WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing plans for the gradual entry of migrants forced to remain in Mexico under a controversial Trump-era policy, according to three Homeland Security officials. President Joe Biden has committed to ending the policy, informally known as “remain in Mexico.” Over the last week, the administration has been in
Continue Reading House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to attend his son’s wedding in California in early December amid the resurgence of Covid-19 cases in the state, writing in a Facebook post he didn’t regret the decision. In the post, he said the original plan for his son to have 300-guest wedding was ditched
Continue Reading Protections under the Fair Housing Act will now cover LGBTQ Americans, the Biden administration announced Thursday, a move that allows the federal government to investigate complaints of housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The new policy by the Department of Housing and Urban Development represents one of the earliest federal anti-discrimination changes
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The allegation of “incitement” is central to the impeachment case House Democrats are making against former President Donald Trump because it ties his words and actions to the January 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill. The article of impeachment passed by the House in January reads, in part: “Donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and
Continue Reading House impeachment managers will finish arguing their case on Thursday that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection one day after they showed violent and disturbing video footage of the attack on the US Capitol as they urged senators to convict at the Senate trial. The managers plan to conclude their case against Trump by
Continue Reading President Joe Biden spoke with China’s President Xi Jinping for two hours late Wednesday, their first call since Biden took office. “Last night, I was on the phone for two straight hours with Xi Jinping,” Biden said Thursday as he met with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss infrastructure in the Oval Office. “And
Continue Reading The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting “stop the steal.” They showed the rioters searching for then-Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and rummaging through the senators’ desks on the chamber floor. Some of the Trump supporters were
Continue Reading On January 5, as results came in from the Senate runoff election in Georgia, the texts between President-elect Joe Biden’s senior staff went late into the night and into the next morning. With the Senate majority on the line, and full control of Washington in their grasp, the outcome of the two Georgia races would
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss rebuilding America’s infrastructure, a show of how the White House looks to move ahead with its agenda despite former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial. The senators — whom the White House has so far declined to name — will
Continue Reading A group of more than 100 former Republican officials have discussed the possibility of forming a conservative party due to their unhappiness with the direction of the GOP under former President Donald Trump and the likelihood he’ll be acquitted at the end of his second impeachment trial, according to Republicans who participated in the conversation.
Continue Reading The State Department is planning Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s first international trips in mid-to-late March, two sources familiar with the preliminary conversations tell CNN. State Department officials are eyeing meetings with Blinken’s NATO counterparts in Brussels and a visit to the Asia Pacific as the secretary’s first stops, the source said. The order of
Continue Reading With coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the administration is still simply “not where we want to be” on surveillance of mutations in the US — and simultaneously worried that Americans will grow increasingly complacent about the virus. “We are
Continue Reading The Biden administration’s rollout out of active-duty troops to boost vaccination capacity is off to a slow start as the Federal Emergency Management Agency sorts through requests from individual states, according to multiple defense officials. FEMA initially anticipated that as many as 10,000 troops would be used in the effort, but so far barely a
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders after last week’s coup in the country. In brief remarks, the President said he had approved a new executive order allowing the United States to “immediately sanction the military leaders who directed the coup, their business interests as well as
Continue Reading Former President Donald Trump was unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people familiar with his reaction told CNN. Castor, who is representing Trump alongside attorney David Schoen, delivered a meandering argument during the first day of the Senate impeachment trial, including praise for the House impeachment
Continue Reading The second day of former President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial brought sobering new security footage and police radio audio of the US Capitol insurrection as Democrats sought to connect the violence to Trump’s repeated election fraud claims and his January 6 speech. “He told them to ‘fight like hell,’ and they brought us hell
Continue Reading Federal authorities have narrowed to a handful the number of suspects in the death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, a US official briefed on the probe said Wednesday, raising hopes that investigators can bring charges in the case. New video evidence from the US Capitol on January 6 has aided the work of
Continue Reading Rep. Tom Emmer made a topsy-turvy video entrance during a hearing on Wednesday — in fact, he was literally upside-down. Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, appeared inverted when joining a House Financial Services Committee hearing via video. “Today’s gig economy sprung up from the last recession, it offers a job to anyone who wants one,” a
Continue Reading New security footage presented during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial showed even more heroics from Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, including potentially saving Sen. Mitt Romney from the violent mob that breached the US Capitol. The security video, which the House impeachment managers played for the first time Wednesday, shows Goodman running as the
Continue Reading House impeachment managers Wednesday aired disturbing and gripping footage showing how rioters violently attacked officers as they breached the Capitol on January 6 — and came dangerously close to reaching lawmakers and then-Vice President Mike Pence as they fled the House and Senate. The House’s presentation included never-before-seen Capitol security camera footage, body camera footage
Continue Reading New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani’s activities in Ukraine raised the prospect of seeking a search warrant late last year for the lawyer’s communications but were met with resistance from Justice Department officials in Washington over the strength of their evidence, people familiar with the discussions said. Justice Department officials in Washington said a
Continue Reading Washington and Seoul are narrowing in on a new cost-sharing agreement for US forces in South Korea and could be just weeks away from striking a deal, according to five sources familiar with the discussions. The deal taking shape is likely to be a multi-year agreement that increases Seoul’s contribution to cover the presence of
Continue Reading Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey was caught on a hot microphone on Wednesday approaching Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and doubling down on conspiracy theory comments he made about the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. Shirkey, the state’s top elected Republican, told Gilchrist that he does not take back the
Continue Reading Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey was caught on a hot microphone on Wednesday approaching Democratic Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and doubling down on conspiracy theory comments he made about the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. Shirkey, the state’s top elected Republican, told Gilchrist that he does not take back the
Continue Reading New security footage presented during former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial showed even more heroics from Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman, including potentially saving Sen. Mitt Romney from the violent mob that breached the US Capitol. The security video, which the House impeachment managers played for the first time Wednesday, shows Goodman running as the
Continue Reading The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that it should uphold the Affordable Care Act, reversing the position of the Trump administration that had urged the justices to strike down the entire law amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Following the change in Administration, the Department of Justice has reconsidered the government’s position,” Deputy Solicitor
Continue Reading Members of the US Capitol Police plan to hold a vote of no confidence Thursday, more than a month after the January 6 riot at the Capitol that left dozens of officers injured and led to the death of officer Brian Sicknick. Officers recently told CNN that intelligence and operational failures left them vulnerable to
Continue Reading President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the Department of Defense has established a task force focused on US strategy towards China. “We need to meet the growing challenges posed by China to keep peace and defend our interests in the Indo-Pacific and globally,” Biden said in his first visit to the Pentagon since taking office.
Continue Reading House impeachment managers argued Wednesday that former President Donald Trump engaged in a months-long campaign to falsely convince his supporters that the election was stolen, whipping them into a state of anger over the false belief the results were fraudulent and inciting his followers to violently disrupt the peaceful transfer of power. The managers kicked
Continue Reading Neera Tanden, President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget, faced sharp questioning over her past comments critical of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle during a second Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday morning. Senators on the Budget Committee pressed Tanden, who has most recently served as the CEO and president
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