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A bipartisan group of lawmakers announced a plan to overhaul the way the US military responds to sexual assault cases, arguing it’s time to change the way the cases are prosecuted to finally change a pervasive culture within the ranks of the US military. On Thursday, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and

Jill Biden has no time for dawdling; she has work to do. At a vaccine clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last week, sensing hesitancy from a woman waiting to get her first shot, the first lady spoke up: “It’s, like, so fast.” The woman said she was scared, so Biden went to stand next to

President Joe Biden pledged his support for transgender Americans during his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, telling members of the community he’s standing by them at a time when they face a barrage of attacks by GOP-led state legislatures. “I also hope Congress will get to my desk the Equality Act

Federal prosecutors unveiled new charges on Wednesday against three men who have been accused in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. Adam Fox, 40, Barry Croft, 45, and Daniel Joseph Harris, 23, were charged with knowingly conspiring to use weapons of mass destruction,

Brendan Hunt — whose father is a retired judge and who allegedly threatened the lives of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — was found guilty of one count of threatening to assault or murder US officials by a jury in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday, according to

After several hours of contentious debate, the Republican-controlled Florida House passed its version of a controversial bill that would add new restrictions to the voting process. The bill, SB 90, passed on a party-line vote of 77-40 on Wednesday. The bill now goes back to the Senate with a slew of changes, after the House

President Joe Biden spoke directly to working- and middle-class Americans who “feel left behind and forgotten” in a rapidly changing economy in his first address to a joint session of Congress, promising that his ambitious economic and infrastructure plans amounted to a “blue-collar blueprint to build America.” Addressing many of the voters who abandoned the

About half of Americans who watched President Joe Biden’s address to Congress had a very positive reaction to the speech, and 71% said they walked away feeling more optimistic about the country’s direction, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. By a wide margin, speech-watchers said that Biden’s policy proposals would move the country

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina criticized President Joe Biden and argued he is failing to deliver on his promises in the GOP rebuttal to the President’s first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday evening. “President Biden promised you a specific kind of leadership,” Scott said in his remarks. “He promised to

President Joe Biden made a sweeping case Wednesday for massive new programs that would transform the government’s role in Americans’ lives, claiming nothing less than the future of the country is at stake as he delivered his first address to Congress. Coming later than usual, on the eve of his 100th day in office, Biden

President Joe Biden, addressing a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night for the first time, called for America to overcome division as he spoke in the building that was overrun during a violent insurrection months before. And he sought to build on the trust he engendered by accelerating the nation’s response to the Covid-19

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed into law a measure that prohibits transgender girls and women in the state from competing on sports teams at “any public secondary school or state institution of higher education.” The law, which cleared the state’s Republican-led legislature in recent weeks, states that such teams must be designated

President Joe Biden will address a joint session of Congress for the first time on Wednesday evening and is expected to tout his administration’s accomplishments within his first 100 days in office and unveil key components of his next legislative push. Biden is expected to lay out parts of his American Families Plan, a roughly

President Joe Biden opened his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night by declaring that “America is on the move again.” The President, in his first prime-time speech to lawmakers, is hoping to build on the trust he engendered by accelerating the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to convince Americans

Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made history during President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress just by taking their seats — marking the first time two women would be sitting behind the President. Harris entered the House chamber Wednesday night to a round of applause for Biden’s first

President Joe Biden opened his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night by declaring that “America is on the move again.” The President, in his first prime-time speech to lawmakers, is hoping to build on the trust he engendered by accelerating the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic to convince Americans

Newly released police body-camera and surveillance video shows the chemical spray assault of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick and others during the riot on January 6. The videos were obtained by CNN and provide graphic new details into how the tense standoff between supporters of former President Donald Trump and law enforcement deteriorated within seconds

President Joe Biden has moved fast since his January 20 swearing-in, signing a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill into law less than two months into his term and issuing more executive orders so far than his three predecessors. Those efforts have paid off, with the administration reaching the milestones of 200 million coronavirus shots delivered