Pelosi has narrow path to the speakership
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s margin for error is slim on Sunday, when lawmakers return to Washington to officially usher in a new session of…
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White House coronavirus task force warns of ‘unstable’ data during the holidays
The White House coronavirus task force warned states of incomplete and “unstable” Covid-19 data due to the ongoing holiday season, making…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump administration is falling ‘far behind’ on vaccine distribution
President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that the Trump administration’s plan to distribute Covid-19 vaccines across the country has fallen…
Continue Reading As year-end approaches, vaccine rollout remains woefully behind schedule
With just a few days left in the year, alarm bells are going off among health officials across the country over the slow effort to administer tens of…
Continue Reading Trump lashes out at Republicans after they override his veto
President Donald Trump’s ability to scramble American political lines continues even from the golf course, with House votes Monday showing that…
Continue Reading Unemployed will get full 11 weeks of $300 boost from stimulus deal, Labor Department says
Jobless Americans won’t lose out on any benefits in the $900 billion stimulus deal, even though President Donald Trump did not sign it into law…
Continue Reading Trump angered by Mar-a-Lago renovations, sources say
His mood darkened as soon as he walked into his members-only club Mar-a-Lago, three days before Christmas, according to multiple sources. The changes…
Continue Reading Environmental groups sue Trump administration over rule allowing for faster dishwashers
A coalition of environmental groups sued the Energy Department on Tuesday in an effort to block a new federal rule that would allow for faster…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell faces decision over formal vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000
All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald…
Continue Reading McConnell blocks effort to quickly increase direct stimulus payments
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked an effort to quickly pass a measure to increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to…
Continue Reading Biden eyes cuts to Trump nuclear program as critical arms control deadline with Russia looms
President-elect Joe Biden will explore making cuts to the country’s nuclear modernization program, potentially reversing Trump administration…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on camera
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday in Washington, DC, and urged…
Continue Reading Mitch McConnell faces decision over vote to increase stimulus payments to $2,000
All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday. After the House overwhelmingly voted to both override President Donald…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans stick with Trump and support increased direct payments
Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both announced Tuesday that they support an effort to amend the recently passed omnibus spending…
Continue Reading Biden expected to call out Trump administration on pace of vaccine distribution
President-elect Joe Biden is set to confront the slower-than-expected pace at which the Trump administration is administering coronavirus vaccines in…
Continue Reading Trump, Michelle Obama top Gallup’s 2020 most admired lists
President Donald Trump and former first lady Michelle Obama are the most admired man and woman of 2020, according to a new Gallup poll released…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris to receive Covid-19 vaccine Tuesday
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is expected to receive the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday, according to the Biden transition team. A…
Continue Reading Georgia senator fighting for reelection personally lobbied Trump to sign spending bill
Republican Sen. David Perdue of Georgia spoke to President Donald Trump this week to personally lobby him to sign into law the omnibus spending bill…
Continue Reading House passes measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000
The House of Representatives on Monday passed a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after…
Continue Reading Alexander Vindman says he has ‘no regrets’ about how impeachment saga played out
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in President Donald Trump’s impeachment inquiry, said Monday evening he has no regrets…
Continue Reading ‘Vote Christian’: Churches key in getting voters to the polls in Georgia runoff
Rev. Josh Saefkow walked across the stage before his congregation at Flat Creek Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, holding…
Continue Reading House votes to override Trump’s veto of defense bill
The House of Representatives on Monday voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the National…
Continue Reading Biden says his transition team has ‘encountered roadblocks’ from Trump appointees
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday said his transition team has “encountered roadblocks” from political leadership at the Defense…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in the second stimulus package
President Donald Trump signed on Sunday evening a $900 billion pandemic relief bill into law that includes enhanced unemployment benefits and direct…
Continue Reading Stimulus checks should start going out this week but timing could slide, administration official says
The new round of stimulus payments included in the $900 billion Covid relief package are expected to start going out this week, an administration…
Continue Reading Wisconsin Rep. Gwen Moore tests positive for Covid-19
US Rep. Gwen Moore said Monday that she has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest member of Congress to announce they’ve contracted…
Continue Reading Appeals court blocks New York governor’s Covid-19 restrictions on houses of worship
A federal appeals court on Monday blocked New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on religious gatherings, saying the restrictions “are…
Continue Reading When will you get a second stimulus check?
