‘Shame, shame, shame’: Schumer and McConnell spar over federal voting rights legislation
As the Senate held its first hearing on a sweeping election and voting rights package, the chamber’s leaders on Wednesday used the opportunity…
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Senate confirms first out transgender federal official, Rachel Levine, as assistant health secretary
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services, the first out…
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Blinken’s show of unity with NATO and Europe shadowed by disagreement over gas pipeline
Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his warning Wednesday that the US will consider sanctions if work on a gas pipeline between Russian and…
Continue Reading Lawmakers ask Biden to issue waiver to make Covid-19 vaccination mandatory for members of military
A group of Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that he issue a “waiver of informed consent” to make…
Continue Reading Blinken’s show of unity with NATO and Europe shadowed by disagreement over gas pipeline between Russia and Germany
Secretary of State Antony Blinken repeated his warning Wednesday that the US will consider sanctions if work on a gas pipeline between Russian and…
Continue Reading Former Border Patrol chiefs to congressional leaders: ‘The patchwork system in place continues to fail us all’
Nearly a dozen retired Border Patrol chiefs implored congressional leadership Wednesday to provide additional resources and take steps to reform the…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders doesn’t ‘feel comfortable’ about Twitter’s permanent ban against Trump despite him being a ‘pathological liar’
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced former President Donald Trump in strong terms in an interview released Tuesday but said Twitter’s…
Continue Reading Sidney Powell’s defense in defamation suit could put her in legal jeopardy
Sidney Powell, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, filed an eye-popping brief this week that could potentially doom her chances of…
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Wyoming House passes Medicaid expansion bill on 32-28 vote
The Wyoming House of Representatives passed a bill on a 32-28 vote Wednesday to expand Medicaid eligibility to low-income…
Continue Reading Virginia governor signs historic bill abolishing death penalty into law
After centuries of carrying out executions, Virginia on Wednesday became the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty after Gov. Ralph Northam signed…
Continue Reading Biden announces $81 billion for schools as part of Covid-19 relief law
President Joe Biden announced the release of $81 billion in funding from the Covid-19 relief law for school reopening Wednesday, part of the…
Continue Reading Regular Joes: Biden and Manchin, whose old relationship faces new test
When President Barack Obama was in office and the White House needed to reach Sen. Joe Manchin, one person was always tasked with making the call:…
Continue Reading Biden assigning Harris to lead diplomatic efforts in Central America to address immigration
President Joe Biden is tasking Vice President Kamala Harris with overseeing efforts with Central American countries to stem the flow of migrants to…
Continue Reading White House looks at ‘ghost guns’ as it weighs executive actions
The White House is weighing whether to issue a number of gun safety measures through executive action even as they publicly press Congress to move…
Continue Reading Biden’s dogs are back at the White House
Both of the President and first lady’s dogs, Major and Champ, have returned to the White House after spending some time in Delaware following a…
Continue Reading Prosecutors allege Oath Keepers leader and Proud Boys coordinated before Capitol attack
A leader among the paramilitary group the Oath Keepers said he was coordinating with the Proud Boys about how their members would work together at…
Continue Reading Kahl nomination to advance to Senate floor after Manchin supports imperiled pick
Colin Kahl’s nomination to be Pentagon policy chief is on track to advance to the Senate floor after West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin…
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Idaho lawmakers face tight schedule to extend tax deadline
Legislation extending the tax filing deadline from April 15 to May 17 for Idaho residents will be among lawmakers’ top priorities for when they…
Continue Reading Sidney Powell’s ridiculous defense in big lie case
Sidney Powell, the former Trump lawyer who famously threatened to “release the Kraken” in her quest to overturn the results of the 2020…
Continue Reading Why you may have to wait until next year’s tax season to claim all your stimulus benefits
Millions of struggling Americans are already accessing the assistance from the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion relief package that President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Republicans and Democrats have found one thing they can all rally around: Curbing China’s influence
A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to pass legislation as soon as next month to try to rein in China’s economic influence on the United…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ campaign trail gun rhetoric meets Biden’s reality
Presidential candidate Kamala Harris campaigned aggressively on gun control reform — making the case that if Congress couldn’t act to…
Continue Reading Conservatives with high expectations anxious for Justice Amy Coney Barrett to show her hand
Some conservatives who pushed and prodded for the Senate to quickly confirm Amy Coney Barrett to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the…
Continue Reading How the current US-Mexico border crisis compares with the peak of the Trump era in 2019
President Joe Biden is not the first US president to face a growing number of migrants at the US-Mexico border — and he won’t be the…
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Biden’s heartfelt plea for gun control adds to daunting policy wish list
Joe Biden’s call for an assault weapons ban and a wave of other gun control measures adds a daunting new policy challenge to a progressive…
