When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a person familiar with the matter, who said it wasn’t clear there was any photographic documentation of the moment. That alone would have made it difficult for Trump to be included in
Continue Reading New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting political pressure on Thursday after the speaker of the state Assembly authorized the judiciary committee to begin an impeachment investigation and dozens of Democratic New York state lawmakers called for Cuomo to resign. For Cuomo, who is under fire in the wake of sexual harassment allegations and
Continue Reading Addressing a pandemic-worn nation a year after coronavirus brought life to a halt, President Joe Biden on Thursday offered a plan to lift the country from crisis using a pair of upcoming dates: May 1, by which he will order states to allow all adults to receive vaccines; and July 4, when he said Americans
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — The number of unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody continues to climb, reaching more than 3,700, many of them in jail-like facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border, CNN has learned. On Wednesday, U.S. Border Patrol apprehended nearly 800 unaccompanied migrant children, as of the latest count, according to a Homeland Security official
Continue Reading New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo was under renewed political pressure on Thursday after the speaker of the state Assembly authorized the judiciary committee to begin an impeachment investigation and dozens of Democratic New York state lawmakers called for Cuomo to resign. State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie made the decision after meeting with the Assembly
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion relief package represents one of the largest federal efforts to reduce poverty in the last half century. The massive legislation, which the President signed Thursday, provides aid to low-income Americans in numerous ways. Attention has focused on the third round of direct stimulus payments, but the bill also offers
Continue Reading Merrick Garland faces multiple crises to address and politically tough decisions to make as he belatedly takes the reins at the Justice Department as attorney general. He’ll try to heal a workforce that was battered during the Trump era, deliver on President Joe Biden‘s liberal priorities and campaign promises and oversee some of the most
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Embattled Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said he would give himself an “A” for his stewardship of the US Postal Service, despite what he has acknowledged were “unacceptable” mail and package delays during the peak holiday season. Faced with growing criticism of his handling of USPS operations, DeJoy was grilled during a congressional hearing Thursday about
Continue Reading The Biden administration on Thursday took the final step to end the controversial Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult for immigrants to obtain legal status if they use certain public benefits, such as Medicaid, food stamps and housing vouchers. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court dismissed a case concerning the “public charge” rule and
Continue Reading An alleged Oath Keeper charged in the Capitol riot was a driver for Roger Stone as part of his security detail at an event one day before the attack, an FBI agent testified Thursday. The FBI agent said at a federal court hearing that he reviewed video of Joshua James and other members of the
Continue Reading Transgender athletes in Mississippi’s public schools and colleges will no longer be allowed to compete in women’s sports after the state’s Republican governor on Thursday signed the first statewide anti-trans law of 2021. SB 2536 is the first anti-trans legislation to be approved by a governor this year, with similar bills percolating in statehouses across
Continue Reading The top Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services Committee are calling for a “measured drawdown” of National Guard troops in Washington, the first bipartisan request to reduce the security posture around the US Capitol and a clear sign that patience is running thin among lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. The statement
Continue Reading Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller believes former President Donald Trump’s speech on the morning of January 6 incited the rioters who stormed the US Capitol. “The question is would anybody have marched on the Capitol and overrun the Capitol without the President’s speech, I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened,
Continue Reading President Joe Biden will use his first evening address to the nation to open the next chapter of the coronavirus pandemic, taking stock of the worst year in recent memory while projecting hope the next one will be better. Fifty days into his term and at what officials describe as a critical juncture in the
Continue Reading President Joe Biden signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon. “This historic legislation is about rebuilding the backbone of this country and giving people in this nation, working people, middle class folks, people who built the country, a fighting chance,” Biden said in the Oval Office before signing
