Idaho panel OKs new version of constitutional amendment
A Senate panel of lawmakers has approved a new version of a constitutional amendment allowing the part-time Idaho Legislature to call itself into…
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Three names mysteriously removed from Khashoggi intelligence report after initial publication
Shortly after the US intelligence community published its long-awaited report on Friday afternoon on the Saudis who were responsible for the death of…
Continue Reading Donald and Melania Trump received COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in January
Former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in January, a Trump adviser told…
Continue Reading NY attorney general says she’s received letter to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Cuomo
New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Monday that she has received the letter she needs to launch an independent investigation into…
Continue Reading Kinzinger’s allies launch super PAC to defend Republicans who impeached Trump
Allies of Illinois GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger have launched a super PAC to support Republicans in 2022 who stood up to then-President Donald Trump after…
Continue Reading The 50 most ridiculous lines from Donald Trump’s CPAC speech
Donald Trump delivered his first major post-presidential speech on Sunday, an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference laden with…
Continue Reading Families separated at the border could be reunited in US, Homeland Security secretary says
The Biden administration could reunite migrant families separated at the US-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump in the United States,…
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Idaho Senate OKs bill to make ballot initiatives tougher
The Idaho Senate has approved legislation to make it more difficult to get initiatives or referendums on ballots.…
Continue Reading Garland nomination advances out of committee, setting up floor vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general,…
Continue Reading Stimulus negotiations: Pressure turns to the Senate to close deal on Covid relief
The Senate could move as soon as this week to pass their own version of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. That plan will,…
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Senate Democratic leaders want members to hold firm against ‘lethal’ GOP amendments on relief bill
Senate Democratic leaders are urging their caucus to stick together and fend off GOP amendments that could alter key elements of the $1.9 trillion…
Continue Reading Garland confirmation advances out of committee, setting up floor vote
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to advance President Joe Biden’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general,…
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Former Idaho attorneys general form group to fight lawmakers
Two former Idaho attorneys general and a former deputy attorney general have formed a group to fight what they say are unconstitutional laws being…
Continue Reading Fauci: ‘I would take whatever vaccine would be available to me’
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Sunday urged Americans to take any of the three “highly…
Continue Reading Biden administration preparing to sanction Russia over Navalny treatment this week
The Biden administration is preparing to impose sanctions on Russia over the poisoning and jailing of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny this…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats drop proposal to penalize companies for not providing $15 minimum wage
Senate Democrats decided Sunday to abandon an alternative proposal to penalize companies for not providing a $15 minimum wage to their employees, the…
Continue Reading Progressive House Democrats pressure Harris to invoke rarely employed move to ignore parliamentarian decision on wage hike
Liberal House Democrats are pleading with Vice President Kamala Harris to ignore the ruling of the Senate’s parliamentarian and decide that the…
Continue Reading New York Times: Second former aide accuses Cuomo of sexual harassment
A second former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is accusing him of sexual harassment, according to the New York Times. The former aide, Charlotte…
Continue Reading Cuomo says he’s ‘truly sorry’ for workplace comments he says were ‘misinterpreted as an unwanted flirtation’ following sexual harassment claims
Faced with an escalating backlash following two allegations of sexual harassment in less than a week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday…
Continue Reading Trump unleashes new threat to American democracy
Donald Trump has no remorse about the deadly violence he incited with his lies about a stolen election in his uprising against the US Congress. This…
Continue Reading 6 takeaways from the Trump-dominated CPAC
Former President Donald Trump turned the Conservative Political Action Conference into his first post-presidential rally Sunday evening, pledging in…
Continue Reading Trump and his CPAC fans lead GOP down a losing path
Donald Trump’s return to the national stage at the Conservative Political Action Convention (CPAC) was about what I expected: In a two-track…
Continue Reading New York governor faces new allegations that threaten his political future
In the depths of the early Covid-19 crisis last year, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo soared to national prominence as he became a daily fixture on…
Continue Reading Biden administration resumes Taliban peace talks
The US is sending negotiators to the Middle East to restart peace negotiations with the Taliban for the first time in the Biden administration, the…
Continue Reading The specter of Trump’s comeback raises a practical question
We’re going to have to talk about Donald Trump. To be frank, it’s been a relief over the last month not to spend every hour on alert for…