Continue Reading North Korea conducts first weapons test of Biden’s presidency
North Korea has carried out its first weapons test since President Joe Biden took office, according to three US officials, launching two projectiles…
Continue Reading DOJ refers former Capitol riot prosecutor for internal investigation after ’60 Minutes’ interview
The Justice Department has referred former acting Washington US Attorney Michael Sherwin’s unapproved interview with CBS’ “60…
Continue Reading 2 Asian American senators back off threat to oppose Biden nominees after White House agrees to add senior AAPI adviser
Sens. Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono on Tuesday backed off their threat to vote against any of President Joe Biden’s nominees who…
Continue Reading Jennifer Garner to promote American Rescue Plan with Jill Biden in Alabama on Friday
Actress Jennifer Garner will join first lady Jill Biden on Friday for a trip to Alabama as part of the Biden administration’s “Help is…
Continue Reading Nearly twice as many unaccompanied migrant children apprehended daily at US-Mexico border as at 2019 peak
US border officials are detaining on average more than 600 unaccompanied migrant children who cross the US-Mexico border each day, a Department of…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Dr. Vivek Murthy as US surgeon general
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy as US surgeon general, a role he had held under the Obama administration and reprises during a key…
Continue Reading Two Asian American Democrats vow to oppose Biden nominees over lack of diversity after ‘insulting’ White House comments
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is threatening to vote against any of President Joe Biden’s nominees who aren’t minorities over her fury…
Continue Reading Fact check: Madison Cawthorn falsely claimed there are ‘zero dollars’ spent on homeless veterans. It’s actually more than $2 billion this year
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a North Carolina Republican who has a history of egregious false claims, posted another one Sunday on Twitter. Cawthorn was…
Continue Reading Two Asian American Democrats vow to oppose Biden nominees over lack of diversity, citing ‘insulting’ White House comments
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois is threatening to vote against any of President Joe Biden’s nominees who aren’t minorities over her fury…
Continue Reading Boulder banned assault weapons in 2018. A judge recently ruled that the city cannot enforce the ban.
In 2018, the city of Boulder, Colorado, passed a ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity magazines. Earlier this month,…
Continue Reading Biden administration announces extension of Affordable Care Act special enrollment by three months
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is extending the Affordable Care Act special enrollment period by three months to August 15, the…
Continue Reading NY lawmakers promise wide-ranging and lengthy impeachment investigation into Cuomo
A New York State Assembly committee that is conducting an impeachment investigation into Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo publicly met with attorneys for…
Continue Reading Pentagon says it has received HHS request to house migrant children at two bases
The Pentagon said Tuesday it has received a request from the Department of Health and Human Services to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant…
Continue Reading Biden’s moves on Obamacare attract new signups — and a second look from red states
President Joe Biden is wasting no time establishing his vision for the Affordable Care Act and reversing many Trump-era measures aimed at weakening…
Continue Reading Biden wrestles with Afghanistan troop dilemma as time to make a decision runs out
President Joe Biden, facing his first major decision about American troops abroad, has found himself weighing competing instincts: to wind down the…
Continue Reading Biden pushes House-passed gun reforms in the wake of Colorado mass shooting
President Joe Biden on Tuesday used the latest mass shooting to offer his most vocal push for gun control since taking office, saying the deaths of…
Continue Reading Manchin opposes House gun safety bills, underscoring Democratic divide over gun control
Sen. Joe Manchin, a centrist Democrat from West Virginia, said Tuesday that he does not support the two gun safety bills the House passed earlier…
Continue Reading Former Missouri governor announces campaign for Senate
Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens announced his campaign for Senate on Fox News, attempting to launch a comeback three years after resigning from…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Shalanda Young to be OMB deputy, as fight emerges over who should lead it
The Senate confirmed Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday, as a Democratic intraparty fight emerges…
Continue Reading Postmaster General announces 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours
Longer first-class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours across the country are among the changes embattled Postmaster General Louis…
Continue Reading Senate GOP continues to resist push for expanded background checks in aftermath of recent mass shootings
A day after the seventh mass shooting in as many days in the United States, the Senate remains at an impasse over expanding background checks on gun…
Continue Reading Biden will cancel $1 billion in student debt for defrauded borrowers
The Biden administration has reversed a controversial Trump-era policy that will lead to the cancellation of roughly $1 billion in student debt for…
Continue Reading Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims
Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn’t have believed as fact her assertions of fraud…
Continue Reading Obama calls for stricter gun laws following Colorado shooting to prevent more ‘random, senseless acts’ of gun violence
Former President Barack Obama on Tuesday called for stricter gun laws following the mass shooting in Colorado, bemoaning what he called a national…
Continue Reading Judge orders Capitol rioter and Nazi sympathizer to remain in jail while awaiting trial
