Biden administration grants humanitarian protections to Haitians in the US
The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision…
Continue Reading Chief of staff for GOP lawmaker spoke to law enforcement after overhearing talk of storming FBI building on January 6
A top aide to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida says he spoke with both the Capitol Police and the FBI on the morning of January 6 after…
Continue Reading How federal prosecutors are pursuing Rudy Giuliani
After being under investigation by federal prosecutors for more than two years, Rudy Giuliani got a glimpse late last month of the possible charge…
Continue Reading Wyoming state senator running against Cheney for House seat reveals he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
A Republican Wyoming state senator who’s running against US Rep. Liz Cheney for her House seat told a local newspaper he impregnated a…
Continue Reading White House drops price tag of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers but wide divide remains
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Biden weathers his first foreign crisis after months focusing on domestic troubles
It was before 8 a.m. ET on Wednesday and President Joe Biden was on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the fourth time in a…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline tries to determine how DarkSide breached its network while interest in prevention spikes
Colonial Pipeline is still trying to narrow in on how its network was breached following a ransomware attack that resulted in the closing down of a…
Continue Reading Asian Americans emerged as an important voting bloc in 2020. Activists fear new voting restrictions could silence them
Democratic activist Cam Ashling pulled out the stops ahead of Georgia’s general election last year and its recent Senate runoffs. Her Georgia…
Continue Reading Here’s the truth about the labor shortage
There are countervailing storylines that complicate the pandemic recovery. Millions of Americans remain unemployed while companies big and small are…
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Lower Valley farmers discuss migrant influx with congressional delegation
EL PASO, Texas — Farmers from El Paso’s Lower Valley shared their concerns about the influx of migrants along the southern border with Texas…
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Statewide ban on homeless encampments approved by Texas Senate
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate has approved a bill to ban homeless encampments throughout Texas — a response to the city of Austin lifting a…
Continue Reading Matt Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend to cooperate with federal authorities in sex trafficking investigation
Federal authorities investigating alleged sex trafficking by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz have secured the cooperation of the congressman’s…
Continue Reading Biden says he won’t let DOJ seize phone records or emails from reporters: ‘It’s simply, simply wrong’
President Joe Biden on Friday told CNN he would not let his Department of Justice seize phone records or emails from reporters. Following a joint…
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Officers guarding Jeffrey Epstein when he killed himself admit falsifying records, cut deal that avoids jail time
WASHINGTON (AP) — The two Bureau of Prisons workers tasked with guarding Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself in a New York jail have…
Continue Reading Biden announces US to vaccinate 550,000 South Korean service members against Covid-19
The US will provide Covid-19 vaccinations for 550,000 South Korean service members who work in close contact with American forces, President Joe…
Continue Reading Biden meets South Korean President as he turns his focus toward East Asia
President Joe Biden met with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday for the second in-person meeting with a world leader of his…
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Biden says U.S., South Korea ‘deeply concerned’ about situation with North Korea, announces new special envoy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he and South Korean President Moon Jae-in remain “deeply concerned” about the situation with North…
Continue Reading Judge allows Dakota Access pipeline to continue operating during environmental review
A federal judge on Friday allowed the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline to continue operating, concluding he did not have the authority to side…
Continue Reading Fact check: Four times Walensky’s comments were out of step with CDC guidance
Since the early days of her time as Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky has made comments and claims…
Continue Reading How a once-bipartisan commission to investigate the Capitol Riot fell apart
It was the investigation that never was. After months of talk, the independent commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6 is now on…
Continue Reading Here’s what’s in Biden’s counteroffer on infrastructure
Nearly two months after President Joe Biden laid out his massive plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, White House officials presented a…
Continue Reading Here are the 63 Republicans who voted against the anti-Asian hate crimes bill
When the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
Continue Reading Democrats searching for a path forward on stalled voting rights bill
Senate Democrats will huddle privately next week to continue their internal deliberations over how to advance a sweeping voting rights, government…
Continue Reading White House partners with dating apps to encourage Covid vaccinations
Starting this week, the White House is hoping Americans swipe right for Covid vaccines, partnering with a series of prominent dating apps to offer…
Continue Reading White House reduces cost of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
Continue Reading Commission reviewing military base names to visit West Point next week
The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the…
Continue Reading 94-year-old gets Medal of Honor 70 years after Korean War heroism
WASHINGTON, DC — Ralph Puckett Jr. — a United States Army Ranger who led the defense against six Chinese assaults on a frozen hill in the…
Continue Reading Trump and his allies seize on small New Hampshire town’s vote discrepancies to push lies about election outcome
A local clash over the audit of state legislative vote totals in a New Hampshire town of 14,000 has turned into one of the flashpoints in the…
Continue Reading Daniel Hernandez, former Gabby Giffords intern who helped save her life, is running for Congress
The intern who helped save former US Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords in the minutes after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting…
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