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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading White House drops price tag of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers but wide divide remains
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline tries to determine how DarkSide breached its network while interest in prevention spikes
Colonial Pipeline is still trying to narrow in on how its network was breached following a ransomware attack that resulted in the closing down of a…
Continue Reading Asian Americans emerged as an important voting bloc in 2020. Activists fear new voting restrictions could silence them
Democratic activist Cam Ashling pulled out the stops ahead of Georgia’s general election last year and its recent Senate runoffs. Her Georgia…
Continue Reading Here’s the truth about the labor shortage
There are countervailing storylines that complicate the pandemic recovery. Millions of Americans remain unemployed while companies big and small are…
Continue Reading Biden announces US to vaccinate 550,000 South Korean service members against Covid-19
The US will provide Covid-19 vaccinations for 550,000 South Korean service members who work in close contact with American forces, President Joe…
Continue Reading Biden meets South Korean President as he turns his focus toward East Asia
President Joe Biden met with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday for the second in-person meeting with a world leader of his…
Continue Reading Judge allows Dakota Access pipeline to continue operating during environmental review
A federal judge on Friday allowed the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating, concluding he did not have the authority to side…
Continue Reading Fact check: Four times Walensky’s comments were out of step with CDC guidance
Since the early days of her time as Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has made comments and claims…
Continue Reading How a once-bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Riot fell apart
It was the investigation that never was. After months of talk, the independent commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6 is now on…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in Biden’s counteroffer on infrastructure
Nearly two months after President Joe Biden laid out his massive plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, White House officials presented a…
Continue Reading Here are the 63 Republicans who voted against the anti-Asian hate crimes bill
When the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
Continue Reading Democrats searching for a path forward on stalled voting rights bill
Senate Democrats will huddle privately next week to continue their internal deliberations over how to advance a sweeping voting rights, government…
Continue Reading White House partners with dating apps to encourage Covid vaccinations
Starting this week, the White House is hoping Americans swipe right for Covid vaccines, partnering with a series of prominent dating apps to offer…
Continue Reading White House reduces cost of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Commission reviewing military base names to visit West Point next week
The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the…
Continue Reading Trump and his allies seize on small New Hampshire town’s vote discrepancies to push lies about election outcome
A local clash over the audit of state legislative vote totals in a New Hampshire town of 14,000 has turned into one of the flashpoints in the…
Continue Reading Daniel Hernandez, former Gabby Giffords intern who helped save her life, is running for Congress
The intern who helped save former US Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords in the minutes after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting…
Continue Reading Trump planning rallies in Ohio and Florida this summer
Former President Donald Trump plans to resume his signature campaign-style rallies in a series of battleground states this summer as he inches closer…
Continue Reading When do student loan payments restart?
Federal student loan payments are set to resume on October 1, after an unprecedented 19-month suspension that was put in place to provide financial…
Continue Reading More than 70 officers have left force since January 6, Capitol Police union says
More than 70 rank-and-file United States Capitol Police officers have resigned or retired since the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol building,…
Continue Reading Biden meeting South Korean President as he turns his focus toward East Asia
President Joe Biden is set to meet with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday, the second in-person meeting with a world…
Continue Reading Supreme Court enters a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing
Supreme Court justices have long criticized each other’s legal reasoning, but they are increasingly impugning their colleagues’ motives…
Continue Reading Florida Gov. DeSantis hints at future plans: ‘I have only begun to fight’
The applause for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from a ballroom full of Republican activists was loud and long — and it happened before the Florida…
Continue Reading Biden administration unable to continue $300 weekly pandemic unemployment benefits that GOP governors are slashing
The Labor Department has exhausted its options for continuing to pay an extra $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits to jobless people in the…
Continue Reading Biden’s plan to slash child poverty depends on whether the IRS can find those who need the cash most
President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to send families with kids thousands more dollars starting in July could slash child poverty in half…
Continue Reading Lawsuit aims to force Missouri governor to enact voter-approved Medicaid expansion
The battle to expand Medicaid in Missouri has now shifted to the courtroom. A lawsuit was filed Thursday to force GOP Gov. Mike Parson to expand…
Continue Reading Labor secretary denies he knew about domestic violence allegations against Boston police commissioner he appointed while mayor
Labor Secretary Martin Walsh has denied he was aware of domestic violence allegations against the Boston Police commissioner when he appointed him to…
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