Senior aide to Feinstein suggests she supports gutting filibuster
A senior aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested earlier this week that the California Democrat is open to gutting the filibuster so that legislation…
Continue ReadingPolitics
Kentucky Gov. Beshear signs into law bipartisan elections bill expanding voting access into law
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a bipartisan-supported bill into law on Wednesday that expanded voting access by codifying election…
Continue Reading Biden administration is reviewing 5,600 additional files for evidence of family separations under Trump
The Biden administration is reviewing 5,600 files to determine whether more children were separated from their families at the US-Mexico border…
Continue Reading New York Times: Boehner lays blame for ‘that bloody insurrection’ at Trump’s feet
Former House Speaker John Boehner said former President Donald Trump “incited that bloody insurrection” at the US Capitol and blamed his…
Continue Reading White House defends hiking taxes on corporations to pay for infrastructure
Faced with major blowback over its $2 trillion infrastructure proposal, the Biden administration is rolling out a campaign to justify why it needs to…
Continue Reading Andrew Giuliani, former Trump aide and son of Rudy Giuliani, says he plans to run for governor of New York
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, says he’s planning to run for governor of the heavily Democratic state next…
Continue Reading McConnell’s self-defeating battle against woke CEOs
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent warning to the corporate CEOs of America that they would face serious consequences for using…
Continue Reading
Andrew Giuliani, former Trump aide and son of Rudy Giuliani, says he plans for to run for governor of New York
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, says he’s planning to run for governor of the heavily Democratic state next…
Continue Reading Trump endorses Republican ally Mo Brooks for Alabama Senate
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed Rep. Mo Brooks’ campaign for US Senate in Alabama, supporting the controversial GOP…
Continue Reading Matt Gaetz sought a preemptive pardon from Trump, but the request was never seriously considered
Rep. Matt Gaetz sought a preemptive pardon for himself near the end of President Donald Trump’s term and made his request known to someone…
Continue Reading Pence launches political advocacy group with an eye to the Trump legacy — and his own future
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday announced the launch of a new political advocacy group, “Advancing American Freedom,” a…
Continue Reading Ten more members of Congress join NAACP lawsuit against Trump and Giuliani for conspiring to incite US Capitol riot
Ten members of Congress who were in the House gallery as rioters breached the Capitol on January 6 are adding their names to the lawsuit first filed…
Continue Reading Fact check: Republicans falsely equate Georgia and Colorado election laws
Republicans have blasted Major League Baseball for moving its All-Star Game from Georgia to Colorado because of Georgia’s controversial new…
Continue Reading Want to keep unemployment benefits? Many states are again requiring a job search
When the coronavirus pandemic forced states to lock down last year, they suspended a long-standing requirement that the unemployed have to be looking…
Continue Reading GOP’s Trump obsession is giving Biden an opening
Donald Trump has left the White House, but the Republican Party just can’t quit his stunt politics. As President Joe Biden sells a popular…
Continue Reading April 6 coronavirus news
THE VIRUS OUTBREAK: — Biden makes all U.S. adults eligible for vaccines by April 19 — Nearly half of new U.S. virus infections are in just…
Continue Reading Virginia lieutenant governor says he was treated like George Floyd or Emmett Till when told to resign over sexual assault allegations
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax compared the calls for him to resign following sexual assault allegations against him in 2019 to the high-profile…
Continue Reading Arrests and deportations of immigrants in U.S. illegally drop under Biden with shift in priorities
WASHINGTON, DC — The number of people arrested and deported for being in the U.S. illegally has dropped under President Joe Biden after his…
Continue Reading New York Times: Matt Gaetz sought preemptive pardon in final weeks of Trump’s presidency
Rep. Matt Gaetz privately sought blanket preemptive pardons for himself and his congressional allies during the final weeks of Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Republicans keep their distance from Matt Gaetz
It’s been one week since the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz burst into the public sphere, and almost all of Gaetz’s…
Continue Reading Stephen Breyer worries about Supreme Court’s public standing in current political era
Justice Stephen Breyer, who may be nearing the end of his Supreme Court tenure, expressed concern on Tuesday about the standing of the high court and…
Continue Reading Harris moving into Naval Observatory residence after renovations delay
Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will move in to the Naval Observatory residence Tuesday night after their move was…
Continue Reading Biden administration has yet to name point person for $178 billion Provider Relief Fund
The Biden administration has yet to name a point person for the $178 billion Provider Relief Fund, according to a senior administration official.…
Continue Reading Arkansas governor’s surprising veto of anti-trans law lasted one day
Less than one week after perhaps the most egregiously anti-transgender bill in modern US history passed the Arkansas legislature, it was vetoed in a…
Continue Reading Atlanta mayor issues order to ‘mitigate the impact’ of Georgia’s new voting law
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an executive order Tuesday that directs the city’s chief equity officer to implement “a series…
Continue Reading Arkansas becomes first state to outlaw gender-affirming treatment for trans youth
Arkansas became the first state in the US to prohibit physicians from providing gender-affirming treatment for trans people under age 18 after the…
Continue Reading ‘The Senate has discovered water’: How the parliamentarian could reshape the Biden agenda
A crucial decision this week by the Senate’s parliamentarian could have sweeping ramifications for Joe Biden and future presidents to ram their…
Continue Reading Head of Capitol security task force says Trump fed insurrectionists ‘a little BS’
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led a review of security failures around the January 6 insurrection, said Tuesday that the US Capitol attack was…
Continue Reading Florida Democratic congressman Alcee Hastings dies at 84
Democratic Rep. Alcee Hastings, a civil rights activist and the longest-serving member of Florida’s congressional delegation, has died, his…
Continue Reading Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte tests positive for Covid-19
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte tested positive for Covid-19 Monday after experiencing mild symptoms on Sunday, according to his office. The Republican…
Continue Reading