Editor’s note: This story originally ran December 18, 2020. It has been updated with President Donald Trump signing relief legislation that…
Continue Reading Biden condemns Nashville bombing and thanks first responders for saving lives
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday condemned the bombing on Christmas morning in Nashville as he delivered remarks after a briefing from members of…
Continue Reading Democrats close in on GOP ad spending in Georgia
With eight days to go until the Georgia Senate runoff elections and early voting underway, Democrats have begun closing in on what was previously a…
Continue Reading Walter Reed doctor who criticized Trump’s hospital drive-by works last shift after being removed from schedule
Dr. James Phillips, an emergency room doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been removed from his duty after publicly…
Continue Reading House to attempt to override Trump’s veto on defense bill
The House of Representatives will vote Monday in an effort to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the…
Continue Reading House to vote Monday evening on increasing stimulus checks to $2,000
The House of Representatives will vote on Monday on a measure to increase stimulus checks for Americans under a certain income level to $2,000 after…
Continue Reading Biden to deliver remarks on foreign policy and national security Monday
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Monday afternoon after receiving a briefing from members of his national security and…
Continue Reading Biden builds out White House digital operation
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named a slate of digital operatives to his incoming White House staff, preparing for an administration that, at…
Continue Reading Congress: A crisis averted and House votes Monday on overriding Trump’s veto
The President signed the massive spending and stimulus package Sunday night, bringing Washington back from brink of what may have been a weeks-long…
Continue Reading Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay
President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government…
Continue Reading Trump’s plans to sign relief bill on Christmas Eve were scrapped last minute
On Christmas Eve, staff at Mar-a-Lago made preparations for President Donald Trump to sign the Covid-19 relief package and government funding bill, a…
Continue Reading Fauci shares Biden’s concern that ‘darkest days’ may be ahead in Covid-19 fight
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday expressed concern that the worst may still come in America’s battle against Covid-19, agreeing with President-elect…
Continue Reading Benefits for millions of Americans have lapsed. What happens now?
President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a Covid-19 stimulus and government spending package has left small business support, jobless benefits…
Continue Reading Some Republicans plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here’s what happened when Democrats challenged Bush
When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to…
Continue Reading Kinzinger: Trump’s refusal to sign relief bill ‘shows the chaos of the whole thing’
Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a $900 billion relief package Congress passed…
Continue Reading Unemployment benefits lapse for jobless Americans as Trump holds out on signing relief bill
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, are set to lose their unemployment benefits…
Continue Reading Trump’s inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia’s GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
President Donald Trump’s waffling over the $900 billion Covid relief package, which he has yet to sign, is leaving his fellow Republicans in…
Continue Reading Fact check: Georgia Republicans run more misleading attack ads against Warnock and Ossoff
In early December, we fact–checked misleading attack ads from both Democrats and Republicans in the two Georgia runoff elections that will…
Continue Reading Many jobless Americans will lose benefits unless Trump signs relief bill Saturday
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, will lose their unemployment benefits after…
Continue Reading Biden warns of ‘devastating consequences’ in push for Trump to sign Covid relief package
President-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has…
Continue Reading Here’s what happens if Trump doesn’t sign the $900 billion relief package
Though Congress has passed a $900 billion Covid relief package, millions of Americans are in danger of losing important benefits just after the…
Continue Reading Trump feels no pressure to be President while Americans suffer at Christmas
For Christmas this year, Washington is giving the country more pain. Perhaps it is fitting that in the worst year in memory, the surprise prospect of…
Continue Reading Execution date of only woman on federal death row on hold, potentially into the Biden administration
The only woman on the federal death row may see her execution date pushed to when the administration of President-elect Joe Biden takes over, after a…
Continue Reading Joe Biden bets on old allies to help him confront new crises
President-elect Joe Biden is leaning on familiar faces and old allies from his decades in public life as he builds an administration that will…
Continue Reading How Trump won the economic message battle
President Donald Trump has always liked to talk about how strong the economy was under his watch. Although judging a president’s economic…
Continue Reading Democrats Ossoff and Warnock each raise more than $100 million for Georgia Senate runoffs
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each brought in more than $100 million in a two-month period, setting a blistering fundraising pace in their…
Continue Reading Frustrated Trump met with Pence before holiday break
Hours before President Donald Trump retweeted a message for his vice president to “act” in stopping the ratification of the Electoral…