An Army reservist who was a well-known Nazi sympathizer among his colleagues was ordered Tuesday to remain in jail while awaiting trial on charges…
Continue Reading A ‘serious conversation’: Lawmakers take another try at policing legislation
Bipartisan discussions are underway as lawmakers try once again to find consensus for a bill to overhaul policing that can pass the United States…
Continue Reading Why some couples are getting their stimulus money in two payments
Some couples will receive their stimulus money in two payments, the Internal Revenue Service said this week. The reason: there is a glitch in the…
Continue Reading Pressure builds on Biden to act on guns in wake of Colorado mass shooting
President Joe Biden made no mention of gun control in the aftermath of last week’s shootings in Atlanta — including during remarks after…
Continue Reading Kim Janey steps in as Boston’s first Black and female mayor
Boston has its first-ever Black and female mayor. Kim Janey became the first woman and first Black person to serve as Boston’s mayor on Monday…
Continue Reading Postmaster General set to announce 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours
Longer first-class mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours across the country are among some of the changes embattled Postmaster General…
Continue Reading Joe Biden’s legislative priorities: Gun control and five other issues fight to move forward in Congress
In the opening months of Joe Biden’s presidency, Congress’ job was crystal clear: Pass a relief bill and get it signed into law. The…
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Trump’s army takes aim at 2022 touting his election lies
Donald Trump has set the price of admission for Republicans in the midterm elections, and probably the next presidential race: an embrace of the big…
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Celebrities join Michelle Obama in urging Americans to support sweeping voting rights bill
Former first lady Michelle Obama and a host of celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Tracee Ellis Ross and Kerry Washington, are calling on Americans to…
Continue Reading Mitch Daniels Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Mitch Daniels, former governor of Indiana. Personal Birth date: April 7, 1949 Birth place: Monongahela,…
Continue Reading Colorado congressman calls for federal action on gun legislation in wake of Boulder mass shooting
Rep. Jason Crow is urging Congress to act on gun measures that he argues would make communities safer in the wake of a deadly mass shooting Monday in…
Continue Reading Progressive group launches $3.2 million advertising buy to push federal voting law
A liberal group is launching a $3.2 million advertising campaign this week to build public support for a federal campaign finance and voting bill…
Continue Reading Warnock’s seat comes into focus amid battle over voting laws and filibuster rules
Freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose surprise victory in Georgia helped give Democrats the narrowest of majorities, now finds himself squarely in the…
Continue Reading White House aides prep $3 trillion jobs package for Biden
White House advisers are expected to present a two-part, $3 trillion jobs and infrastructure proposal to President Joe Biden as soon as this week,…
Continue Reading Biden administration continues to deny journalists access to border facilities
The Biden administration has so far denied journalists access to border facilities amid a surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico…
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Arguing against statehood for DC, congressman says it has no car dealerships (it does)
Rep. Jody Hice had an interesting Monday. Hice, a Georgia Republican who has been in Congress since 2015, announced that he was running for Georgia…
Continue Reading Former Capitol riot prosecutor’s comments on Trump alarm new no-drama Justice Department
Attorney General Merrick Garland is quietly ushering in a change in tone at the Justice Department, making few public comments and staying out of…
Continue Reading Biden administration not confident Johnson & Johnson will meet 20 million goal by end of month
Officials in President Joe Biden’s administration are not confident that Johnson & Johnson will meet its self-imposed deadline to deliver…
Continue Reading Mo Brooks launches Alabama Senate campaign
Rep. Mo Brooks announced his campaign for Senate on Monday, placing his baseless opposition to the certification of the 2020 presidential election at…
Continue Reading Biden first president in decades to have first-pick Cabinet secretaries confirmed
President Joe Biden is the first president in more than 30 years to have all of his original Cabinet secretary nominees confirmed to their posts. The…
Continue Reading Border Patrol has detained more unaccompanied minors in March than all of February, preliminary data show
The US Border Patrol has detained more than 11,000 unaccompanied migrant children between February 28 to March 20, according to preliminary…
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Governor approves water project legislation
Governor Brad Little signed Senate Bill 1121 into law last…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Marty Walsh to be Labor secretary
The Senate confirmed Boston Mayor Marty Walsh to be Labor secretary, elevating the former union boss to oversee the federal department in charge of…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders making plans to push prescription drug reforms through reconciliation
Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, is set to unveil a trio of bills designed to lower…
Continue Reading Putting ‘cologne on Jim Crow’: Georgia GOP lawmakers drive toward new voting restrictions
Republican lawmakers in Georgia are racing to pass sweeping bills that would clamp down on ballot access and give state officials more powers over…
Continue Reading House Democrats face backlash on both sides for investigating Iowa House race won by a Republican
House Democrats are facing political backlash from all sides for opening an investigation into a state certified election in Iowa that Republicans…