Continue Reading There’s a story President Joe Biden likes to tell about himself. It’s from a time when he was a first-term senator. He had objected angrily to some remarks from archconservative Sen. Jesse Helms, who was opposed to a proposal for broader rights for people with disabilities. Biden was furious, and let Senate Majority Leader Mike
Continue Reading Stacey Plaskett, a Black Democratic delegate, on Wednesday forcefully rebuked her White Republican colleague in the House of Representatives for accusing the Black Lives Matter movement of being a “group that doesn’t like the old-fashioned family,” a statement she derided as racist. In speaking against President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, Wisconsin GOP
Continue Reading President Joe Biden will sign his sweeping $1.9 trillion Covid-19 economic relief package into law on Thursday afternoon, the White House said. He had originally been expected to sign it on Friday. Congress on Wednesday passed the relief package, which has been Biden’s first and most pressing legislative priority since taking office in January. White
Continue Reading Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Xavier Becerra picked up the support of two crucial votes on Thursday, all but ensuring his eventual Senate confirmation. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Democrat and a Republican, announced they would vote to confirm Becerra despite their differences. Manchin said that even though
Continue Reading Multiple security failures, including a distracted gate guard, allowed an unauthorized man to illegally enter Joint Base Andrews in Maryland last month, where he roamed around for over five hours before boarding a C-40 military aircraft that’s part of a fleet frequently utilized by senior government leaders, according to a new report released Thursday by
Continue Reading The number of unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody continues to climb, reaching more than 3,700 on Wednesday, many of them in jail-like facilities along the US-Mexico border, CNN has learned. On Wednesday, Border Patrol apprehended nearly 700 unaccompanied migrant children, according to a Customs and Border Protection official, signaling an ongoing spike in
Continue Reading The House passed gun legislation that would expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, marking the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress. The House passed the legislation in two separate votes. The first vote on H.R. 8, the Bipartisan
Continue Reading An alleged member of an extremist group charged in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol insulted the US Capitol Police in a court filing Thursday, arguing that the breach of the congressional complex would not have happened if the police had “engaged in the level of strategic planning” that the rioters did. Thomas
Continue Reading One of the veterans charged in the Capitol insurrection worked in the Marine Corps unit responsible for transporting the president and operating his helicopter, Marine One, according to Pentagon records. Military records obtained by CNN show that John Andries served in the Marine Corps from 2004 to 2009 and was assigned to the Marine Helicopter
Continue Reading Months after former President Donald Trump and his allies in Congress attempted to overturn Arizona’s election results, Republicans in the state’s legislature are advancing a series of measures that would make it harder for some residents to vote. The bills are part of a push by Republican-controlled legislatures in several states to impose strict new
Continue Reading Lawmakers in both parties are expressing frustration over the extended fortification of Capitol Hill as tension between the need to address security failures of January 6 and restoring some to semblance of normalcy threatens to kick off a contentious debate over how to protect the Capitol complex. The thousands of National Guard troops still in
Continue Reading Here’s a look at the life of Jon Huntsman, former Utah Governor and 2012 Republican presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: March 26, 1960 Birth place: Palo Alto, California Birth name: Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. Father: Jon Meade Huntsman Sr., billionaire chemical magnate Mother: Karen (Haight) Huntsman Marriage: Mary Kaye Cooper (1983-present) Children: Asha Bharati, adopted
Continue Reading When President Joe Biden announced the US will end support for Saudi Arabia’s offensive operations in Yemen, Rep. Ro Khanna felt the decision was a vindication of a fight he’s been engaged in for years. In 2017, Khanna, a progressive Democrat from California, introduced a measure that came to be known as the Yemen War
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is expected to deliver his first prime-time address from the White House on Thursday night to commemorate the anniversary of the Covid-19 shutdown. The address is scheduled to air live at 8 p.m. ET. Biden says he plans to talk about the next steps to address the pandemic. “Tomorrow night, I’m going
Continue Reading New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration are facing renewed scrutiny for their handling of nursing homes in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic after reports last week that his top aides allegedly altered data to hide a higher death toll among the state’s nursing home residents. As the coronavirus infiltrated nursing homes
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