Colonial Pipeline CEO grilled on Capitol Hill after crippling ransomware attack
WASHINGTON, DC — Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount told lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday it was the “right decision” to halt…
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They survived one of the worst school shootings in American history. Now they’re graduating.
They both fidget while they talk, like any teenager would when being questioned in front of multiple cameras. One jokes about her imperfect manicure.…
Continue Reading Senate report reveals new details about security failures ahead of January 6 attack but omits Trump’s role
A new Senate report reveals previously unknown details about the stunning security breakdowns ahead of the January 6 US Capitol attack, including a…
Continue Reading What’s in the China competitiveness bill?
A sweeping piece of legislation countering China’s growing economic influence is expected to pass the Senate this week with bipartisan support…
Continue Reading Biden task force prepares to reunite 29 migrant families separated at border under Trump
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing to reunite 29 migrant families who were separated at the US-Mexico border under…
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READ: Bipartisan Senate report investigating January 6 Capitol attack
A Senate report released Tuesday reveals previously unknown details about the stunning security breakdowns ahead of the January 6 US Capitol attack,…
Continue Reading Virginia Democrats to decide direction of party with gubernatorial nominee pick in Tuesday’s primary
Virginia Democrats will help answer a key question about the power of progressives am this timeid a Joe Biden administration on Tuesday when they…
Continue Reading New Jersey Republicans weigh loyalty to Trump in Tuesday’s gubernatorial primary
Republicans in New Jersey will choose Tuesday between an establishment-backed candidate for governor who would prefer to avoid the topic of former…
Continue Reading Harris faces first major diplomatic test
Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the first major diplomatic test of her vice presidency as she looks to tackle the root causes of migration…
Continue Reading Wall Street Journal: Prosecutors subpoena material related to Gov. Cuomo’s pandemic leadership book
Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed material related to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s book about leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic, people…
Continue Reading DOJ ends policy that prohibited federal officers from using body-worn cameras
The Justice Department will require federal agents to wear and activate cameras whenever encountering the public “during pre-planned law…
Continue Reading DOJ argues it should substitute for Trump as defendant in E. Jean Carroll lawsuit
The Justice Department argued in a brief filed Monday that it should be permitted to substitute itself for former President Donald Trump as defendant…
Continue Reading Biden invites Ukrainian President to White House in July
President Joe Biden has invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit the White House this summer, national security adviser Jake Sullivan…
Continue Reading Senate Democrats scramble after Manchin upends key progressive priorities
Senate Democrats are openly frustrated with the immovable man in their caucus — Sen. Joe Manchin — and are now resigned to the likelihood…
Continue Reading Obama reflects on Becoming a Man program: ‘I understood what it means to be’ an outsider
Former President Barack Obama said his struggles early in life were “similar” to those of the young men he mentors in Chicago while…
Continue Reading Democrat calls Manchin ‘the new Mitch McConnell’ and says he is working to thwart Biden’s agenda
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Monday compared fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and said he is trying to…
Continue Reading Blinken says administration is ‘considering every option’ to assist Afghans who helped US but lawmakers are ‘frustrated’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the Biden administration is looking “at every possible contingency” to help thousands…
Continue Reading White House defends Biden-Putin summit, calling it ‘vital’ for defending American interests
The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva next week, saying…
Continue Reading Classified report with early support for lab leak theory reemerges as focal point for lawmakers digging into Covid-19 origins
A classified report drafted last year warning that the CovId-19 pandemic might have leaked from a lab in Wuhan has reemerged as a focal point with…
Continue Reading U.S. recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East…
Continue Reading While DC haggles over infrastructure package, backlogged bridge repairs cost drivers
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue Reading Stormy Daniels says she would ‘love’ to testify in Trump Organization probe
Stormy Daniels said Monday that she has not yet testified in a New York criminal probe into the Trump Organization but that she would “love…
Continue Reading Justice Department unveils 2 anti-gun violence proposals after another violent weekend
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that…
Continue Reading Justice Department unveils two anti-gun proposals after another violent weekend
Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that comes after another violent…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to male-only military draft
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the draft filed by a group…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes up case about FBI surveillance of mosque
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case next term brought by three Muslim men who seek to challenge the FBI, arguing that it unlawfully…
Continue Reading Biden has paused a public option. Nevada is about to try its own.
A federal public option isn’t happening anytime soon, so Nevada officials are creating their own. The Democratic-led state legislature recently…
Continue Reading Key week for infrastructure talks arrives as Biden’s agenda faces major obstacles in Congress
President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda faces a critical month ahead as he and congressional Democrats work to secure agreements with…
Continue Reading Video appears to show Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman explaining how to get inside state Capitol building
Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who is accused of allowing protesters into the closed state Capitol building while lawmakers were…
Continue Reading Rep. Mo Brooks served with lawsuit related to his role in Capitol insurrection
Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a lawsuit filed by California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell seeking to hold him partially accountable for…
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