Schumer announces all-female Senate sergeant-at-arms team following US Capitol riot
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday announced an all-female Senate sergeant-at-arms leadership team, after the previous…
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Senate Democrats still finishing their Covid relief bill as vote timing creeps toward the weekend
Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill security increased and House session canceled amid warnings about March 4 conspiracies
US officials on Wednesday alerted lawmakers to a potential threat against the US Capitol on March 4, for which security has been enhanced as a…
Continue Reading House Republican: ‘Trump has a responsibility’ to tell his supporters ‘to stand down’ after new threat
The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Wednesday that Donald Trump has a duty to call off his supporters in light of a…
Continue Reading Acting US Capitol Police chief acknowledges failures of January 6 but can’t say what increased budget would do to solve them
The acting chief of the US Capitol Police department acknowledged command and intelligence failures the day insurrectionists stormed the Capitol, but…
Continue Reading Unaccompanied kids being held by Border Patrol for 77 hours on average, internal documents show
WASHINGTON, Dc — Migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border alone are staying in Border Patrol custody for longer than three days on…
Continue Reading House to vote on bill named in honor of George Floyd aimed at preventing police misconduct
The House of Representatives is slated to vote Wednesday on legislation aimed at preventing police misconduct that Democrats named in honor of George…
Continue Reading North Carolina county commissioner and LGBTQ advocate launches bid to challenge GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn
A North Carolina county official and longtime LGBTQ advocate announced Wednesday that she’s challenging Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn in…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill security increased around chatter about March 4 conspiracies
US officials on Wednesday alerted lawmakers to a potential threat against the US Capitol on March 4, for which security has been enhanced as a…
Continue Reading Democrats introduce legislation to create a Ruth Bader Ginsburg monument on Capitol Hill
Congressional Democrats have introduced legislation to create a monument on Capitol Hill in honor of the late Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon…
Continue Reading Cuomo apologizes, says he didn’t know he was making women uncomfortable and rejects calls to resign
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo emerged on Wednesday after more than a week away from the cameras to apologize for his behavior after two women accused…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats still finishing their Covid relief bill as Biden signs off on narrowing stimulus check eligibility
Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Pence pushes false election fraud claims in denouncing Democratic reform bill
Former Vice President Mike Pence is seizing on a Democratic-led initiative to streamline election standards to again push false claims of voting…
Continue Reading Sign-ups for Biden’s Obamacare special enrollment period nearly triple
More than 206,000 people signed up for Affordable Care Act policies on the federal exchange in the first two weeks of the special enrollment period…
Continue Reading Cuomo says he ‘never touched anyone inappropriately’ and rejects calls to resign
New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday apologized for his behavior toward several women who have accused him of making unwanted advances…
Continue Reading A new education secretary has been sworn in. What are the next steps for reopening schools?
The Senate confirmed Miguel Cardona as education secretary on Monday, jump-starting the Biden administration’s long journey toward reopening…
Continue Reading ‘They just were not all in’: How the White House convinced two pharmaceutical giants to collaborate on a vaccine
President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team learned two things his first week in office: Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot coronavirus…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats still finishing their Covid relief bill as Biden signs off on more targeted stimulus checks
Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Read: The Department of Defense inspector general’s report on the conduct of Rep. Ronny Jackson
The Department of Defense inspector general on Wednesday released a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson’s conduct during his time serving as…
Continue Reading Air base hosting US troops in Iraq targeted in rocket attack, coalition says
An air base hosting US, Iraqi and coalition forces in Iraq was targeted on Wednesday by at least 10 rockets, US coalition officials said. The Al-Asad…
Continue Reading Mitt Romney Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Mitt Romney, Republican US senator from Utah. Romney is the former Massachusetts governor and 2012 Republican…
Continue Reading Susan Collins says she will vote to confirm Deb Haaland for Interior secretary
Sen. Susan Collins, a key moderate Republican from Maine, said Wednesday she will vote to confirm Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland as Interior secretary,…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Rep. Ronny Jackson made sexual comments, drank alcohol and took Ambien while working as White House physician, Pentagon watchdog finds
The Department of Defense inspector general has issued a scathing review of Rep. Ronny Jackson during his time serving as the top White House…
Continue Reading Biden and his top officials slammed Trump’s lack of action against Saudi Arabia, MBS in years before taking office
In the years prior to taking office, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and many of their administration’s top officials…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats still finishing their Covid relief bill as time runs out this week
Senate Democrats are down to the wire. In a furious last-minute push, Democrats are scrambling to put their final touches on a $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Washington Post: Top Pentagon official says approval for National Guard to Capitol riot was ‘sprint speed’
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley defended efforts to deploy the National Guard to the US Capitol during the insurrection and…
Continue Reading Jill Biden to visit two reopened schools as part of education focus
First lady Jill Biden will make a trip to Meriden, Connecticut, and Waterford, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to visit two public schools that have…
Continue Reading Biden administration never considered MBS sanctions a viable option in response to Khashoggi report
The Biden administration never considered sanctions as a viable option against the powerful Saudi crown prince named as responsible for the murder of…
Continue Reading From confidence to a distraction: Inside Biden’s failed push for Neera Tanden
Standing onstage in December at the Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden described his freshly nominated pick to run the White House…
Continue Reading Airbase hosting US troops in Iraq targeted in rocket attack, coalition says
An airbase hosting US, Iraqi and coalition forces in Iraq was targeted on Wednesday by at least 10 rockets, US coalition officials said. The Al-Asad…
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