Alleged Capitol rioter asks judge to let him visit Peru to get married
A Kentucky man facing four criminal charges linked to the Capitol insurrection asked a federal judge on Tuesday to let him travel to Peru later this…
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Trump’s impeachment lawyers have a history of being involved in controversial legal matters
The new lawyers who signed on to lead former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team brought a curious history of experience with…
Continue Reading Lead impeachment manager Jamie Raskin tearfully recalls Capitol riot: ‘This cannot be the future of America’
Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin on Tuesday delivered a tearful account of his experience during last month’s US Capitol…
Continue Reading Biden budget nominee Tanden apologizes for past criticism of Republicans and expresses regret over tweets
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, apologized on Tuesday for some of the criticism she…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccines to be sent directly to community health centers to target ‘hard-to-reach populations’
The Biden administration will send some of the Covid-19 vaccine supply directly to community health centers starting next week as part of an effort…
Continue Reading More than 80 civil rights organizations call on Biden to abolish the federal death penalty
More than 80 nationally recognized criminal justice and civil rights advocacy organizations have joined in the call to President Joe Biden on Tuesday…
Continue Reading Congress has already approved $4 trillion in Covid relief. Here’s what’s happened to it
Congress has authorized nearly $4 trillion in spending over the past year to help address the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but…
Continue Reading Why you shouldn’t expect another stimulus check for weeks — if at all
Congress is negotiating a fresh stimulus package that would include a third round of stimulus checks, but while there’s broad agreement on the…
Continue Reading DOJ asks Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign
The Justice Department on Tuesday asked US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations, a turnover that spares…
Continue Reading How to watch the Senate impeachment trial
Tuesday marks the start of former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, with all eyes on the Senate serving as jury to deliberate…
Continue Reading Trump’s Postmaster General wants to stay on the job, but his days in the Biden administration may be numbered
Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has told those close to him he wants to stay in his role under the new president, two sources tell CNN,…
Continue Reading DOJ to ask Trump-appointed US attorneys to resign
The Justice Department, as soon as Tuesday, is expected to ask US attorneys appointed by former President Donald Trump to submit their resignations,…
Continue Reading Alleged Oath Keeper charged in Capitol riot says he once worked for FBI and holds security clearance
Thomas Caldwell, a Virginia man whom prosecutors have charged as part of an extremist group’s alleged conspiracy to prepare and attack the…
Continue Reading Read: The Senate’s organizing resolution setting the rules for Trump’s impeachment trial
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday afternoon that Senate leaders had reached an agreement for an organizing resolution to set the rules…
Continue Reading Democrats’ $3,000 child tax credit idea is about lifting 4 million kids out of poverty
Though it started as a way to provide relief to middle class families, the child tax credit has also evolved into a bipartisan tool for lifting kids…
Continue Reading House Democrats’ stimulus check plan would exclude families earning more than $200,000
House Democrats have rejected a Republican proposal to significantly narrow eligibility for further stimulus payments and are moving forward with…
Continue Reading Michael Cohen apologizes to Stormy Daniels for causing ‘needless pain’
Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen thanked Stormy Daniels for giving him a second chance and apologized for the “needless…
Continue Reading Meet the House impeachment managers
A select group of House Democrats known as impeachment managers will act as prosecutors when former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment…
Continue Reading Read: OMB nominee Neera Tanden’s opening statement
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will appear before the Senate Homeland Security…
Continue Reading Biden and Democrats prepare to act fast on judges, having learned lesson from Trump
President Joe Biden had been in office less than a week when a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking one of his first…
Continue Reading When they spotted a familiar face at the Capitol riots, they reported it to authorities
When crowds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed into the US Capitol weeks ago, hundreds of photos and videos emerged: clips…
Continue Reading Trump lawyer withdraws request not to have impeachment trial on Sabbath
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer David Schoen is withdrawing his request to not hold the impeachment trial on the Jewish Sabbath,…
Continue Reading House Republicans who backed impeaching Trump have no regrets as Senate GOP reckons with former President’s role
They’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue Reading Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quarantining after security agent tests positive
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department…
Continue Reading Trump tells aides he thinks he’ll be acquitted as he remains fixated on ‘accountability’ for GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach
Former President Donald Trump has been reaching out to aides and advisers to discuss his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, sources familiar with the…
Continue Reading US deploying B-1 bombers to Norway to send a message to Russia
The US Air Force is deploying B-1 bombers to Norway for the first time in a move that sends a clear message to Moscow that the US military will…
Continue Reading House Republicans who backed impeaching Trump have no regrets as party reckons with former President’s role
They’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue Reading Security at US Capitol on high alert for Trump impeachment trial
The unprecedented second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump will take place under extraordinary security inside the US Capitol…
Continue Reading Democrats unveil $3,000 child benefit as part of Biden relief package
House Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in…
Continue Reading Blinken says Capitol insurrection hurt US standing as defender of democracy
Secretary of State Antony Blinken told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that the insurrection attempt on the Capitol by President Donald Trump’s…
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