Gaetz ally plans to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors
The ex-Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to plead guilty on Monday in a federal court in Florida, according to a…
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Fact check: Ted Cruz falsely claims Democrats’ voting bill is intended to register millions of undocumented immigrants
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz claimed Tuesday that Democrats have intentionally “designed” their sweeping elections bill so that…
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Rep. Liz Cheney is outlining her next steps in the aftermath of her ousting from leadership, telling NBC, “I intend to be the leader, one of…
Continue Reading Biden warns gas station owners: ‘Do not try to take advantage of consumers’ during fuel crunch
President Joe Biden warned gas station owners on Thursday against price gouging and taking advantage of consumers as many areas along the East Coast…
Continue Reading Alarm bells ringing in the White House over economy as Biden faces new headwinds
Alarming economic numbers and scenes of long lines at gas pumps in the Southeast are causing new political hurdles for President Joe Biden just as he…
Continue Reading Biden seeks to ease concerns after Texas pipeline cyber attack
WASHINGTON, DC — Hoping to ease concerns of millions of Americans experiencing gasoline shortages and rising prices following the ransomware attack…
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Here is a look at the life of Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida. Personal Birth date: May 28, 1971 Birth place: Miami, Florida Birth name:…
Continue Reading Gaetz ally plans to plead guilty, raising possibility of cooperation deal
The ex-Florida tax collector with close ties to Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to plead guilty on Monday in a federal court in Florida, according to a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court considers plea from parents of man killed in St. Louis jail who was shackled facedown
When the Supreme Court meets behind closed doors on Thursday, the justices will discuss a case brought by parents who say their son, Nicholas…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene confronts Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside House chamber, Washington Post reports
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside the House chamber on Wednesday afternoon,…
Continue Reading House GOP rebuffs Cheney’s demands to call out Trump’s election lies
Rep. Liz Cheney told House Republicans in private on Wednesday that it’s time to reject former President Donald Trump’s big lie that he…
Continue Reading Administration to invest $7.4 billion to hire and train public health workers to respond to pandemic
The Biden administration will invest $7.4 billion to recruit and hire public health workers to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and prepare for…
Continue Reading Sen. Joe Manchin won’t support sweeping voting rights package, instead pushes for bill with narrower scope
Sen. Joe Manchin will not back the sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to…
Continue Reading More than 150 Republicans launch new political movement questioning Trump’s role in GOP
A group of more than 150 Republicans, led by Donald Trump critics Evan McMullin and Miles Taylor, announced a new political movement that takes aim…
Continue Reading Migrant children have been in US custody for weeks. Now the Biden administration has to reunite them with families
For a month, Meybelin has lived in a massive convention center located in the heart of San Diego. There, along with hundreds of other migrant…
Continue Reading Biden has a ‘core conviction’ to hike taxes on corporations and the rich. It could cost him.
President Joe Biden’s steadfast belief in taxing corporations and the rich has become a central plank in his legislative agenda, even as…
Continue Reading Exclusive: Newly obtained bodycam footage shows moment DC police officer attacked by pro-Trump rioters
Newly obtained body camera footage shows the moment DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone was brutally assaulted while defending the US…
Continue Reading Biden speaks with Netanyahu as Israeli and Palestinian violence pulls US focus back to Middle East
Entering office, President Joe Biden hoped to shift US foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward areas he thought of as more modern-day…
Continue Reading Republicans draw ‘red line’ on increasing taxes to fund Biden’s infrastructure plan
Republican leaders say they told President Joe Biden on Wednesday that they’re drawing a “red line” on hiking certain taxes to fund…
Continue Reading Newly obtained bodycam footage shows moment DC police officer attacked by pro-Trump rioters
Newly obtained body camera footage shows the moment DC Metropolitan Police Officer Michael Fanone was brutally assaulted while defending the US…
Continue Reading Biden announces third slate of judicial nominees
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate three new US Court of Appeals nominees and three new District Court nominees,…
Continue Reading Cheney ousted from leadership post. The other 9 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump have also faced a backlash.
House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming on Wednesday from her leadership post as conference chair after she repeatedly called out former…
Continue Reading Ex-WH counsel McGahn to testify behind closed doors about Trump efforts to obstruct Russia investigation
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn will testify before the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors about then-President Donald…
Continue Reading George Conway says GOP lawmakers ‘trying to memory hole’ Capitol insurrection
Conservative lawyer George Conway said Wednesday that GOP lawmakers are “trying to memory hole” the US Capitol insurrection, after House…
Continue Reading Elise Stefanik faces increased conservative headwinds in rise to leadership
GOP leaders are moving swiftly to install Rep. Elise Stefanik as the No. 3 Republican in the House on Friday in a rapid effort to unify the party,…
Continue Reading Inhofe tells EPA nominee, ‘if you don’t behave, I’m going to talk to your daddy’
Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe told a female Environmental Protection Agency nominee on Wednesday that if she did not “behave,” then…
Continue Reading Colonial Pipeline not likely to pay millions in ransom demanded by hackers
The ransomware group that carried out a crippling cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has demanded millions in bitcoin cyrptocurrency payment, though at…
Continue Reading Federal prosecutor overseeing Rudy Giuliani probe stepping down
The chief of the public corruption unit at the Manhattan US Attorney’s office, which is handling the criminal investigation of Rudy Giuliani,…
Continue Reading Biden signs cybersecurity executive order, though rules wouldn’t have applied to Colonial Pipeline
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday meant to better protect the nation from cyberattacks, but even as he signed it, the White…
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Abbott schedules July special runoff election for Texas’ 6th District
AUSTIN, Texas — The special runoff election in Texas’ 6th Congressional District will take place on July 27, Gov. Greg Abbott announced…
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