Samantha Power confirmed to lead US Agency for International Development
Samantha Power on Wednesday was confirmed by the Senate as the new head of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) in a 68-26 vote. Power…
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Senate votes to restore Obama-era rule limiting methane leaks
The Senate voted Wednesday to restore an Obama-era rule that cracked down on methane emissions from oil and gas industries as the Biden…
Continue Reading Scoring Biden’s performance on 4 key campaign promises in first 100 days
The practice of judging a presidency during its first 100 days began almost a century ago during the first term of President Franklin Roosevelt as he…
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GOP Sen. Tim Scott to deliver Republican response to Biden’s first address to Congress
Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina will deliver the GOP rebuttal to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress on…
Continue Reading Biden’s first 100 days: What he’s gotten done
President Joe Biden has moved fast since his January 20 swearing-in, signing a $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill into law less than two months into his…
Continue Reading Internal Biden administration debate over vaccine sharing grows more intense
The internal debate in the Biden administration over sharing excess US vaccines doses with other countries has grown more intense in recent weeks as…
Continue Reading First lady’s virtual joint address guests spotlight Biden administration priorities
When President Joe Biden delivers his address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, first lady Jill Biden will forgo the traditional set of…
Continue Reading Biden to propose $1.8 trillion for education, child care and family leave – here’s what’s in the plan
WASHINGTON, DC — A month after he laid out a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan aimed at helping the nation recover from the coronavirus…
Continue Reading Biden says China is betting the US can’t keep up with autocracy
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he views the challenges ahead of the country as a question of whether democracy can succeed in the 21st century.…
Continue Reading Federal agents execute search warrant on Rudy Giuliani’s apartment
Federal agents executed a search warrant Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment of Rudy Giuliani, advancing a criminal investigation by federal…
Continue Reading Harris and Pelosi to make history as the first women to lead Senate and House during presidential address to Congress
The imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include,…
Continue Reading Senate to vote to restore Obama-era rule limiting methane leaks
The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to restore an Obama-era rule that cracked down on methane emissions from oil and gas industries as the Biden…
Continue Reading Harris and Pelosi to make history as the first women to lead House and Senate during presidential address to Congress
The imagery of President Joe Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress will be notable Wednesday evening for what it will not include,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court grapples with First Amendment rights of schoolchildren in cheerleader case
The Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday with the First Amendment claims of a former high school cheerleader who argued that she could not be punished…
Continue Reading Biden’s pick to serve on powerful DC-based appellate says her experience as a Black jurist ‘might be valuable’ if confirmed
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court, said at a Senate hearing…
Continue Reading Republicans won’t provide official Spanish response to President’s address
Republicans will not provide an official Spanish response to President Joe Biden’s speech to Congress on Wednesday night, breaking a modern…
Continue Reading Joe Biden isn’t going to take away your burgers
First things first: Joe Biden isn’t going to take away your hamburgers. There’s a bizarre rumor going around in right-wing circles…
Continue Reading New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris’ book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’
The New York Post temporarily deleted, and then edited and republished, a debunked article that falsely claimed that copies of Vice President Kamala…
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Feds execute search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s New York home
NEW YORK, NY — A law enforcement official tells the Associated Press that federal investigators have executed a search warrant at Rudy Giuliani’s…
Continue Reading DOJ repeals Trump ban on grants to ‘sanctuary cities’
The Justice Department has repealed a policy put in place during the Trump administration that restricted so-called sanctuary cities from receiving…
Continue Reading Why Biden’s speech to Congress is technically not a State of the Union address
President Joe Biden will deliver his first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, but since this is his first address, it’s…
Continue Reading Budd launches North Carolina Senate bid by aligning himself with Trump in growing primary field
Rep. Ted Budd launched his North Carolina Senate campaign on Wednesday, aligning himself with former President Donald Trump in a 2022 bid for the…
Continue Reading Justice Department backs off opposition to releasing videos of attack on Capitol Police officer
The Justice Department told a court it is backing down from its unwillingness to share with media outlets videos of the alleged chemical spray…
Continue Reading Man who put his feet on desk in Pelosi’s office during Capitol riot to be released from jail pending trial
Richard Barnett, the man who put his feet on a desk in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office and left her an insulting note during the Capitol…
Continue Reading How the Biden presidency looks from one pivotal Pennsylvania county, 100 days in
Carol Erker vividly remembers the emotion that washed over her after Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Even as she worried about the pandemic and the…
Continue Reading CNN Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Biden and his priorities in first 100 days
On the cusp of the 100-day mark of Joe Biden’s presidency, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds 53% of Americans approve of the way he is…
Continue Reading ‘Not an easy transition’: Inside Trump’s unconventional first months out of office
Most Mondays and Tuesdays, former President Donald Trump skips golf to confer with aides about the week ahead. Together they decide which Republican…
Continue Reading Internal emails reveal Capitol security officials dismissed warnings about troubling social media posts before January 6 riot
Newly revealed internal emails show an outside group warned Capitol security officials one day before the January 6 insurrection about a series of…
Continue Reading Tim Scott’s Republican rebuttal comes as his role in policing bill negotiation is also in the spotlight
Sen. Tim Scott, a key player in the bipartisan congressional effort to overhaul policing, will step into the national spotlight Wednesday, handpicked…
Continue Reading Former New York AG Eric Schneiderman’s law license has been suspended for a year over allegations of abuse
Disgraced former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned from his post in 2018 after multiple women accused him of abuse, will not…
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