Continue Reading USPS agrees to treat Georgia runoff ballots as express mail
The US Postal Service has agreed to take extraordinary measures to deliver mailed ballots for Georgia’s upcoming Senate runoff elections,…
Continue Reading House GOP kills bid for $2,000 stimulus checks
The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…
Continue Reading New $600 stimulus checks in limbo after House GOP kills proposal increasing amount to $2,000
A second round of stimulus payments that was included in a coronavirus relief package passed by Congress Monday night is now at risk if President…
Continue Reading Dominion Voting Systems CEO doesn’t rule out legal action against Trump
The chief executive officer of Dominion Voting Systems on Thursday did not rule out taking legal action against President Donald Trump as the…
Continue Reading Dominion sends legal letters to conservative media figures warning of ‘imminent’ action
Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems have sent letters to a wide array of conservative media personalities, as well as the White House and…
Continue Reading Holiday weeks to test Congress’ willingness to confront the President
The next two weeks on Capitol Hill will test the legislative branch’s ability to confront a President who Democratic and Republican aides have…
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Trump’s been playing the pardon long game his entire presidency
More than a year and a half ago, special counsel Robert Mueller had caught on to what President Donald Trump might do with his pardon power.…
Continue Reading House fails to pass measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000
The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…
Continue Reading Giuliani told to preserve all records as lawyers for Dominion warn legal action is ‘imminent’
A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Here’s where things stand on Biden’s Cabinet deliberations
President-elect Joe Biden enters the Christmas holiday with the vast majority of his Cabinet nominees announced, yet final deliberations continue for…
Continue Reading 2020 was a year of reckonings across the United States
With Christmas approaching, Pastor Luke Fillmore of the United Methodist Church in Hamburg, Iowa — a small town in the state’s southwest…
Continue Reading White House coronavirus task force no longer proactively sending reports to states
The White House coronavirus task force has informed states that it will no longer proactively send its weekly state reports with tailored data and…
Continue Reading Trump’s veto of massive defense bill sets up possible override vote next week
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting…
Continue Reading Trump issues 26 new pardons, including for Stone, Manafort and Charles Kushner
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort…
Continue Reading Andrew Yang files paperwork to run for New York mayor
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has filed paperwork to participate in New York’s 2021 mayoral race, according to city…
Continue Reading Congressional GOP grapples with ‘unhinged’ Trump
Even in his waning days in power, President Donald Trump is still finding ways to inflict his signature loyalty tests on the Republican Party. As the…
Continue Reading Voting machine company executive sues Trump allies for defamation
An executive for a voting machine company that has been the target of conspiracy theories in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss…
Continue Reading Massive data breach may have been discovered due to ‘unforced error’ by suspected Russian hackers
US officials and private sector experts investigating the massive data breach that has rocked Washington increasingly believe the attackers were…
Continue Reading Trump issues 26 new pardons, including ones for Stone, Manafort and Charles Kushner
President Donald Trump on Wednesday evening announced 26 new pardons, including ones for longtime ally Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul…
Continue Reading Here are the high-profile pardons and commutations Trump has granted during his presidency
The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency — both from the President,…
Continue Reading US says Iranian-backed militias ‘almost certainly’ behind recent rocket attack near US embassy in Baghdad
US Central Command said Wednesday that the Sunday rocket attack on Baghdad’s International Zone near the US embassy was “almost certainly…
Continue Reading FBI accuses Iran of threatening US election officials
Iranian cyber actors were behind online death threats targeting US election officials, the FBI announced on Wednesday. Officials said individuals…
Continue Reading Trump’s complaints vs. his own budget proposal
President Donald Trump complained about a litany of federal spending in a video released Tuesday objecting to the new stimulus deal, claiming the…
Continue Reading Biden team slams Twitter over plan to wipe followers from White House accounts
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has criticized Twitter’s decision to not allow the millions of followers of the White House…
Continue Reading US reaches out to intelligence alliance partners on suspected Russian hack
White House National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien held a call on Tuesday with his counterparts in an international intelligence sharing…
Continue Reading Trump vetoes massive defense bill despite overwhelming GOP support
President Donald Trump on Wednesday vetoed the sweeping defense bill that both chambers of Congress recently passed by veto-proof majorities, setting…
Continue Reading State Department says US believes Russian FSB used a Novichok nerve agent to poison Navalny
The State Department on Wednesday issued the most decisive statement yet from the Trump administration blaming the Russian Security Service for the…
Continue Reading Trump lauded, then derided Barr. A look inside the attorney general’s tumultuous term.
