Family of Iranian Americans held in Iran worry they will be left behind again
Babak Namazi, whose brother and father are detained in Iran, is living in fear that his family members could be left behind again as the Biden…
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Garland announces 6 steps DOJ is taking to improve efforts to combat hate crimes
The Justice Department is taking six immediate steps to improve its efforts to combat the spike in hate crimes, Attorney General Merrick Garland…
Continue Reading Idaho lieutenant governor signs ban on mask mandates while governor is out of state
Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin issued an executive order on Thursday banning mask mandates while Gov. Brad Little was unaware and out of town.…
Continue Reading Top Wisconsin GOP lawmaker hires retired police to probe 2020 election
The top Republican in Wisconsin’s state Assembly is hiring retired police officers to investigate November’s election, joining a growing…
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Homeland Security says commemorations of Tulsa race massacre could be target for White supremacists
The Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin warning that events associated with the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre could be…
Continue Reading Biden blasts Republicans for touting Covid relief funds they voted against: ‘Some people have no shame’
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized Republican lawmakers who have touted parts of the Covid-19 economic relief law that benefit their…
Continue Reading Energy Secretary sells off Proterra stock for $1.6 million
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently sold off stock in an electric vehicle company, a department spokesman said, divesting her interest after…
Continue Reading ACLU urges Biden administration to offer Covid-19 vaccine to detained immigrants
The American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Biden administration to provide Covid-19 vaccine access to immigrants in detention, citing the rapid…
Continue Reading Republican governors face the Trump litmus test as elections approach
Donald Trump is causing a headache for the Republican Governors Association. Inside the GOP, the former President’s hostility toward…
Continue Reading GOP counters Biden’s infrastructure plan with $928 billion offer as President’s adviser slams opposition
Senate Republicans made a $928 billion counteroffer to President Joe Biden’s sweeping infrastructure proposal Thursday morning as one of the…
Continue Reading Prosecutors announce fresh charges against ‘Maga Caravan’ leader, others in January 6 insurrection
The self-proclaimed leader of the “Maga Caravan,” which led dozens of vehicles to Washington, DC, to a rally held by former President…
Continue Reading The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2022
The midterm elections are still 18 months away, but the fight for control of the Senate is already shaping what gets done in the nation’s…
Continue Reading Jewish House Democrats reference Greene and some progressives in concerns over uptick in anti-Semitism incidents
A group of Democratic House members who are Jewish are calling on President Joe Biden to address a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the US amid a…
Continue Reading Mother of fallen Capitol Police officer wants to meet with GOP senators ahead of commission vote
The mother of fallen US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who had asked to meet with GOP senators, will meet with at least 15 of them Thursday…
Continue Reading Harris to announce private sector investments in Northern Triangle
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday will announce commitments from 12 private companies and organizations to invest in the Northern Triangle, a…
Continue Reading White House to propose $6 trillion budget for 2022
The White House on Friday will propose a $6 trillion budget for the 2022 fiscal year, a senior administration official tells CNN, as President Joe…
Continue Reading Top Biden adviser attacks GOP infrastructure opposition and seeks to rally Democratic support in internal memo
One of President Joe Biden’s closest advisers is rallying allies to embrace White House proposals that have come under sharp criticism from…
Continue Reading Pentagon examining how to evacuate thousands who worked for US from Afghanistan
The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for the potential evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals whose work for the US could make them…
Continue Reading Democrats fight to keep up with the changing landscape of political disinformation
Democrats are bracing for a deluge of disinformation in next year’s midterm elections, and they view leading Republicans, not foreign actors or…
Continue Reading Civil rights groups sue West Virginia over new anti-trans sports bill
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging West Virginia’s new anti-trans sports law, arguing that the measure banning…
Continue Reading ‘They think we’re like servants’: Inside the fractured relationship between the Capitol Police and members of Congress
In the weeks after the January 6 riot, Capitol Police officers were shell-shocked and wounded, both physically and psychologically. They’d been…
Continue Reading New DHS directive will require critical pipelines to comply with federal cybersecurity measures
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including…
Continue Reading Democratic congressman stresses risk of not investigating Capitol attack: ‘We have a domestic terror movement in America’
Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and veteran who helped comfort other lawmakers during the US Capitol insurrection, said Wednesday evening…
Continue Reading Judge says Trump’s ‘steady drumbeat’ of the Big Lie could continue to inspire his supporters to take up arms
A federal judge on Wednesday wrote that Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from him could still inspire…
Continue Reading Obama says ‘institutional role’ constrained his comments on Ferguson and Trayvon Martin cases while President
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his…
Continue Reading Changes to qualified immunity in policing deal face Senate GOP resistance
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are objecting to changing protections police currently enjoy from civil lawsuits, underscoring the…
Continue Reading Man charged with threatening to kill Biden and others in bizarre texts
A New Mexico man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and others in text messages he sent to people in…
Continue Reading Police accountability provisions hold up reform while activists grow frustrated
President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal…
Continue Reading Biden and Congress face increasing pressure from some Black leaders to enact police reform
President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal…
Continue Reading ‘Enough’: Biden calls for action on guns in wake of San Jose shooting
President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to “take immediate action” on gun legislation in the wake of a shooting in San Jose,…
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