Andrew Yang sees racism in controversial Daily News cartoon
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang on Thursday accused a New York Daily News cartoon of engaging in racist tropes and playing on an idea of…
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McConnell doubles down to pressure Republicans, asking for ‘a personal favor’ to block January 6 commission
In the last 24 hours, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has ramped up the pressure on his GOP Senate colleagues to oppose a bill creating a…
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 Intelligence community ‘does not know’ how Covid-19 originated and repeats two working theories
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued an unusual public statement Thursday on the status of its intelligence gathering into the…
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…
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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 Biden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the…
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,…
Continue Reading GOP senators warn they may block China competition bill, angry over lack of amendments
Several Republican senators raised fresh doubts Wednesday that enough of them would join Democrats in breaking a filibuster of the Endless Frontiers…
Continue Reading Prosecutors investigating Trump tell witness to prepare for grand jury testimony
Manhattan prosecutors pursuing a criminal case against former President Donald Trump, his company and its executives have told at least one witness…
Continue Reading Where things stand in the Trump criminal investigations
Former President Donald Trump left the White House four months ago, but he didn’t leave his legal troubles behind, and in recent weeks there…
Continue Reading Romney says Republicans blocking January 6 commission ‘would be seen as not wanting to let the truth come out’
Sen. Mitt Romney warned Republicans they would be blamed for hiding the truth if they block a bill to investigate the January 6 Capitol attack, as…
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