Senate set to confirm Buttigieg and Mayorkas
The Senate is on track to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary and Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday.…
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Read: Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue Reading Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s a survivor of sexual assault while describing trauma of Capitol insurrection
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live broadcast Monday night that she is a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasio-Cortez…
Continue Reading READ: Excerpts from Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue Reading Biden administration debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’
The Biden administration is engaged in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have…
Continue Reading Comparing the Biden and GOP stimulus plans
President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. The President last month…
Continue Reading When will Biden ask the Supreme Court to uphold Obamacare?
President Joe Biden has been in office for less than two weeks, but a looming question is when, not whether, his Justice Department will change the…
Continue Reading McConnell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s views are a ‘cancer’ for the GOP
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday issued a tacit rebuke of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, slamming the Georgia…
Continue Reading An estimated 29 million people would lose out on stimulus payments under GOP proposal
The Republican counterproposal on coronavirus relief unveiled Monday would potentially leave out 29 million middle- and upper-income earners who…
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Investigators recommend no charges for Capitol Police officer accused of killing pro-Trump rioter
WASHINGTON, DC — Investigators have recommended that prosecutors decline to bring charges against a U.S. Capitol Police officer in the shooting…
Continue Reading Congressional Democrats view bipartisan plan as low priority for Covid-19 relief
Democrats on Capitol Hill are willing to give President Joe Biden the opportunity to secure Republican support for his broad Covid-19 relief package,…
Continue Reading Pelosi and Schumer say US Capitol Police officer killed during insurrection will lie in honor at Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Friday that the body of US Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick…
Continue Reading Rep. Tim Ryan is laying the groundwork on a Senate bid in Ohio
Rep. Tim Ryan is laying the groundwork for a run at Ohio’s open Senate seat, a source familiar with his plans tells CNN, with the congressman…
Continue Reading Investigators recommend no charges for US Capitol Police officer accused of killing pro-Trump rioter during insurrection
Investigators have recommended that prosecutors decline to bring charges against a US Capitol Police officer in the shooting of a pro-Trump rioter…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Liz Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump’s impeachment
Rep. Liz Cheney, under fire from former President Donald Trump and his staunchest defenders, is picking up support from some influential Republicans…
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DHS says undocumented immigrants should get coronavirus vaccines
WASHINGTON, DC — Undocumented immigrants should get coronavirus vaccines, the Biden administration said Monday, adding that federal authorities…
Continue Reading Fauci: US Covid-19 vaccine distribution will ‘get better very quickly’
Dr. Anthony Fauci vowed Monday evening that US Covid-19 vaccine distribution will “get better very quickly” as the Biden administration…
Continue Reading Biden freeze hits two Trump drug price rules
A freeze by the new Biden administration on Trump-era regulations will hit at least two rules aimed at lowering drug prices, including one dealing…
Continue Reading 31 Florida counties agree to settle legal fight over Spanish-language ballots
Nearly half of Florida’s counties have agreed to provide Spanish-language assistance and materials to voters after a years-long legal battle.…
Continue Reading Trump names two new lawyers for impeachment trial a day after his defense team collapsed
Former President Donald Trump’s office announced that David Schoen and Bruce L. Castor, Jr. will now head the legal team for his second…
Continue Reading Here’s what budget reconciliation is (and why it matters for Biden’s stimulus)
As President Joe Biden pursues a bipartisan Covid-19 relief deal, Senate Democrats are laying the groundwork for passing relief without any…
Continue Reading Biden and Netanyahu’s decades-long friendship faces new test after Israel’s Prime Minister went all in for Trump
US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been friends, allies and partners in a relationship that has spanned nearly…
Continue Reading White House defends size of $1.9 trillion Covid-19 proposal ahead of meeting with GOP senators
Hours before President Joe Biden was set to meet with a group of Republican senators proposing a drastically slimmer coronavirus relief package than…
Continue Reading White House reached out to Manchin after Harris’ West Virginia interview
The White House called Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after Vice President Kamala Harris conducted interviews with West Virginia media, according to a…
Continue Reading Virginia Republicans’ search for a standard-bearer is a key test of post-Trump GOP in upcoming governor’s race
As Republicans search for a path forward following Donald Trump’s defeat and the party’s loss of power in Washington, many are looking…
Continue Reading White House cautions providers against holding back vaccine doses
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration expressed concern on Monday that health care providers could essentially be hoarding Covid-19 vaccine…
Continue Reading Department of Homeland Security stuck in neutral while awaiting confirmation vote for Mayorkas
The delay in confirming President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary has left the department without clear direction as it confronts a…
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White House open to negotiation on Covid relief, but rejects GOP counter offer as insufficient
WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden is open to some negotiation on his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package, a senior administration official…
Continue Reading Homeland Security gives TSA workers authority to enforce Biden’s mask mandate
The Department of Homeland Security said Sunday that Transportation Security Administration workers now have the authority to enforce President Joe…
Continue Reading Republican campaign committees ask FEC to allow lawmakers to use campaign donations for bodyguards
Amid heightened concern about lawmaker safety, officials with the Republican congressional campaign arms have asked federal election regulators…
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