Continue Reading White House aide with close progressive ties leaving to join nascent outside group
A White House aide with close ties to progressives is leaving the administration to play a role in a nascent outside advocacy group being put…
Continue Reading Trump teases 2024 presidential run in lie-filled CPAC speech
Former President Donald Trump repeated his election lies on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Sunday,…
Continue Reading Goya Foods CEO falsely says election was illegitimate, Trump is ‘the real, the legitimate, and the still actual president’
The chief executive officer of Goya Foods, Robert Unanue, made a series of false claims about the 2020 election at the Conservative Political Action…
Continue Reading Trump tells CPAC crowd ‘the incredible journey’ is ‘far from being over’
Former President Donald Trump repeated his election lies on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, Sunday,…
Continue Reading Biden administration disappointed after Iran rejects invite to discuss nuclear deal with US and other nations
The Biden administration is disappointed after Iran rejected an offer by the European Union to partake in nuclear talks with the US and the other…
Continue Reading Diversity visa lottery winners from countries blocked by Trump hope for another chance under Biden
In 2016, Belqees Al-Doais won a lottery that she was sure would change her life: the chance at a visa to come to the United States. She was in her…
Continue Reading Trump to tell CPAC crowd the ‘incredible journey’ is ‘far from over’ in first public remarks since leaving White House
Former President Donald Trump takes the stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference Sunday, looking to reclaim his role as the Republican…
Continue Reading Cuomo changes course and asks for selection of independent lawyer to review sexual harassment claims
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo changed course on Sunday and asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the state court of appeals to…
Continue Reading Cuomo changes plan and asks New York attorney general and chief judge to select independent lawyer to review sexual harassment claims
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office has asked the New York attorney general and the chief judge of the court of appeals to jointly…
Continue Reading Cassidy on Trump and the GOP: ‘If we idolize one person, we will lose’
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday that he believes if the Republican Party focuses on former President Donald Trump to win back seats in 2022 and the…
Continue Reading White House and Democrats defend House passing Covid-19 relief package without GOP support
The White House and congressional Democrats on Sunday defended the House’s passage of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus…
Continue Reading Rep. Karen Bass says systemic racism is playing a role in coronavirus vaccine distribution
Rep. Karen Bass said Sunday that the coronavirus vaccine rollout is failing African Americans and systemic racism is playing a role in vaccine…
Continue Reading White House vows to ‘keep fighting’ for Tanden despite slim approval chances
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that the Biden administration will “keep fighting” for Neera Tanden’s…
Continue Reading DOJ charges man who allegedly sprayed chemicals at cops in Capitol riot
The Justice Department has charged a Texas man who was allegedly caught on video attacking a dozen police officers with a chemical spray during the…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmakers wrestle with how to proceed on immigration
Democratic lawmakers are wrestling with how to move forward with a series of immigration bills that would legalize undocumented immigrants, with some…
Continue Reading Psaki: ‘More effective ways’ to hold Saudi Arabia accountable for Khashoggi’s murder than sanctioning crown prince
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s decision to not directly sanction Crown Prince Mohammed bin…
Continue Reading Biden wants to reopen schools. Here’s why that’s so hard to do
Millions of students across the US are still out of the classroom after nearly a year, fueling a heated debate among school districts, teachers and…
Continue Reading As one Virginia school district prepares to reopen, educators and families balance Covid precautions and normal instruction
Rose Moore stands in front of a classroom, training a teacher about technology and safety for in-person learning. It’s the 44th time the…
Continue Reading Virginia’s off-year elections could pose key test for both parties
A 16-year political shift has transformed the Commonwealth of Virginia from a solidly red state to a blue one. Democrats in the state now control all…
Continue Reading Biden’s tricky tango with Congress
“There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for…
Continue Reading Biden doesn’t penalize crown prince despite promise to punish senior Saudi leaders
Despite promising to punish senior Saudi leaders while on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden declined to apply sanctions to the one the US…
Continue Reading DOJ files appeal of Trump-appointed judge’s ruling on CDC eviction moratorium
The Department of Justice has filed an appeal of a federal judge’s decision this week that declared the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading Ron Klain emerges as a force behind the scenes — and on Twitter
Unusually visible, involved in practically everything, and free in sharing his opinions on what has become the new administration’s must-follow…
Continue Reading 2024 Republican prospects seek their own breakout moments at Trump-dominated CPAC
A slew of ambitious Republicans eyeing bids for the party’s 2024 nomination used the two days ahead of former President Donald…
Continue Reading Weighing bid for California governor, Grenell to meet with Trump Saturday
Richard Grenell, who is expected to meet with former President Donald Trump Saturday, may consider a run for California governor if efforts to recall…
