Biden condemns arrest of detained Belarusian dissident journalist
President Joe Biden on Monday lambasted Belarus’ sudden grounding of a commercial flight and subsequent arrest of onboard dissident journalist…
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Negotiators optimistic for policing overhaul on eve of George Floyd anniversary
The two lead Senate negotiators behind legislation to overhaul the nation’s policing laws expressed new optimism Monday, on the eve of a…
Continue Reading Texas’ Cornyn, other top Republicans dig in over Jan. 6 commission bill, plan to filibuster
WASHINGTON, DC — Texas Sen. John Cornyn was clear in February: Congress should establish a 9/11-style outside commission to investigate the…
Continue Reading Ex-WH counsel McGahn agrees to testify before House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors, likely next week
Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee after House Democrats and the Justice…
Continue Reading Lawyers say Ft. Bliss ‘warehousing’ migrant kids by the thousands
FORT BLISS, Texas — The shelter at Fort Bliss feels more like a warehouse, according to people who have been there, with rows and rows of bunk…
Continue Reading Stephanie Murphy passes on Florida Senate run in 2022
Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a rising Democratic star who was seriously considering challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio next year for his seat,…
Continue Reading US Navy introduces incentives for sailors to get vaccinated
The Navy became the first branch in the US military to issue service-wide incentives for sailors to get vaccinated against Covid-19, including…
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Alabama governor signs bill banning Covid-19 vaccine passports
Alabama Republican Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday signed a bill into law banning the use of so-called vaccine passports in the state. The law, which went…
Continue Reading Supreme Court denies hearing to Missouri death row inmate requesting a firing squad
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Monday against a Missouri death row inmate suffering from a brain tumor who sought to have his execution carried out by…
Continue Reading New information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins
A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be…
Continue Reading Key impeachment witness sues Pompeo over $1.8 million in unpaid legal fees
President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, is suing former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US…
Continue Reading Biden to bolster extreme weather preparation funding during FEMA visit
President Joe Biden is expected to scale up his administration’s investment in extreme weather preparation when he makes a visit to the Federal…
Continue Reading Another ballot audit set to move ahead in Fulton County, Georgia, as judge rules absentee ballots can be unsealed
Yet another ballot audit is set to move ahead in Georgia’s most populous county after a judge ruled Friday that absentee ballots could be…
Continue Reading Biden administration allocates $200 million to support survivors of domestic violence
The Biden administration announced on Monday it is allocating $200 million from the American Rescue Plan to support services for survivors of…
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Florida becomes the 23rd GOP-led state to end $300-a-week pandemic unemployment benefits
Florida will stop paying jobless residents the $300-a-week federal boost to unemployment benefits on June 26, the state’s Department of…
Continue Reading Rep. Lucy McBath is living her son’s legacy
Rep. Lucy McBath vividly remembers having “the talk” with her teenage son Jordan in 2012 after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and…
Continue Reading Bipartisan talks over infrastructure deal on the brink of crumbling days before deadline
Bipartisan talks over a cornerstone infrastructure package sit on the brink of falling apart completely just days before a White House-imposed…
Continue Reading Charles Rangel Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former US Congressman Charles Rangel, who represented New York from 1971 to 2017. Personal Birth date: June 11,…
Continue Reading Trump administration didn’t provide some separated parents the opportunity to bring their children as they were deported, new watchdog report says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported some parents between July 2017 and July 2018 without giving them the opportunity to bring their…
Continue Reading Biden adviser: President will ‘change course’ in infrastructure talks if inaction seems inevitable
White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond said Sunday that President Joe Biden will “change course” on his massive infrastructure bill…
Continue Reading Blinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinians
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
Continue Reading Blinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
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National Guard troops will leave US Capitol on Sunday
National Guard troops who have been deployed at the US Capitol over the past four months will be leaving Sunday, said the man tasked with leading a…
Continue Reading Ex-Trump ambassador says former President ‘absolutely’ bears responsibility for January 6 riot
A former Republican senator and member of Donald Trump’s administration said Sunday that he thinks the ex-President bears some responsibility…
Continue Reading Biden to host George Floyd’s family from Houston on anniversary of his death
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden will host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of his…
Continue Reading ‘I stay up nights’: Afghans working for US worry about their future after Biden withdrawal announcement
Khan’s family is under threat, he’s no longer going to his job site, and he’s swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to…
Continue Reading Biden administration grants humanitarian protections to Haitians in the US
The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision…
Continue Reading How federal prosecutors are pursuing Rudy Giuliani
After being under investigation by federal prosecutors for more than two years, Rudy Giuliani got a glimpse late last month of the possible charge…
Continue Reading Wyoming state senator running against Cheney for House seat reveals he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
A Republican Wyoming state senator who’s running against US Rep. Liz Cheney for her House seat told a local newspaper he impregnated a…
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