Trump and Barr had ‘contentious’ White House meeting this week, source says
President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr had a “contentious,” lengthy meeting inside the West Wing this week after Barr…
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White House communications director Alyssa Farah resigns
Alyssa Farah has resigned from her role as the White House communications director. In a statement, Farah said she will be “leaving the White…
Continue Reading Federal watchdog: ‘substantial likelihood of wrongdoing’ at US Agency for Global Media
The Office of Special Counsel says it “found a substantial likelihood of wrongdoing” at the US Agency for Global Media, led by a…
Continue Reading ‘An attempt to sabotage’: Trump’s potential purge of career employees casts pall across federal government
Federal career employees across the Trump administration are fearful of losing their job protections and potentially their jobs, as agencies begin to…
Continue Reading Democratic lawmakers introduce a resolution to amend the 13th Amendment to end forced prison labor
Congressional Democrats want to amend a section of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, to end what they refer to as another form of slavery…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill talks intensify over Covid-19 relief deal but major sticking points remain
High-level negotiations over an economic stimulus package are intensifying as congressional leaders and top senators are pushing to reach a major…
Continue Reading Democratic concerns over Morell and torture scramble Biden’s CIA decision
One of President-elect Joe Biden’s initial frontrunners to be CIA director, Mike Morell, is facing increasingly complicated prospects as his…
Continue Reading With Trump and allies headed to the Supreme Court, elections cases still dead on arrival
After more than 30 defunct lawsuits in 30 days, attempts by President Donald Trump and his backers to overturn the election of Joe Biden as the next…
Continue Reading Biden faces increasing pressure to diversify his Cabinet
A group of lawmakers and civil rights groups are demanding that President-elect Joe Biden appoint Black and Latino nominees to some of the remaining…
Continue Reading Jeffrey Zients is expected to be named Biden’s coronavirus coordinator
Jeffrey Zients is President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be the White House coronavirus coordinator, or “czar,” a source familiar…
Continue Reading White House has held multiple pardon meetings since the election
With a rush of pardons expected before President Donald Trump leaves office, the White House has been holding multiple pardon meetings since the…
Continue Reading Former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton volunteer to get coronavirus vaccine publicly to prove it’s safe
Former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to get their Covid-19 vaccines on camera to promote public…
Continue Reading Trump praised QAnon during meeting about keeping the Senate
President Donald Trump brought up Rep.-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene’s support for the dangerous QAnon conspiracy theory during a meeting on…
Continue Reading WH task force tells health officials to take matters into their own hands if state and local Covid-19 rules are too lax
The White House coronavirus task force offered some direct recommendations to states in its weekly report after telling officials that “the…
Continue Reading Trump awards football coach Lou Holtz the Medal of Freedom
President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to former football coach Lou Holtz on Thursday in an Oval Office ceremony. Holtz, 83, has coached…
Continue Reading Progressives are picking their fights with Biden. Neera Tanden’s nomination likely won’t be one.
First, there was surprise. Then flashes of anger. But most progressive allies of Sen. Bernie Sanders have quietly resigned themselves — or even…
Continue Reading US imposes restrictions on travel visas for Chinese Communist Party members
The State Department is imposing new restrictions on travel visas to the United States for members of the Chinese Communist Party, a State Department…
Continue Reading House Democrats elect Sean Patrick Maloney as DCCC chairman
House Democrats elected Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York to serve as the chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, giving him…
Continue Reading Supreme Court sides with California religious ministry against state Covid restrictions
The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a California ministry that argued the state’s Covid-related restrictions on indoor services violated…
Continue Reading Ivanka Trump was deposed Tuesday in DC attorney general’s inauguration lawsuit
Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter and adviser, sat for a deposition Tuesday with investigators from the Washington, DC, attorney…
Continue Reading Hackers targeting key actors in vaccine supply chain
Hackers are targeting key actors in the coronavirus vaccine supply chain as distribution gets underway, according to new warnings by the Department…
Continue Reading Jake Tapper to interview Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in first joint interview since winning election
CNN’s Jake Tapper will interview President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Thursday in their first joint interview…
Continue Reading Republicans brace for Trump rally in Georgia ahead of January runoffs
Georgia Republicans are increasingly worried about President Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday for the two Senate runoff races, as some brace…
Continue Reading Stimulus talks: Everyone wants a deal but it’s unclear if a bipartisan plan will deliver, even with Democratic leader support
Stimulus talks are as real as they have been in months right now, with Democratic leaders’ embrace of the bipartisan group’s framework on…
Continue Reading Harris assembles staff as she builds her vice presidential portfolio
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is constructing the key team of senior staffers who will accompany her to the White House, announcing Thursday the…
Continue Reading Georgia’s Republican secretary of state says faith and past personal tragedies helped him weather the difficult election season
As President Donald Trump and other Republicans pushed false claims of widespread voter fraud in the weeks following the presidential election,…
Continue Reading Pompeo is hosting holiday parties at the State Department amid coronavirus spikes
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has invited hundreds of guests to the State Department for holiday receptions in the coming weeks despite warnings…
Continue Reading Supreme Court’s liberals face a new era of conservative dominance
Progressives led by President-elect Joe Biden will soon take over the White House, but at the Supreme Court, liberalism has reached a historically…
Continue Reading Democrats seek disciplinary investigation for Trump lawyer who called for violence against former election cybersecurity official
Congressional Democrats on Wednesday asked the DC Bar’s Office of Disciplinary Counsel to open an investigation into an attorney for the Trump…
Continue Reading Biden team weighs North Korea policy as the era of Trump’s ‘love’ letters with Kim ends
President-elect Joe Biden’s foreign policy team will soon have access to the letters President Donald Trump exchanged with North Korean Leader…
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