Continue Reading San Diego Convention Center to be used to house migrant children
The San Diego Convention Center, best known for hosting the annual Comic-Con International convention, will soon be used to house unaccompanied…
Continue Reading Congressional Democrats push for DC statehood at key House committee hearing
Democrats expressed urgency as Congress prepares to once again consider giving statehood to Washington DC, vowing that legislation on the issue would…
Continue Reading Supreme Court hears case pitting unions against strawberry grower and agricultural businesses
Several Supreme Court justices seemed sympathetic on Monday to the arguments of a California strawberry grower who is challenging a state law that…
Continue Reading Man accused of carrying bear spray used in assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick to stay in jail
A man accused of carrying the bear spray used in the assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick during the January 6 insurrection will stay in…
Continue Reading Next batch of stimulus payments ramps up paper checks and debit cards
A fresh batch of Covid stimulus payments will be issued this week, the Biden administration announced Monday, including paper checks and debit cards…
Continue Reading White House hones in on campaign strategy to reflect growing concern over conservatives’ vaccination reluctance
Reluctance among conservatives to get vaccinated against Covid-19 has caused growing concern inside the White House, according to people familiar…
Continue Reading US and allies sanction Myanmar’s military for violent repression of protesters
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions against members of Myanmar’s military on Monday for the ongoing crackdown on…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to review Boston Marathon bomber’s death penalty case
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a lower court opinion that wiped away the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the brothers…
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Wyoming lawmakers seek solutions to K-12 funding shortfalls
Wyoming lawmakers are working on competing proposals to address a projected $300 million shortfall in K-12 education funding over the next two years…
Continue Reading Inside a closed-door US Border Patrol facility in Texas
As the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the US-Mexico border continues to rise, hundreds have been kept in US Border Patrol…
Continue Reading McConnell describes legislative filibuster as ‘Kentucky’s veto’
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell explained his support for the legislative filibuster’s 60-vote threshold, making the case in an op-ed in his…
Continue Reading Biden officials traveling to Mexico amid surge of unaccompanied minors
Senior Biden administration officials are traveling to Mexico on Monday to discuss managing migration with government officials amid a surge of…
Continue Reading Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela says he will not run for reelection
Democratic Rep. Filemon Vela of Texas, who is serving his fifth term in Congress, confirmed to CNN Monday he will not run for reelection for his…
Continue Reading US expected to announce sanctions against China for repression of Uyghurs
The US is expected to announce sanctions Monday against China in coordination with the European Union for Beijing’s ongoing repression of…
Continue Reading Trump endorses GOP primary rival to Georgia Republican secretary of state
Former President Donald Trump endorsed GOP Rep. Jody Hice for Georgia Secretary of State on Monday, after attacking incumbent Republican Brad…
Continue Reading Sunrise Movement endorses Jennifer Carroll Foy for Virginia governor
Sunrise Movement, the progressive youth-led climate activist group, on Monday announced it is endorsing Jennifer Carroll Foy in the Virginia…
Continue Reading Border Patrol numbers show another jump in the number of children held for more than 10 days
More than 800 unaccompanied migrant children have been in Border Patrol custody for more than 10 days, according to documents reviewed by CNN,…
Continue Reading Biden moves rapidly to shore up Obamacare and erase Trump’s changes
President Joe Biden is wasting no time establishing his vision for the Affordable Care Act and reversing many Trump-era measures aimed at weakening…
Continue Reading Biden vows to ease border surge as Republicans sense a political opening
Joe Biden is pledging to take new steps to ease a surge of child migrants at the southern border as his White House parries Republican attacks over a…
Continue Reading Former top Capitol riot prosecutor says ‘maybe the President is culpable’ when asked about Trump
The former top prosecutor for the US Capitol riot said former President Donald Trump might be “culpable” for the January 6 insurrection…
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Julia Letlow makes history in Louisiana’s 5th District special election while 2nd District goes to runoff
Republican Julia Letlow won the special election in Louisiana’s 5th Congressional District Saturday night, becoming the first Republican woman…
Continue Reading New York Rep. Tom Reed takes ‘full responsibility’ following allegation of sexual misconduct
Republican Rep. Tom Reed of New York apologized and took “full responsibility” on Sunday for the sexual misconduct allegations made…
Continue Reading Fencing around Capitol comes down more than 2 months after insurrection
The outer fencing put up to protect the US Capitol following the January 6 insurrection has started to come down, allowing the public to regain…
Continue Reading DHS chief says border closed, won’t give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of unaccompanied children
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declined Sunday to provide a timeline for when the Biden administration will open new facilities…
Continue Reading Top Senate Republican says Americans don’t need ‘alternative versions’ of January 6 Capitol attack
Sen. Roy Blunt, a member of GOP leadership, argued on Sunday that Americans don’t need “alternative versions” of what occurred the…
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