McCarthy, Scalise and Cheney reelected to House Republican leadership posts
The top three highest-ranking House Republicans will remain in their leadership posts in the 117th session of Congress following elections held on…
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Graham probed state officials in three states Trump lost
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina acknowledged on Tuesday that his efforts to probe state officials went beyond Georgia into two other…
Continue Reading Georgia audit on track to finish Wednesday and affirm Biden win, official says
Georgia is on a “good schedule right now” to finish an audit of the presidential election by Wednesday and thus certify its results by…
Continue Reading Former NFL player and Republican unseats Democratic Utah Congressman Ben McAdams
Republican and former NFL player Burgess Owens will defeat Democratic incumbent Rep. Ben McAdams in Utah’s 4th Congressional District race, CNN…
Continue Reading Trump and Army secretary say Wreaths Across America event will happen, reversing Arlington National Cemetery decision
Wreaths Across America’s annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery is set to go forward as planned after all. Secretary of…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules Trump campaign observers had no right to stand within a specific distance during Philadelphia ballot processing
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-2 that a Trump campaign ballot processing observer in Philadelphia had no right to stand any…
Continue Reading Loeffler and Warnock to participate in Georgia Senate debate
Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia and her Democratic challenger Rev. Raphael Warnock have both accepted an invitation to participate in a…
Continue Reading Fate of the stimulus looks bleak as lawmakers turn attention to spending deadline
As coronavirus cases spike around the country, hospitalizations reach new records and President Donald Trump continues to refuse to concede the…
Continue Reading US announces further drawdown of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq before Biden takes office
Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller announced Tuesday that the US will withdraw thousands more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq by…
Continue Reading Senate Republicans fail to advance controversial Fed nominee Judy Shelton
The Republican-led Senate on Tuesday failed to get enough votes to break a filibuster of Judy Shelton, President Donald Trump’s controversial…
Continue Reading Georgia secretary of state says Lindsey Graham implied he should try to throw away ballots
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger stood firm Monday on his account that Sen. Lindsey Graham had hinted that he should try to discard some…
Continue Reading Republican congressman urges Trump to accept Biden’s win and begin transition process
A Republican congressman implored President Donald Trump to accept President-elect Joe Biden’s win on Tuesday, urging him to begin the…
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Ted Cruz calls Democratic senator an ‘ass’ following Senate floor mask dispute
.@SenSherrodBrown: "I'd start by asking the presiding officer to please wear a mask as he speaks…"@SenDanSullivan: "I don't…
Continue Reading Progressives turned out for Joe Biden. Now they want a big role in his administration.
Joe Biden won’t be sworn in for another 64 days, but the President-elect is already under pressure from activist groups to bring progressive…
Continue Reading Biden builds out White House senior staff with top campaign advisers
President-elect Joe Biden is building out the staff that will surround him in the White House, announcing Tuesday that he is tapping two long-time…
Continue Reading Task force warns of ‘further deterioration’ as pandemic worsens
The White House coronavirus task force has again ramped up its warnings to states in a weekly set of reports as the pandemic continues to…
Continue Reading READ: Federal prosecutors’ letter denouncing Barr’s election fraud policy change
A group of federal prosecutors on Friday urged Attorney General William Barr to rescind his order for any prosecutor to examine allegations of voting…
Continue Reading House Democrats ask to delay Supreme Court arguments over Mueller docs
The Democratic-led House Judiciary Committee asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to postpone oral arguments in an upcoming case concerning grand jury…
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Biden campaign manager, former Beto aide Jen O’Malley Dillon to serve in key White House role
WILMINGTON, Delaware — Former Beto O’Rourke aide Jen O’Malley Dillon will join President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming…
Continue Reading Former Black caucus chair Cedric Richmond to leave Congress and join Biden White House
Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond will join President-elect Joe Biden’s White House, departing the New Orleans-area House of Representatives seat…
Continue Reading US military uses warship to shoot down ICBM in test of missile defense system
A missile fired from a US Navy warship successfully intercepted an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time Monday during a test of the…
Continue Reading Congresswoman-elect shocked by Republicans calling her ‘Breonna’ because of her Breonna Taylor mask
Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush said Monday evening she was stunned and “hurt” when some Republicans addressed her as “Breonna”…
Continue Reading Stanford distances itself from Dr. Scott Atlas after he urges resistance to public health measures
Stanford University on Monday evening distanced itself from White House coronavirus task force member Dr. Scott Atlas, a senior fellow at the…
Continue Reading NATO chief warns against premature withdrawal from Afghanistan
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg issued a stark warning Tuesday that any premature withdrawal from Afghanistan could be dangerous, a day after…
Continue Reading Trump aims to undermine Biden’s legitimacy even as legal challenges fizzle
When President Donald Trump learned at the end of last week that his lawyers were dropping their lawsuit seeking a review of ballots in Arizona, the…
Continue Reading Rudy Giuliani’s conspiracy theories could be dangerous to democracy, experts say
Rudy Giuliani’s increasingly outlandish claims of election fraud have former federal officials worried that theories peddled by the man once…
Continue Reading New York Times: Trump asked advisers about possible strike on Iranian nuclear site
President Donald Trump last week asked senior aides what possibilities he had for an offensive strike on Iran’s primary nuclear site, The New…
Continue Reading Trump’s transition sabotage threatens vaccine rollout
President Donald Trump’s refusal to coordinate with President-elect Joe Biden on the critical Covid-19 vaccine is bringing a staggering…
Continue Reading Lankford argues he did ‘step in’ Friday and had private conversation with GSA over Biden transition process
Sen. James Lankford said Monday that he did “step in” with the General Services Administration late last week over the presidential…
Continue Reading Esper memo warned conditions weren’t met for withdrawal from Afghanistan
Then-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper sent a classified memo earlier this month to the White House asserting that it was the unanimous recommendation…
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