Haaland expected to face contentious confirmation hearing over Interior nomination
President Joe Biden’s Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland is expected to face a contentious confirmation hearing Tuesday in front of the…
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READ: Testimony from police and former officials on Capitol riot
Current and former officials are breaking their silence about security failures during the US Capitol attack. Read their opening…
Continue Reading Fact check: Breaking down Joe Biden’s first month of claims
President Joe Biden was more consistently factual in his first month in office than his predecessor ever was in office. But Biden was not perfect…
Continue Reading Former US Capitol Police chief to say intelligence didn’t point to a riot on January 6
Former US Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund will tell lawmakers Tuesday that law enforcement was prepared for the January 6 US Capitol riots based on…
Continue Reading Merrick Garland draws sharp contrast with William Barr by saying ‘it is plain to me’ that systemic racism exists in US
Judge Merrick Garland was asked to define systemic racism, implicit bias and racism during the first day of his Senate confirmation hearing on…
Continue Reading House panel sets up floor vote on Covid relief bill later this week while Senate awaits minimum wage decision
The House Budget Committee voted Monday to advance President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package, setting up the legislation aimed at…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden raised more than $22 million to fund his White House transition
President Joe Biden raised $22.1 million from private donors for his transition to the White House, more than three times the $6.5 million that…
Continue Reading Shalanda Young emerging as a top contender to lead OMB with Neera Tanden’s nomination on the rocks
Shalanda Young, who last month was nominated as deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, has emerged as a leading contender for the…
Continue Reading Law enforcement officials to break silence about security failures during US Capitol attack
Americans could hear for the first time Tuesday why intelligence and operations failed dramatically on January 6 from the very people whose choices…
Continue Reading Lawmakers set to grill SolarWinds CEO on devastating hack
US lawmakers on Tuesday are set to grill the CEO of the IT software company that unwittingly facilitated a devastating security breach of at least…
Continue Reading In one morning, the Supreme Court looked to rid itself of the Trump era
Donald Trump took a drubbing at the Supreme Court on Monday, as the justices in a flurry of orders dealt critical blows to his efforts to shield his…
Continue Reading Adam Kinzinger says he’s glad family letter was released so Americans could see the real divides over Trump
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, who has made a name for himself within the party by speaking out against former President Donald Trump, said the…
Continue Reading White House works to inject stateliness into a virtual visit from Justin Trudeau
When President Joe Biden welcomes his Canadian counterpart to the White House on Tuesday to “reinvigorate” a cross-border relationship…
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The US has lost 500,000 lives to Covid-19. Now Americans face a serious crossroads in the pandemic
A nightmare of this magnitude seemed unfathomable just a year ago. Half a million US lives have been lost to Covid-19. That’s more than the…
Continue Reading Mounting confirmation battle sends warning sign to Biden
Confirmation duels over Joe Biden’s Cabinet picks have suddenly turned nasty, ringing alarm bells about the cliffhanger nature of a 50-50…
Continue Reading Pence and Trump’s relationship is ‘amicable,’ source says
Former Vice President Mike Pence and former President Donald Trump have spoken twice since the inauguration last month, according to a knowledgeable…
Continue Reading On Trump’s taxes, here’s where it gets interesting
Few things are certain in life, other than death — and that Donald Trump’s tax returns would inevitably be released. On Monday, the…
Continue Reading Tanden’s OMB confirmation on brink of collapse after four GOP senators say they won’t support her nomination
The confirmation of Neera Tanden to lead the Office of Management and Budget is on the brink of collapse after four key Republicans announced Monday…
Continue Reading Trump offered Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following Vietnam summit, source says
Then-President Donald Trump in 2019 offered North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a ride home on Air Force One following their Vietnam summit, a former…
Continue Reading Oath Keeper now says she didn’t meet with Secret Service around the January 6 rally
Jessica Watkins, a leader in an alleged Oath Keepers conspiracy in the US Capitol insurrection, changed her story Monday about meeting with Secret…
Continue Reading ‘Where is everyone?’: Inside Trump’s DC hotel post-presidency
A sprawling lobby and bar with only a handful of people. Confused guests asking where everybody went. Elegant, but empty hallways. These are the…
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Capitol police officer speaks out for 1st time about being inside the riot in ABC News interview
WASHINGTON, DC — The first time Harry Dunn stepped inside the U.S. Capitol also happened to be his first day as a Capitol Police officer.…
Continue Reading ‘There is light in the darkness’: Biden honors the half million US lives lost to coronavirus
President Joe Biden honored the 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus on Monday, speaking of the collective grief of a nation and in personal…
Continue Reading Garland vows at confirmation hearing to keep politics out of DOJ while drawing bipartisan praise
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, vowed Monday to keep politics out of the Justice Department and to fully…
Continue Reading Biden honors the half million US lives lost to coronavirus
President Joe Biden honored the 500,000 American lives lost to coronavirus on Monday, speaking of the collective grief of a nation and in personal…
Continue Reading Justice Clarence Thomas reveals some sympathy for Trump’s baseless fraud claims
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday claimed election fraud is a threat to America, revealing in a forceful dissent some support for…
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Wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman arrested on US drug trafficking charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been arrested on international drug trafficking charges at an…
Continue Reading Biden set to honor the half million US lives lost to coronavirus
President Joe Biden is slated to deliver remarks and participate in a candle-lighting ceremony Monday evening to mark the grim milestone of 500,000…
Continue Reading Virginia lawmakers vote to make state first in South to abolish death penalty
Virginia state lawmakers on Monday approved legislation that would abolish the death penalty in the state, moving the Old Dominion one step closer to…
Continue Reading 6 takeaways from Merrick Garland’s confirmation hearing
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s attorney general nominee, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, vowing to preserve…
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