Obama appears in three digital campaign ads for Georgia’s Raphael Warnock
Former President Barack Obama appeared in three digital campaign ads urging Georgians to vote for Rev. Raphael Warnock ahead of the Senate runoff…
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As Trump weighs pardons, GOP divided on whether Snowden should receive one
The expectation that President Donald Trump will issue a flurry of pardons in his final days in office has sparked a contentious discussion among…
Continue Reading Supreme Court throws out challenge to Trump’s plan to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a challenge for now to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court opinion and dissent in census case
The Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted when seats in…
Continue Reading Barack Obama lists his favorite books of 2020
In a year that saw many traditions upended, former President Barack Obama is keeping up with one annual custom: sharing his favorite books of the…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court opinion and dissent in census case
The Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Donald Trump’s bid to exclude undocumented immigrants from being counted when seats in…
Continue Reading Here’s who has tested positive for coronavirus or its antibodies in Congress
As Covid-19 cases surge throughout the country, no place has been immune from infection — including Capitol Hill. The spike in cases nationwide…
Continue Reading Pence receives coronavirus vaccine Friday morning
Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus vaccine Friday morning — an on-camera event that the Trump administration says is part of…
Continue Reading US cybersecurity agency warns suspected Russian hacking campaign broader than previously believed
An alarming new alert issued by the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm Thursday revealed that Russian hackers suspected of a massive,…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris prepares for her historic vice presidency by studying Joe Biden’s legacy
As Kamala Harris prepares for the vice presidency, she is learning from a person who knows more about the job than almost anyone in the world:…
Continue Reading Jill Biden says her doctorate is among her proudest achievements: ‘I worked so hard for it’
Jill Biden was surprised by a recent newspaper op-ed piece suggesting she stop using the “Dr.” title before her name, she told TV host…
Continue Reading Rep. Katie Porter is in quarantine after being exposed to coronavirus
US Rep. Katie Porter said Thursday evening that she is self-quarantining after being exposed to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.…
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter to receive coronavirus vaccine ‘when it is available to him’
Former President Jimmy Carter‘s foundation announced Thursday that the 39th President is planning to receive the Covid-19 vaccine. “After…
Continue Reading HHS secretary’s wife tests positive for Covid-19; he tests negative
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told colleagues on Thursday that his wife had tested positive for Covid 19 but that he had tested…
Continue Reading Top Trump ally Chris Christie says it’s time to accept Biden won the election
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday evening it’s time to accept that Joe Biden won…
Continue Reading Cedric Richmond, incoming member of Biden administration, tests positive for coronavirus
Louisiana Rep. Cedric Richmond, who will join the incoming Biden administration as a White House senior adviser and director of the Office of Public…
Continue Reading Microsoft identifies more than 40 organizations targeted in massive cyber breach
Microsoft has identified more than 40 of its customers around the world that had problematic versions of a third-party IT management program…
Continue Reading Biden taps Deb Haaland as first Native American interior secretary
President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team on Thursday announced New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary. If…
Continue Reading Deb Haaland makes history as Biden’s pick to run Interior Department
President-elect Joe Biden’s selection of Rep. Deb Haaland to lead the Interior Department marked a historic victory for an alliance of…
Continue Reading Federal death row inmate tests positive for Covid-19
A federal inmate scheduled for execution next month has tested positive for Covid-19, adding a new wrinkle in the Trump administration’s…
Continue Reading Trump remains silent as massive cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to government
When President Donald Trump convened his Cabinet at the White House Wednesday as Washington absorbed news of a massive data breach, the heads of most…
Continue Reading Biden’s search for an attorney general complicated by ‘competing questions’
The deliberations among President-elect Joe Biden’s tight circle of advisers about whom he should nominate as attorney general have emerged as…
Continue Reading Turning age 18 after Election Day, ready to vote in the Georgia runoffs
Valerie Ponomarev sealed the envelope of her ballot and walked to the silver drop box in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. “I’ve…
Continue Reading Supreme Court denies request to block Covid restrictions at Kentucky schools
The Supreme Court on Thursday denied a request from a religious school in Kentucky to block regulations that temporarily restrict in-person…
Continue Reading 6 men indicted on federal charges in plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Six men involved in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer were indicted Wednesday on a federal kidnapping conspiracy charge.…
Continue Reading House Democratic majority will be 3-vote margin after Biden picks Haaland for interior post
With President-elect Joe Biden choosing Rep. Deb Haaland as his nominee for interior secretary, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have only a…
Continue Reading The US government has executed 10 people this year — the most since 1896
For the first time in US history, the government has executed more people than all of the 50 states, and the number of federal prisoners put to death…
Continue Reading Chris Christie stars in national ad saying it was a mistake not to wear a mask at the White House
Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says in a new national television ad that he regrets not wearing a mask while visiting the White…
Continue Reading Hill leaders struggle to finalize deal amid looming shutdown threat
Congressional leaders struggled on Thursday to hammer out a major rescue package in the final days of the 116th Congress, raising the specter that…
Continue Reading States told by federal government they will receive fewer Pfizer vaccine doses next week, sparking confusion
Multiple states have been told by the federal government to expect fewer doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine than initially promised, leaving…
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