House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy began this week facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his time as leader. He emerged at the end of it having…
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When Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger heard rumblings that President Joe Biden could sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden conceded that he does not believe he will be able to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour through his $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Virginia is set to become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, after the state House of Delegates passed legislation Friday that would end…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden responded to a new, sluggish jobs report by continuing to press for his $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to be passed with…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden’s urgent goal of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic depends heavily on persuading Americans to get the vaccine as quickly as…
Continue Reading Every NFL team will make its stadium available as a mass vaccination site, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden…
Continue Reading Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, wrote in a letter to President Joe Biden that every NFL team’s stadium was available for “mass…
Continue Reading The former chief of the US Capitol Police provided Congress the clearest timeline yet of the events leading up to and including the January 6…
Continue Reading The Department of Agriculture spent nearly 50% more in 2020 than it did pre-pandemic to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP…
Continue Reading The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will release guidance on school reopenings in the coming week, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — Both chambers of Congress have now passed a budget resolution, a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to…
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AUSTIN, Texas — Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan shook up the chamber’s leadership this week, signaling who his top…
Continue Reading House Democrats prosecuting the case against Donald Trump are signaling privately and publicly they will likely avoid a dramatic showdown with the…
Continue Reading Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska stood firm against leaders of his state’s Republican Party on Thursday after they advanced a censure resolution…
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President Joe Biden responded to a new, sluggish jobs report by continuing to press for his $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to be passed with…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Biden delivered remarks on the economy Friday after the first jobs report during his presidency was released earlier in…
Continue Reading The Biden administration is making use of the Defense Production Act in three key areas, the top official tasked with supplies announced Friday,…
Continue Reading The Biden administration announced Friday that it will deploy approximately 1,000 troops across the United States to assist with coronavirus…
Continue Reading The Republicans who have remained aligned with former President Donald Trump have become lightning rods in Washington — but are being rewarded…
Continue Reading The Biden administration is expected to announce Friday that it will deploy approximately 1000 troops across the United States to assist with…
Continue Reading Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conservative Republican firebrand member of Congress, has drawn revulsion in Washington and among Americans…
Continue Reading As the Trump faithful gathered around the Capitol on January 6, two conspiracy theories peddling in government mistrust converged: The fraudulent…
Continue Reading After four years of refusing to hold Donald Trump accountable for his lies, conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric, Republicans passed up another…
Continue Reading The Senate passed a budget resolution early Friday morning — a key procedural step that sets up the ability for Democrats to pass President Joe…
Continue Reading Faced with a barrage of bills to clamp down on ballot access around the country, some voting rights advocates are pinning their hopes on Congress and…
Continue Reading As arrests on the southern border increase, White House and other administration officials are opening a channel of communications to advocacy groups…
Continue Reading Lloyd Austin pressed his extended forefinger into the table, a sign the new secretary of defense was serious. He had called a meeting Wednesday with…
Continue Reading In the first two weeks of the Joe Biden presidency, through the medium of Thursday’s powerful speech, sweeping executive orders, a raft of…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutors have charged three men, in three states, for their alleged actions against law enforcement officers during the Capitol riot and…
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