5 takeaways from Day 3 of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial
On Thursday, the House impeachment managers wrapped up their case for the conviction of Donald Trump for inciting the US Capitol riot on January 6,…
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Pelosi introduces legislation to grant Congress’ highest honor to police who protected Capitol during insurrection
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi introduced legislation on Thursday to grant the Congressional Gold Medal to US Capitol Police officers and law enforcement…
Continue Reading Trump is already shaping the 2022 Senate battle
The 2022 election cycle could extend the Republican Party’s embrace of former President Donald Trump, despite the fears of some Republicans who…
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Biden decree brings end to Trump ’emergency’ to build border wall
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden has officially ended the “national emergency” that President Donald Trump declared in order to take…
Continue Reading Impeachment managers are finishing their case against Trump at Senate trial
House impeachment managers charged Thursday that the insurrectionists carried out their attack on the US Capitol on behalf of former President Donald…
Continue Reading House Del. Stacey Plaskett makes history at Senate impeachment trial
When lead House impeachment manager Jamie Raskin introduced Stacey Plaskett at the Senate trial of former President Donald Trump, he highlighted the…
Continue Reading White House meeting with airline execs as it considers testing domestic travelers for Covid
The White House is holding a meeting with major airline executives on Friday amid industry uproar over the possibility of testing domestic travelers…
Continue Reading Former Republican officials float possibility of forming ‘center-right’ party
A group of more than 100 former Republican officials have discussed the possibility of forming a “center right” party due to their…
Continue Reading Biden’s 100-day plan to reopen schools meets with a messy reality
President Joe Biden’s pledge to reopen most American schools within his first 100 days in office is in danger of going off the rails as…
Continue Reading White House now says Biden ‘will not rest until every school is open five days a week’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday that President Joe Biden’s goal is to have schools open five days a week in-person, but…
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Biden to rollback Trump-era policy on migrants at Mexican border
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is preparing plans for the gradual entry of migrants forced to remain in Mexico under a controversial…
Continue Reading McCarthy defends attending his son’s wedding amid peak of pandemic in December
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to attend his son’s wedding in California in early December amid the resurgence…
Continue Reading Biden administration extends fair housing protections to LGBTQ Americans
Protections under the Fair Housing Act will now cover LGBTQ Americans, the Biden administration announced Thursday, a move that allows the federal…
Continue Reading What is ‘incitement’ — and what does it mean for Trump’s impeachment defense?
The allegation of “incitement” is central to the impeachment case House Democrats are making against former President Donald Trump…
Continue Reading Impeachment managers slated to wrap up their case against Trump at Senate trial
House impeachment managers will finish arguing their case on Thursday that former President Donald Trump incited an insurrection one day after they…
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Prosecution wraps up case against Trump, implores Senate to convict
LIVE BLOG: The latest details on the Donald Trump impeachment trial WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. House Democrats prosecuting Donald…
Continue Reading Biden speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping for first time as President
President Joe Biden spoke with China’s President Xi Jinping for two hours late Wednesday, their first call since Biden took office. “Last…
Continue Reading GOP senators signal they plan to acquit Trump despite visceral presentation by House Democrats
The House impeachment managers presented senators with videos of their colleagues fleeing a pro-Trump mob, which breached the US Capitol shouting…
Continue Reading The impeachment trial’s virtual reality
Before former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, many Capitol Hill Republicans had argued it was futile to force them to relive the…
Continue Reading Building the big one: Behind the scenes of Biden’s $1.9 trillion bet
On January 5, as results came in from the Senate runoff election in Georgia, the texts between President-elect Joe Biden’s senior staff went…
Continue Reading Lindsey Graham has a very bad take on the Senate impeachment trial
Minutes after the second day of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial concluded Wednesday night, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham…
Continue Reading Biden to meet with senators on infrastructure amid Trump’s impeachment trial
President Joe Biden on Thursday will meet with a bipartisan group of senators to discuss rebuilding America’s infrastructure, a show of how the…
Continue Reading Former Republican officials float possibility of forming conservative party
A group of more than 100 former Republican officials have discussed the possibility of forming a conservative party due to their unhappiness with the…
Continue Reading State Dept. planning Blinken’s first international trips in mid-to-late March
The State Department is planning Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s first international trips in mid-to-late March, two sources familiar with…
Continue Reading Trump advisers say he hasn’t shown remorse for the insurrection and relationship with Pence remains damaged
Advisers to former President Donald Trump say he still has not expressed remorse for the siege at the US Capitol, which could end up being important…
Continue Reading New details on Capitol’s day of terror are devastating indictment of Trump
Impeachment prosecutors took senators on a wrenching journey inside the horror of the US Capitol insurrection, making a devastating case that Donald…
Continue Reading Biden administration is ‘not where we want to be’ on genetic sequencing of Covid-19 variants
With coronavirus variants posing a serious threat to President Joe Biden’s efforts to contain the pandemic, a Biden official tells CNN that the…
Continue Reading Use of troops in vaccination effort is off to a slow start
The Biden administration’s rollout out of active-duty troops to boost vaccination capacity is off to a slow start as the Federal Emergency…
Continue Reading Biden announces US will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders following coup
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the United States will sanction Myanmar’s military leaders after last week’s coup in the…
Continue Reading Trump unhappy with his impeachment attorney’s performance, sources say
Former President Donald Trump was unhappy with his impeachment lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening argument on the Senate floor Tuesday, two people…
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