California appeals judge’s ruling that overturned state’s ban on assault-style weapons
California is appealing a federal judge’s ruling last week that overturned the state’s longtime ban on assault-style weapons, California…
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Virginia governor signs probation overhaul bill with support of rapper and activist Meek Mill
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a probation overhaul bill into law on Thursday, approving the state’s latest progressive criminal justice…
Continue Reading Missouri GOP Rep. Vicky Hartzler launches Senate run echoing Trump
Missouri Republican Rep. Vicky Hartzler launched her Senate campaign in a video Thursday, echoing former president Donald Trump’s slogan to…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Zahid Quraishi as first Muslim American federal judge in US history
The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Zahid Quraishi to be a US District Judge for the District of New Jersey, making him the first Muslim American…
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Biden confirms U.S. buying 500M vaccines to donate to the world; G-7 will join effort
ST. IVES, England — One year ago, the U.S. was the deadliest hotspot of the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing the cancellation of the Group of Seven…
Continue Reading President aims to use vaccine donation to rally the world’s democracies
President Joe Biden’s announced Thursday evening that the United States plans to donate 500 million Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine doses globally as…
Continue Reading Pence eyes his political future as he tries to make peace with Trump
Six months after their relationship deteriorated in the midst of an insurrection at the US Capitol, Donald Trump and Mike Pence appear to be on the…
Continue Reading US hopes to agree that ambassadors can return to Moscow and Washington at Biden-Putin summit
President Joe Biden plans to address the strained US-Russia diplomatic relationship when he meets President Vladimir Putin next week with the hope…
Continue Reading Boris and Biden: A diplomatic odd couple faces pressure to define the US-UK relationship
In style and in substance, President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson are two very different men leading two countries whose…
Continue Reading House committee approves $547 billion surface transportation package
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a $547 billion surface transportation package aimed at pouring money into the…
Continue Reading Here’s how Democratic states are pushing people to go back to work
They may not be terminating pandemic unemployment benefits like their GOP peers, but Democratic governors are also prodding Americans to go back to…
Continue Reading FBI faces its own racial reckoning while leading probes into police shooting deaths
The Federal Bureau of Investigation just unveiled a newly created position to tackle its decades-old diversity problem: chief diversity officer.…
Continue Reading Watchdog report finds Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park for Trump’s visit to St. John’s Church last June
The US Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park to allow for then-President Donald Trump‘s march to St.…
Continue Reading NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams insists he lives in city amid residency controversy
Does one of the front-runners to be the next mayor of New York City live in New York City — and if so, where exactly? Those were the questions…
Continue Reading Biden warns he’ll tell Putin ‘what I want him to know’ as he defines goals of foreign tour
President Joe Biden told a hangar of US troops on Wednesday he was in Europe to defend the very concept of democracy, setting high stakes for his…
Continue Reading Fact check: Texas Congressman Gohmert’s attempts to connect moon orbits and solar flares to climate change
WASHINGTON, DC — Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas made an argument about climate change at a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday that…
Continue Reading Democratic senator says his party should move forward on infrastructure without GOP: ‘We cannot just sort of twiddle our thumbs’
Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen said Wednesday that it’s time for his party to move forward on infrastructure legislation without Republican…
Continue Reading House Democrats release former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn’s testimony
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn confirmed before a congressional panel last week that former President Donald Trump urged him to oust…
Continue Reading US Ambassador to Belarus says new sanctions are coming ‘soon’
The United States, in coordination with allies, will impose new sanctions on Belarus “soon,” US Ambassador to Belarus Julie Fisher said…
Continue Reading Biden DOJ updates court filing after LGBTQ advocates blast its stance in religious schools case
The Biden Justice Department on Wednesday afternoon updated its court filing in a case where it is defending the right of religious schools to…
Continue Reading Cox Media Group hit by cyberattack last week, sources familiar tell CNN
Cox Media Group’s television and radio stations across the US were hit by a cyberattack last week, with some stations still untangling from the…
Continue Reading Biden and Johnson expected to commit to lifting US-UK Covid-19 travel restrictions
President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are expected to commit on Thursday to working to open up travel between the US and the UK and…
Continue Reading Biden nixes Trump proposal that would have kicked 3 million off food stamps
In one of its latest steps to erase Trump administration policies, the Biden administration has withdrawn a controversial proposal that could have…
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Keystone XL pipeline sponsor pulls the plug on contentious project
BILLINGS, Montana — The sponsor of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline pulled the plug on the contentious project Wednesday after Canadian officials…
Continue Reading Ex-officer, Trump impeachment manager and now Senate candidate: Who is Rep. Val Demings
Rep. Val Demings’ Senate run provides Democrats with a prominent, nationally recognized candidate to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Marco…
Continue Reading Biden’s attorney general defends controversial Justice Department arguments related to Trump
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday defended a series of controversial arguments made by the Justice Department in recent weeks that…
Continue Reading Biden wants to close the digital divide in the US. Here’s what that could look like
The former auto parts warehouse Bill O’Boyle is refurbishing in Wilson, North Carolina, looks like a relic now, but within the next year, he…
Continue Reading READ: Don McGahn’s closed testimony to the House Judiciary Committee
The House Judiciary Committee has released the transcript of its June 4 interview with Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn, the culmination of a…
Continue Reading Biden and Johnson to agree to new Atlantic Charter during bilateral meeting
President Joe Biden and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson are expected on Thursday to agree to a new Atlantic Charter modeled on the historic…
Continue Reading Talks for bipartisan deal on gun background checks are over, Texas’ Cornyn says
WASHINGTON, DC — After months of negotiations, the effort to reach a bipartisan agreement on gun background checks has ended, a key GOP senator…
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