At his confirmation hearing nearly two years ago, Attorney General William Barr boasted that there was an advantage to putting him in charge of the…
Continue Reading Trump lauded, then derided Barr. A look in inside the attorney general’s tumultuous term.
At his confirmation hearing nearly two years ago, Attorney General William Barr boasted that there was an advantage to putting him in charge of the…
Continue Reading Tensions intensify between Biden and Pentagon over stalled transition briefings
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Wednesday disputed suggestions from Pentagon officials who questioned the accuracy of…
Continue Reading Struggling Americans blast stimulus bill as too little, too late
Pedro Martinez has a simple message for Congress: “HELP US!” The military veteran and father of four said the $600 payments passed this…
Continue Reading Congress will have 0 Black women senators after Kamala Harris becomes VP
Sen. Kamala Harris broke barriers as America’s first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect. But after her exit…
Continue Reading Biden introduces Miguel Cardona as education secretary nominee
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced Miguel Cardona as his nominee for education secretary, calling the Connecticut education…
Continue Reading Trump throws Covid relief bill in doubt by asking Congress to amend it
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is asking for changes to the coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress, leaving the future of the $900…
Continue Reading Here’s who Trump has granted pardons and commutations to during his presidency
The end of President Donald Trump’s time in office has been marked by a renewed interest in granting clemency — both from the President,…
Continue Reading Here’s what Trump’s attempt to upend the stimulus deal means
President Donald Trump’s surprise Tuesday night video cataloging his complaints about the massive — and painstakingly negotiated —…
Continue Reading Trump announces wave of pardons, including Papadopoulos and former lawmakers Hunter and Collins
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a wave of lame duck pardons, including two for men who pleaded guilty in Robert Mueller’s…
Continue Reading Trump administration considering granting Saudi prince legal immunity for alleged assassination plot, sources say
The Trump administration is considering granting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman legal immunity from a federal lawsuit alleging that he…
Continue Reading Biden team calls out Twitter over plan to wipe White House accounts’ followers
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team has pushed back against Twitter’s decision to not allow the millions of followers of the…
Continue Reading Biden announces Miguel Cardona as education secretary nominee
Joe Biden’s transition team late Tuesday announced Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona as the President-elect’s nominee for…
Continue Reading ‘It’s turned crazy’: Inside the scramble for Trump pardons
President Donald Trump may not be willing to accept his term is ending, but as the clock ticks down on his time in office, hundreds of his allies…
Continue Reading Georgia runoff timing means Perdue won’t be in Congress for joint session on Electoral College
The tight January political calendar means Georgia Republican Sen. David Perdue won’t be in office when Congress meets for a joint session on…
Continue Reading Televangelist Pat Robertson says Trump lives in an ‘alternate reality’ and should move on from election loss
Televangelist Pat Robertson, a prominent conservative backer of Donald Trump, said Monday that the President is living in an “alternate…
Continue Reading Biden faces uncertain outlook for quick confirmation of Cabinet nominees as some Republicans urge caution
President-elect Joe Biden has been moving swiftly to fill out much of his Cabinet. Whether the Senate will do the same is another question. Biden…
Continue Reading Key lines from Biden’s remarks ahead of Christmas
President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday urged Americans to steel themselves for dark days ahead battling the coronavirus pandemic. He lambasted the…
Continue Reading Lev Parnas files motion to dismiss, says he was selectively prosecuted to protect Trump
Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, has filed a motion to dismiss the campaign finance charges against him, arguing he has been…
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