Continue Reading Fact checking CPAC: speakers make false claims about the election, the Capitol attack, immigration, Covid, and The Muppets
The Conservative Political Action Conference began Friday and continued Saturday with a series of false claims about the 2020 election and many other…
Continue Reading Biden sends letter to congressional leadership explaining justification for Syria strike
President Joe Biden sent a letter to congressional leadership Saturday explaining the reasoning behind Thursday’s airstrike in Syria, which has…
Continue Reading Sasse blasts party for ‘weird worship of one dude’ after Nebraska GOP rebukes him for impeachment vote
The Nebraska Republican Party rebuked Sen. Ben Sasse on Saturday for his vote to impeach former President Donald Trump, the latest Republican in…
Continue Reading Grenell may run for California governor if recall effort advances
Richard Grenell may consider a run for California governor if efforts to recall Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom succeed in garnering enough signatures…
Continue Reading Fact check: Biden’s pick for HHS secretary says he never sued nuns as California attorney general
President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Department of Health and Human Services, California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra, faced a good…
Continue Reading Trump makes fundraising moves ahead of CPAC speech
Former President Donald Trump is weighing the creation of a super PAC as he seeks to assert his authority over the Republican Party and expand his…
Continue Reading House passes Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package
The House of Representatives voted early Saturday morning to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step…
Continue Reading Trump supporters who breached the Capitol: ‘It was not Antifa’
Nearly a dozen Trump supporters charged in connection with the US Capitol insurrection have said that Antifa and other left-wing groups weren’t…
Continue Reading Biden is walking a tightrope on Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman approved an operation that led to journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal assassination in…
Continue Reading House and Senate progressives split over next steps on minimum wage
House progressives are furious with the Senate parliamentarian’s decision to remove the $15 minimum wage provision from the Senate’s…
Continue Reading Biden says ‘no time to waste’ for Senate to pass his Covid relief package
President Joe Biden called on the US Senate to take “quick action” in passing his $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, speaking just hours…
Continue Reading Biden administration plans to open another tent facility for migrants on the Texas border
The Biden administration is planning to open another facility in south Texas to expand processing capacity for children and families arriving at the…
Continue Reading More than a dozen Republicans tell House they can’t attend votes due to ‘public health emergency.’ They’re slated to be at CPAC.
More than a dozen of former President Donald Trump’s closest Republican allies in the House skipped Friday’s votes and enlisted their…
Continue Reading Biden to laud House passing Covid relief bill as an important first step to defeating Covid-19
President Joe Biden will praise the House of Representatives for passing his $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill as an important first step when he…
Continue Reading Here’s what you can expect to get from the $1.9 trillion House stimulus
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus package passed by the House of Representatives contains a wide range of proposals to help Americans still struggling…
Continue Reading House to vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package
The House of Representatives is on track to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward enacting the…
Continue Reading FBI identifies suspect in death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, sources say
The FBI has identified a suspect it’s focusing on in the death of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, according to law enforcement…
Continue Reading Supreme Court once again sides with houses of worship in dispute over Covid restrictions
The Supreme Court on Friday once again sided with houses of worship challenging regulations aimed at stopping the spread of Covid-19 in California.…
Continue Reading Trump endorses primary opponent to Ohio Republican who voted for impeachment
Former President Donald Trump on Friday endorsed a primary challenger running against Ohio’s Rep. Anthony Gonzalez, who voted to impeach Trump…
Continue Reading Biden promises to help winter storm-battered Texas recover: ‘We’re in it for the long haul’
President Joe Biden embraced a familiar role on his trip to Houston Friday, offering both comfort and federal support after a severe winter…
Continue Reading Alleged Oath Keeper ringleader in Capitol siege ordered to stay in jail before trial
A federal judge decided Friday that the alleged ringleader of the most serious paramilitary conspiracy stemming from the Capitol attack must stay in…
Continue Reading Biden’s message to Iran with missile strikes: ‘You can’t act with impunity, be careful’
President Joe Biden looked to send a simple message to Iran by authorizing air strikes in Syria on Thursday: “You can’t act with…
Continue Reading Fact check: CPAC speakers make false claims about the election, the Capitol attack and The Muppets
The Conservative Political Action Conference began Friday with a series of false claims about the 2020 election and other subjects. The CPAC schedule…
Continue Reading Fact check: Breaking down false claims from the first day of CPAC
The Conservative Political Action Conference began Friday with a series of false claims about the 2020 election. The CPAC schedule made clear in…
Continue Reading Former SolarWinds CEO blames intern for ‘solarwinds123’ password leak
