Obama reflects on Becoming a Man program: ‘I understood what it means to be’ an outsider
Former President Barack Obama said his struggles early in life were “similar” to those of the young men he mentors in Chicago while…
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Abbott signs law to punish Texas businesses that require proof of Covid-19 vaccination
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their…
Continue Reading Democrat calls Manchin ‘the new Mitch McConnell’ and says he is working to thwart Biden’s agenda
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Monday compared fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and said he is trying to…
Continue Reading Blinken says administration is ‘considering every option’ to assist Afghans who helped US but lawmakers are ‘frustrated’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the Biden administration is looking “at every possible contingency” to help thousands…
Continue Reading White House defends Biden-Putin summit, calling it ‘vital’ for defending American interests
The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva next week, saying…
Continue Reading Classified report with early support for lab leak theory reemerges as focal point for lawmakers digging into Covid-19 origins
A classified report drafted last year warning that the CovId-19 pandemic might have leaked from a lab in Wuhan has reemerged as a focal point with…
Continue Reading U.S. recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East…
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While DC haggles over infrastructure package, backlogged bridge repairs cost drivers
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue Reading Stormy Daniels says she would ‘love’ to testify in Trump Organization probe
Stormy Daniels said Monday that she has not yet testified in a New York criminal probe into the Trump Organization but that she would “love…
Continue Reading DOJ seizes millions in ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department has recovered the majority of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment to hackers after a cyberattack that…
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Texas Republican leaders promised action on gun safety after the El Paso shooting; instead, they passed permit-less carry
AUSTIN, Texas — There was hope in the air when state lawmakers from El Paso arrived in Austin for the 2021 Texas Legislature. For them, this was…
Continue Reading Justice Department unveils 2 anti-gun violence proposals after another violent weekend
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that…
Continue Reading Justice Department unveils two anti-gun proposals after another violent weekend
Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that comes after another violent…
Continue Reading Cheney: Trump inciting January 6 riot ‘the most dangerous thing’ a president has done
Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney accused former President Donald Trump of having committed the worst violation of a president’s oath of…
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FDA approves 1st new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly 20 years
WASHINGTON, DC — Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding…
Continue Reading U.S. Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday that the government can block non-citizens who are in the U.S. under a program that…
Continue Reading Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to male-only military draft
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the draft filed by a group…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes up case about FBI surveillance of mosque
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case next term brought by three Muslim men who seek to challenge the FBI, arguing that it unlawfully…
Continue Reading Manchin defends bucking voting rights bill and digs in against eliminating the filibuster
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting…
Continue Reading Video appears to show GOP Oregon lawmaker telling protesters how to enter closed state Capitol
An Oregon state lawmaker who has been charged after he allegedly allowed protesters into the closed state Capitol building during a debate over…
Continue Reading Biden has paused a public option. Nevada is about to try its own.
A federal public option isn’t happening anytime soon, so Nevada officials are creating their own. The Democratic-led state legislature recently…
Continue Reading Key week for infrastructure talks arrives as Biden’s agenda faces major obstacles in Congress
President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda faces a critical month ahead as he and congressional Democrats work to secure agreements with…
Continue Reading Video appears to show Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman explaining how to get inside state Capitol building
Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who is accused of allowing protesters into the closed state Capitol building while lawmakers were…
Continue Reading Rep. Mo Brooks served with lawsuit related to his role in Capitol insurrection
Alabama GOP Rep. Mo Brooks was served with a lawsuit filed by California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell seeking to hold him partially accountable for…
Continue Reading Senate sergeant-at-arms says cyber threat, not another insurrection, keeps her up at night
Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen Gibson, the chief law enforcement officer of the Senate, says the threat of a cyber attack on the US Capitol, not…
Continue Reading Harris safely returns to air base after plane has ‘technical issue’ while departing for first foreign trip
Vice President Kamala Harris, who was en route to Latin America on Sunday, safely returned to Joint Base Andrews after her plane had a…
Continue Reading Trump endorses Ted Budd in North Carolina Senate GOP primary
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday endorsed Rep. Ted Budd’s campaign for Senate in North Carolina, making the surprise announcement just…
Continue Reading Mississippi GOP governor: State abortion law ‘a vehicle’ for Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade
Mississippi’s Republican governor said Sunday that the Supreme Court’s recent decision to take up a challenge to a restrictive abortion…
Continue Reading Biden stays mum on state abortion laws with major test ahead for Roe
As more Republican-led states pass abortion bans with the easing of the Covid-19 pandemic, a heated debate has returned to center stage with abortion…
Continue Reading Manchin says he’ll vote against For the People Act and digs in against eliminating filibuster
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting…
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