published in The…
Continue ReadingCNN has obtained the full January 2 audio call between President Donald Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. Trump is joined on…
Continue ReadingThe top House Republican has quietly blessed an effort by conservative lawmakers to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory when a joint…
Continue ReadingThe 117th Congress was officially sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill amid the ongoing pandemic. The Constitution…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee on Sunday announced there would be a virtual parade after the swearing-in ceremony on…
Continue ReadingSpeaker Nancy Pelosi won a fourth non-consecutive term to lead the House of Representatives, suffering a handful of defections in a narrow vote after…
Continue ReadingMembers of Congress returned to Washington on Sunday to officially usher in a new session and elect their speaker, where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump pushed Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” votes to overturn the election results after his…
Continue ReadingMembers of Congress returned to Washington on Sunday to officially usher in a new session and elect their speaker. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is running…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is tearing the Republican Party apart on his way out the door, forcing Republicans to choose sides as they wrestle with the…
Continue ReadingJust days before the crucial Georgia runoffs that will determine control of the US Senate, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger delivered a…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler have spent the entire Georgia Senate runoffs running as close as they can to Donald Trump, while at…
Continue ReadingGeorgia may feel teleported to the center of the US political universe, but its emergence as a swing state has been a long time coming. That…
Continue ReadingThe 117th Congress is officially being sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill amid the ongoing pandemic. The…
Continue ReadingThe 117th Congress, being sworn in Sunday, is historically diverse, with record-setting numbers of women, Black and Latino members and members who…
Continue ReadingThe 117th Congress will officially be sworn in on Sunday, bringing an influx of new lawmakers to Capitol Hill in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.…
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence on Saturday signaled his support for a bid by Republicans lawmakers to challenge electoral votes when Congress is expected…
Continue ReadingUS Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Continue ReadingUS Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…
Continue ReadingAndrew Lu moved to Georgia in 2017. By 2018, he was canvassing for Stacey Abrams’ gubernatorial campaign. The 35-year-old, who was working in…
Continue ReadingA federal court on Saturday dismissed an appeal from Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert in his lawsuit to force Vice President Mike Pence to interfere in the…
Continue ReadingThe homes of the two highest-ranking members of Congress — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — have been…
Continue ReadingThe Sunrise Movement, a youth-led climate activist group, has quickly announced itself as one of the most influential progressive forces in the…
Continue ReadingNearly a dozen Republican senators and senators-elect announced Saturday they will vote against counting electoral votes next week when Congress is…
Continue ReadingWith Microsoft acknowledging for the first time this past week that suspected Russian hackers behind a massive government security breach also gained…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is spending his final days in office attacking leadership within his own party, this time the second-highest ranking…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is stoking division in the Republican ranks days before control of the Senate — and the balance of power in Washington…
Continue ReadingNo one wants a repeat of 20-20’s worst moments, including those at the State Capitol. Idaho State Police are making a plea for everyone to remain…
Continue ReadingThe longer that President-elect Joe Biden takes to select his pick for US attorney general, the more pressure builds on him to staff his Justice…
Continue ReadingBoth opponents and supporters of abortion rights are investing heavily in the Georgia Senate runoff election next week, underscoring in their…
Continue ReadingIt took one text from a friend to convince Graco Hernandez to drive thousands of miles to help in Georgia’s election. The recent political…
Continue ReadingA federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to force Vice President Mike Pence…
Continue ReadingVirginia state Sen. Ben Chafin Jr. has died after contracting Covid-19, according to a statement from his office. He was 60 years old. “State…
Continue ReadingA group of three judges on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that a lower court judge was wrong when he vacated an execution date for Lisa…
Continue ReadingFederal Judge Jeremy Kernodle on Friday threw out a lawsuit from Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas and several Arizona Republicans seeking to…
Continue ReadingThe US and Iran charged each other with ratcheting up tensions in the Persian Gulf as concerns about potential conflict build days before Iran marks…
Continue ReadingRichard “Dick” Thornburgh, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania who went on to serve as US attorney general under two presidents,…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont pushed, without success, for a Senate vote on $2,000 stimulus checks Friday as the…
Continue ReadingThe Senate voted on Friday to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the National Defense Authorization…
Continue ReadingGuests who paid four-figures for tickets to President Donald Trump’s annual New Year’s Eve party were left to party with his personal…
Continue ReadingVice President Mike Pence’s lawyers asked a federal judge Thursday to reject a request from Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas that attempts to force…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Mitt Romney on Friday warned the process of distributing vaccines is “falling behind” in a statement blasting the plan…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration enters 2021 well short of its goal to vaccinate 20 million people by January 1, leaving state health officials across the…
Continue ReadingAs President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take over from the outgoing Trump administration, the goal for the families of Americans unlawfully detained…
Continue ReadingThe US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain…
Continue ReadingThe US military flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday “to underscore the US military’s commitment to regional…
