Kamala Harris will lead Biden administration’s efforts on voting rights, President says
President Joe Biden announced Vice President Kamala Harris will lead his administration’s efforts on voting rights in a speech Tuesday on the…
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FBI agent charged with the attempted murder of man onboard Washington, DC-area subway system
An FBI agent who shot a fellow passenger onboard a Washington, DC, Metro train line in December was arrested on Tuesday for attempted murder,…
Continue Reading Pentagon reviewing policy that could open door to Pride flags being displayed at bases
The Pentagon is reviewing a policy instituted last year that limits which flags can be displayed at military bases. The review comes as Pride Month…
Continue Reading These people want to get back to work but can’t — and fear losing $300-a-week benefits will spell financial disaster
Once she became fully vaccinated in April, Lindsey Bates wanted to get back to work. A restaurant server with more than 20 years of experience, she…
Continue Reading Biden meets with survivors on 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
TULSA, Oklahoma — President Joe Biden visited Oklahoma on Tuesday to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre and announced new…
Continue Reading House Democrats introduce legislation to protect military dependents who are transgender
Rep. Jimmy Panetta of California and 40 other House Democrats introduced legislation on Tuesday that would prevent military service members with…
Continue Reading Nikki Fried, only statewide elected Democrat in Florida, enters race for governor
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried on Tuesday announced a run for governor, setting up a primary between the only statewide-elected…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t review $2 billion verdict against Johnson & Johnson in talc powder case
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it won’t review a lower court opinion that awarded a $2 billion verdict in a case brought by a group of…
Continue Reading Obamacare, LGBTQ rights, voting laws in play during Supreme Court’s final month
The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions…
Continue Reading Vice President Harris’ team tries to distance her from fraught situation at the border
WASHINGTON, DC — In the weeks since the President asked her to take charge of immigration from Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris…
Continue Reading Anti-gun-violence activist Kina Collins announces primary challenge to Illinois Democrat Danny Davis
Gun violence prevention activist Kina Collins announced Tuesday that she is launching a new Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Danny Davis in…
Continue Reading House Democrats are still pursuing Trump’s tax returns but Biden administration may not play ball
After notching recent wins in their long hunt for material to help bring legal accountability to former President Donald Trump, congressional…
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New Mexico congressional race tests effectiveness of GOP’s attacks on police reform proposals
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A special congressional election in New Mexico on Tuesday poses an early test of whether Republicans’ strategy…
Continue Reading President and first lady thank National Guard after troops leave US Capitol
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday thanked the National Guard troops who were deployed at the US Capitol for the past several…
Continue Reading Biden proclaims day of remembrance on 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
President Joe Biden on Monday issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when hundreds of Black Americans…
Continue Reading Read: President Biden’s proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre
President Joe Biden released a proclamation for a day of remembrance for the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, calling on the American…
Continue Reading Biden honors fallen service members on Memorial Day
ARLINGTON, Virginia — President Joe Biden honored those who died serving in the military in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on…
Continue Reading Texas Dems leave House floor, blocking passage of restrictive voting bill
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans’ push to enact a slew of new voting restrictions was stymied — at least for now — by Democrats…
Continue Reading Men’s group and ACLU urge Supreme Court to hear challenge to male-only military draft
The Supreme Court will decide as early as this week whether to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the…
Continue Reading New defendants charged in Oath Keepers conspiracy case
The Justice Department has added four new defendants to the federal criminal conspiracy case against Oath Keepers who allegedly prepared for and took…
Continue Reading Gillibrand calls on Schumer to bring vote on bill to change how military sexual assault cases are prosecuted
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring to the floor a vote on a bipartisan bill that…
Continue Reading Biden says he will bring up human rights abuses with Putin during meeting next month
President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will discuss human rights abuses with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Switzerland next…
Continue Reading Buttigieg: There needs to be ‘a clear direction’ on infrastructure talks by June 7
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be “a clear direction” on infrastructure talks by the time…
Continue Reading For Biden, the White House is ‘a Monday-through-Friday kind of place’
Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to…
Continue Reading Education Department rescinds Trump-era policy restricting state oversight of student loan servicing companies and debt collectors
The Department of Education under the Biden administration is rescinding a Trump-era policy that restricted states’ access to records and…
Continue Reading Rising crime in New York has gripped the mayoral race. Eric Adams says he alone can fix it.
For the first few months of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the campaign seemed to be trundling along in search of a defining…
Continue Reading New Covid-19 origination intelligence push aimed at elevating scientific analysis
The intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene may be politically safe, but her conservative Georgia constituents have concerns about her tactics
Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned herself into one of the most visible Republicans in the country — stoking an endless stream of controversies…
Continue Reading Longtime White House butler retiring after 47 years of service
After four decades, William “Buddy” Carter — one of the longest serving White House butlers — is set to retire at the end of…
Continue Reading American detained in Russia with Covid-19 has not been able to speak to family, they say
The parents of Trevor Reed, an American imprisoned in Russia who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said Friday that neither they nor the US…
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