Current and former top executives at SolarWinds are blaming a company intern for a critical lapse in password security that apparently went…
Continue Reading US carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias
The US military on Thursday struck a site in Syria used by two Iranian-backed militia groups in response to rocket attacks on American forces in the…
Continue Reading US Capitol security review set to call for adding more than 1,000 police officers and retractable fencing
A review of US Capitol security in the wake of the January 6 insurrection is set to recommend a series of sweeping changes next week intended to…
Continue Reading Golden Trump statue turns heads at CPAC
With the first full day of the Conservative Political Action Conference underway, there’s already an indisputable star: an outrageously golden…
Continue Reading Judge rules alleged leader of Oath Keepers must stay in jail before trial
A federal judge decided Friday that the alleged ringleader of the most serious paramilitary conspiracy stemming from the US Capitol attack must stay…
Continue Reading Legislature sends $175M rental assistance bill to governor
Residents of Idaho could see millions of dollars in rental assistance during the pandemic if the governor signs a bill authorizing the…
Continue Reading Alleged leader of Oath Keepers disavows right-wing extremist group
Jessica Watkins, an alleged leader of the Oath Keepers that is accused of planning to attack the Capitol, disavowed the right-wing extremist group on…
Continue Reading Democrat launches campaign to unseat Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has her first public Democratic challenger after Holly McCormack announced her plans this week to challenge…
Continue Reading ‘They restricted our freedoms’: CPAC speakers push back against Covid restrictions
Even as attendees were required to wear masks, the Conservative Political Action Conference kicked off its 2021 meeting with a defiant stance toward…
Continue Reading Several Republicans tell House they can’t attend votes due to ‘public health emergency.’ They’re slated to be at CPAC.
Several of former President Donald Trump’s closest Republican allies in the House have skipped Friday’s votes and enlisted their…
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Getting ready for the March 9 election
It is election time in many communities throughout the…
Continue Reading Two GOP lawmakers who supported the Equality Act in 2019 changed their votes this time
Two House Republicans who voted in 2019 to support the Equality Act flipped their votes Thursday and opposed the legislation, which intends to…
Continue Reading Democrats question Biden’s legal justification for Syria strike
Some Democrats in Congress criticized the Biden administration’s airstrike in Syria, questioning the administration’s legal justification…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats look for alternative ways to boost minimum wage after suffering setback
Senate Democrats are scrambling to find a new way to force a minimum wage increase as part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief…
Continue Reading Biden administration has released declassified Khashoggi report
The Biden administration has released a long-awaited declassified US intelligence report on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The…
Continue Reading Biden set for consoler-in-chief visit to winter storm-battered Texas
President Joe Biden will embrace a familiar role on his trip to Houston Friday as he seeks to offer both comfort and federal support after a severe…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases discovered on one US Navy ship in Middle East, suspected cases on a second
About a dozen sailors and Marines onboard the USS San Diego tested positive for COVID-19 while the ship was deployed to the Middle East, the Navy…
Continue Reading DHS mandates state and local spending on domestic terrorism prevention
The Department of Homeland Security will require state and local grant recipients to spend funding on domestic violent extremism prevention efforts,…
Continue Reading House vote key first step for Democrats’ stimulus plans
Not even halfway through President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office and the House of Representatives is on track Friday to pass his $1.9…
Continue Reading Murkowski to meet with Tanden on Monday as confirmation remains on the rocks
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska will meet on Monday with Neera Tanden, the Biden administration’s pick to lead the Office of…
Continue Reading 50 prominent men join push for ‘Marshall Plan for Moms’ proposal
Fifty prominent men, including business leaders, athletes and actors, are backing a proposal that would pay moms $2,400 a month for their…
Continue Reading Manhattan DA faces critical decisions in Trump investigation as his time in office runs low
At the helm of the most significant criminal investigation facing Donald Trump, his family and his business, Manhattan’s top prosecutor faces a…
Continue Reading Unemployment-benefits fraud victims are getting tax bills — and major headaches
Theodore Taylor was pretty surprised when he received a tax document recently from Ohio’s unemployment agency showing that he had been paid…
Continue Reading Republican legislators around the country seek to strip governors and officials of emergency election powers
Republican legislators around the country are moving aggressively to strip governors and other officials of their power to change election rules…
Continue Reading ‘Captain of a ship in uncharted waters’: Inside Nancy Pelosi’s first months of the new Congress
On the cusp of passing President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could move the legislation without a single…
Continue Reading House to vote on Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid relief package Friday
The House of Representatives will vote on Friday to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward…
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