Continue ReadingDistilleries that helped out in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic by making alcohol-based hand sanitizer won’t have to pay a hefty fee…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday held a conference call with the Senate GOP conference in which he pressed Missouri Sen. Josh…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump extended certain restrictions on legal immigration and on visas that allow immigrants to temporarily work in the United States…
Continue ReadingDistilleries that helped out in the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic by making alcohol-based hand sanitizer won’t have to pay a hefty fee…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump’s budget director is accusing President-elect Joe Biden’s team of issuing “false statements” regarding…
Continue ReadingChief Justice John Roberts sidestepped the roiling controversy over election results on Thursday instead using his annual report to recall the…
Continue ReadingTwo Republican members of the House of Representatives tell CNN that they expect at least 140 of their GOP colleagues in the House to vote against…
Continue ReadingA week before Congress is set to certify former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, President Donald Trump…
Continue ReadingGOP Sen. Ben Sasse wrote on Facebook Wednesday night that he has been urging his Republican colleagues to “reject” objecting the…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep.-elect Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina says he “absolutely” regrets posting a tweet mocking liberals just after he was…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia will quarantine after coming into close contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, his campaign…
Continue ReadingRepublicans directly involved in the Georgia runoff for two US Senate seats are increasingly concerned that the Democrats are outperforming their…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump headed back to Washington Thursday morning in a departure that was earlier than anticipated as…
Continue ReadingThe Senate runoff races in Georgia that will decide party control of the Senate have been filled with false and misleading claims and attacks between…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi has appointed Rear Adm. Margaret Grun Kibben as chaplain of the House of Representatives — the first woman to serve in…
Continue ReadingAmericans can expect to start seeing $600 in their bank accounts immediately as the federal government’s second round of stimulus payments is…
Continue ReadingJust a week after Sen. Marco Rubio was criticized for getting the coronavirus vaccine ahead of some front-line workers, the Florida Republican is…
Continue ReadingFlorida Congresswoman-elect MarÃa Elvira Salazar said Thursday that she has tested positive for Covid-19 and will be unable to attend the…
Continue ReadingSenators are still blocking an immediate and final vote to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act,…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s inaugural committee on Thursday announced that it is hosting a national memorial to remember and honor the lives…
Continue ReadingHere’s a look at the life of Nikki Haley, former US ambassador to the United Nations and former Republican governor of South Carolina. Personal…
Continue ReadingFrom messaging potential voters on dating apps to helping pay for Uber rides to the polls, young people across the country are playing a role in the…
Continue ReadingUnited States President Donald Trump received unconfirmed information earlier this month that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American…
Continue ReadingThe US Secret Service has been planning to bring back to the White House a group of agents that previously worked with President-elect Joe Biden when…
Continue ReadingPresident Donald Trump is expected to return to Washington earlier than anticipated ahead of a planned disruption by Republicans when Congress meets…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has sent a letter to Democratic senators seeking their recommendations for district court…
Continue ReadingThe Census Bureau announced it will miss Thursday’s deadline to produce the population count used to divide seats in Congress between the…
Continue ReadingMissouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Wednesday he will object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes next week, which will force…
Continue ReadingIn the waning days of his presidency, Donald Trump continues to spread nonsense conspiracies over the 2020 election and the officials who oversaw it,…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are on defense just under one week from a crucial Senate runoff election that will determine who…
Continue ReadingA total of 2,570,593 votes have been cast in Georgia’s runoff elections, the Georgia secretary of state’s office told CNN Wednesday, with…
Continue ReadingThe US government needs to be doing a better job with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir said Wednesday,…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rejected a bill to increase direct payments to $2,000, likely closing the door on any pathway to passage…
Continue ReadingOn Joe Biden’s first day as President, his White House will issue a memo to halt or delay midnight regulations and actions taken by the Trump…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration will halt imports of palm oil from Malaysia over findings of forced labor abuses at the plantations of one of the…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration will soon take steps toward designating Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism as an 11th hour effort to create hurdles for…
Continue ReadingThe biggest obstacle to retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin’s nomination for secretary of defense is his retirement date from the military just four…
Continue ReadingThings are going to drag on in the Senate for a few days. Bottom line: There is absolutely no sign right now that a standalone bill on $2,000 checks…
Continue ReadingThe Trump administration on Wednesday unveiled sanctions on a Venezuelan judge and prosecutor for their roles in the prosecution and sentencing of…
Continue ReadingMissouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley said Wednesday he will object when Congress counts the Electoral College votes next week, which will force…
Continue ReadingJoe Biden’s transition team announced Wednesday that former Obama Pentagon official Kathleen Hicks is the President-elect’s pick to serve…
Continue ReadingSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced legislation Tuesday to combine two additional demands from President Donald Trump to an expansion…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are poised to make a final push in Georgia ahead of the state’s high stakes…
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