President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday tapped Denis McDonough to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, adding the longtime chief of staff to former…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has fought in the courts for President Donald Trump’s causes before, has emerged as one of the final…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court ruled 8-0 on Thursday that the military can prosecute at any time sexual assault cases committed between 1986 and 2006, overturning…
Continue Reading Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Wednesday that he has met with President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team and pledged a…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s deficit in the first two months of the budget year ran 25.1% higher than the same period a year ago, as…
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When most people hear “lawsuit” and “Supreme Court,” they generally think something serious is going on. After all, the legal…
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Susan Rice to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council, a surprising move that gives the longtime national…
Continue Reading Douglas Emhoff, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, will become a member of Georgetown Law Faculty in January, the law school…
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump and 17 Republican attorneys general are supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s audacious…
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When the White House welcomes a new first family it gets a thorough cleaning in the five hours allotted for the turnover. But with a global pandemic…
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says there is a “strong possibility” that talks on a post-Brexit trade agreement with the…
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — EU Council President Charles Michel says European Union leaders have sealed an agreement on a massive long-term budget and…
Continue Reading President-elect Joe Biden will travel to Georgia next Tuesday to headline a rally in support of the Democratic candidates in the state’s US…
Continue Reading The Trump administration has finalized a regulation that would place more limits on migrants seeking refuge in the United States, the latest in a…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed three Muslims who had been placed on no-fly lists to sue for financial damages against FBI officials under a…
Continue Reading Democrats want Pete Buttigieg to get a post in President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration. But an actual spot for someone seen as a…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Morocco will normalize relations, in what’s the latest breakthrough of his…
Continue Reading A growing number of Senate Republicans are ready to publicly acknowledge what’s been widely known for weeks but what they’ve refused to…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her…
Continue Reading The United States is suffering a devastating rise in cases and deaths from the coronavirus and hopes for a return to a more familiar life are pinned…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. The role will give her…
Continue Reading Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to take up a lawsuit against Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan and…
Continue Reading With eight days to go until another spending deadline, the prospects of Congress agreeing to, writing and voting on a massive stimulus proposal…
Continue Reading After going quiet in the months before the election, federal authorities are now actively investigating the business dealings of Hunter Biden, a…
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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas state official who has been critical of measures ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott in efforts to slow the coronavirus pandemic…
Continue Reading A federal court has upheld its block on in-person requirements for medication abortion seekers after the Supreme Court returned the case to the lower…
Continue Reading WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump personally asked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas if he would argue a long-shot election lawsuit…
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President Donald Trump personally asked Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas if he would argue a long-shot election lawsuit seeking to overturrn the…
Continue Reading The inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs told prosecutors this fall that his investigation of VA Secretary Robert Wilkie had…
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