Cruz faces backlash on social media after joking about flights resuming to Cancun
Sen. Ted Cruz is facing renewed backlash from users on Twitter after sharing a news alert from a local Texas station promoting the return of flights…
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Biden administration decides not to sanction company building controversial Russian gas pipeline
The Biden administration has decided against sanctioning the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, despite…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine acceptance rates lower among Black US military service members, military study finds
Black US military service members were 28% less likely to get an initial Covid-19 vaccine dose compared to White service members, according to a…
Continue Reading Michigan judge dismisses one of the last lawsuits claiming 2020 election fraud in the state
A Michigan judge dismissed an election fraud case Tuesday that state officials said was the last of the lawsuits challenging the 2020 election. The…
Continue Reading US reverses longstanding policy on citizenship for babies born overseas using reproductive technology
The State Department said Tuesday that it will now grant US citizenship to children born abroad to parents who used artificial reproductive…
Continue Reading House passes bill to counter rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Continue Reading Biden takes new electric F-150 for a test drive: ‘This sucker’s quick’
It’s not every day an American president gets to speed down a driving course in an electric pick-up truck trailed by Secret Service. But on…
Continue Reading Justice Department sought to unmask Devin Nunes parody Twitter account this year, court records show
The Justice Department was investigating threatening messages related to a parody Twitter account — @NunesAlt — that criticized Rep.…
Continue Reading Top Democrat reverses plan to send letter on Israel arms sale at urging of Biden administration
Rep. Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, is no longer expected to send a letter to the Biden administration calling for…
Continue Reading Biden mostly sticks to touting green energy and infrastructure during trip complicated by Middle East violence
President Joe Biden used his Tuesday visit to the critical battleground state of Michigan to tout his green energy and infrastructure plans, and…
Continue Reading Nevada GOP candidate for governor who hadn’t been vaccinated tests positive for coronavirus
Hours after launching his campaign for governor, a Nevada Republican who had not yet received the coronavirus vaccine said he had just tested…
Continue Reading Negotiators say they’re not adhering to a deadline for policing bill as Floyd anniversary looms
A bipartisan and bicameral group of congressional negotiators met again Tuesday as they try to craft a compromise bill overhauling the nation’s…
Continue Reading Negotiators say they’re not adhering to a deadline for policing bill as Floyd anniversary looms
A bipartisan and bicameral group of congressional negotiators met again Tuesday as they try to craft a compromise bill overhauling the nation’s…
Continue Reading Biden is going to Michigan to tout electric trucks. Violence in the Middle East may overshadow the trip.
President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to Michigan to promote his economic agenda has been on the White House’s calendar for weeks, but a…
Continue Reading Biden is going to Michigan to tout electric trucks. Violence in the Middle East may overshadow the trip.
President Joe Biden’s Tuesday visit to Michigan to promote his economic agenda has been on the White House’s calendar for weeks, but a…
Continue Reading LIST: House members who said they were vaccinated against Covid-19
Mask mandates may be being lifted across the country, but not in the United States House of Representatives. In a memo sent to members Monday, the…
Continue Reading Arizona Republicans move 2020 ballots in trucks after pausing controversial election audit
The first semi truck full of 2020 election ballots rolled slowly through the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Friday, past the “Crazy Times…
Continue Reading House to vote on bill to counter rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Continue Reading House to vote on bill to counter rise in anti-Asian hate crimes
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic. The…
Continue Reading Amy Klobuchar Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Amy Klobuchar, US senator from Minnesota and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: May 25, 1960…
Continue Reading Despite Joe Manchin’s latest pitch, voting rights bills remain imperiled in Congress. Here are the differences among them
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, issued a letter this week urging Congress to find a…
Continue Reading Giuliani, who urged Trump supporters to have ‘trial by combat,’ says he wasn’t literally calling for insurrection
Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani — who exhorted Trump supporters in Washington on the day of the Capitol riot to “have trial by combat”…
Continue Reading Rift grows within Democratic Party over Israeli-Palestinian conflict as violence intensifies
A number of congressional Democrats are ramping up pressure on the Biden administration to more forcefully engage on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Continue Reading Texas, Indiana and Oklahoma to drop $300 weekly federal boost to unemployment benefits
Texas, Indiana and Oklahoma will end early the $300 weekly federal boost to state unemployment payments, as well as two other pandemic jobless…
Continue Reading Biden administration notified Congress of $735 million weapons sale to Israel earlier this month, before violence began
The Biden administration notified Congress of a proposed US weapons sale to Israel worth $735 million earlier this month, according to two sources…
Continue Reading Biden ‘expressed his support for a ceasefire’ in call with Israeli Prime Minister, White House says
President Joe Biden voiced support for a ceasefire Monday as intensifying violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza entered a second week.…
Continue Reading Fighter jet intercepts small aircraft that violated Presidential Airspace over Delaware
A North American Aerospace Defense Command fighter jet intercepted a small aircraft that had violated Presidential airspace over Wilmington,…
Continue Reading Texas and Indiana to drop $300 weekly federal boost to unemployment benefits during pandemic
Texas and Indiana will end early the $300 weekly federal boost to state unemployment payments, as well as two other pandemic jobless benefits…
Continue Reading South Carolina governor signs bill adding firing squad as an option for executions
Republican South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Friday signed into law a bill allowing death row inmates to elect execution by electric chair or…
Continue Reading Biden developing pardon process with focus on racial justice, expected to issue acts of clemency before middle of term
The White House is currently in the process of reviewing clemency applications and has signaled that President Joe Biden, who views the pardon power…
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