Biden condemns Nashville bombing and thanks first responders for saving lives
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday condemned the bombing on Christmas morning in Nashville as he delivered remarks after a briefing from members of…
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Democrats close in on GOP ad spending in Georgia
With eight days to go until the Georgia Senate runoff elections and early voting underway, Democrats have begun closing in on what was previously a…
Continue Reading Walter Reed doctor who criticized Trump’s hospital drive-by works last shift after being removed from schedule
Dr. James Phillips, an emergency room doctor at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, has been removed from his duty after publicly…
Continue Reading House to attempt to override Trump’s veto on defense bill
The House of Representatives will vote Monday in an effort to override President Donald Trump’s veto of the sweeping defense bill known as the…
Continue Reading Biden to deliver remarks on foreign policy and national security Monday
President-elect Joe Biden is expected to deliver remarks on Monday afternoon after receiving a briefing from members of his national security and…
Continue Reading Biden builds out White House digital operation
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named a slate of digital operatives to his incoming White House staff, preparing for an administration that, at…
Continue Reading Trump signs coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law after lengthy delay
President Donald Trump signed the massive $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law Sunday night, averting a government…
Continue Reading Fauci shares Biden’s concern that ‘darkest days’ may be ahead in Covid-19 fight
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday expressed concern that the worst may still come in America’s battle against Covid-19, agreeing with President-elect…
Continue Reading Benefits for millions of Americans have lapsed. What happens now?
President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a Covid-19 stimulus and government spending package has left small business support, jobless benefits…
Continue Reading Some Republicans plan to challenge Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here’s what happened when Democrats challenged Bush
When Congress met to tally the results of the 2004 presidential election, then-Sen. Barbara Boxer stood alone on the Senate floor to object to…
Continue Reading Kinzinger: Trump’s refusal to sign relief bill ‘shows the chaos of the whole thing’
Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday that President Donald Trump’s refusal to sign a $900 billion relief package Congress passed…
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Unemployment benefits lapse for jobless Americans as Trump holds out on signing relief bill
Millions of jobless gig-workers and independent contractors, as well as long-term unemployed Americans, are set to lose their unemployment benefits…
Continue Reading Trump’s inaction on stimulus bill leaves Georgia’s GOP runoff candidates in awkward spot
President Donald Trump’s waffling over the $900 billion Covid relief package, which he has yet to sign, is leaving his fellow Republicans in…
Continue Reading Fact check: Georgia Republicans run more misleading attack ads against Warnock and Ossoff
In early December, we fact–checked misleading attack ads from both Democrats and Republicans in the two Georgia runoff elections that will…
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Biden warns of ‘devastating consequences’ in push for Trump to sign Covid relief package
President-elect Joe Biden has called on President Donald Trump to sign the bipartisan Covid-19 relief bill, warning that any further delay has…
Continue Reading Here’s what happens if Trump doesn’t sign the $900 billion relief package
Though Congress has passed a $900 billion Covid relief package, millions of Americans are in danger of losing important benefits just after the…
Continue Reading Execution date of only woman on federal death row on hold, potentially into the Biden administration
The only woman on the federal death row may see her execution date pushed to when the administration of President-elect Joe Biden takes over, after a…
Continue Reading Joe Biden bets on old allies to help him confront new crises
President-elect Joe Biden is leaning on familiar faces and old allies from his decades in public life as he builds an administration that will…
Continue Reading Democrats Ossoff and Warnock each raise more than $100 million for Georgia Senate runoffs
Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff each brought in more than $100 million in a two-month period, setting a blistering fundraising pace in their…
Continue Reading USPS agrees to treat Georgia runoff ballots as express mail
The US Postal Service has agreed to take extraordinary measures to deliver mailed ballots for Georgia’s upcoming Senate runoff elections,…
Continue Reading House GOP kills bid for $2,000 stimulus checks
The House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans under a certain income level to…
Continue Reading New $600 stimulus checks in limbo after House GOP kills proposal increasing amount to $2,000
A second round of stimulus payments that was included in a coronavirus relief package passed by Congress Monday night is now at risk if President…
Continue Reading Dominion Voting Systems CEO doesn’t rule out legal action against Trump
The chief executive officer of Dominion Voting Systems on Thursday did not rule out taking legal action against President Donald Trump as the…
Continue Reading Dominion sends legal letters to conservative media figures warning of ‘imminent’ action
Lawyers representing Dominion Voting Systems have sent letters to a wide array of conservative media personalities, as well as the White House and…
Continue Reading Holiday weeks to test Congress’ willingness to confront the President
The next two weeks on Capitol Hill will test the legislative branch’s ability to confront a President who Democratic and Republican aides have…
Continue Reading U.S. House fails to pass measure to increase stimulus checks to $2,000
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday failed to advance a measure that would increase direct payments to Americans…
Continue Reading Giuliani told to preserve all records as lawyers for Dominion warn legal action is ‘imminent’
A defamation law firm representing Dominion Voting Systems has sent letters to White House counsel Pat Cipollone and President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Here’s where things stand on Biden’s Cabinet deliberations
President-elect Joe Biden enters the Christmas holiday with the vast majority of his Cabinet nominees announced, yet final deliberations continue for…
Continue Reading 2020 was a year of reckonings across the United States
With Christmas approaching, Pastor Luke Fillmore of the United Methodist Church in Hamburg, Iowa — a small town in the state’s southwest…
Continue Reading White House coronavirus task force no longer proactively sending reports to states
The White House coronavirus task force has informed states that it will no longer proactively send its weekly state reports with tailored data and…
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