Life after leadership: Liz Cheney plots her long game against Donald Trump
Liz Cheney entered this week knowing it would likely be her last as a member of the House Republican leadership team. The Wyoming congresswoman fully…
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House Republicans oust Liz Cheney out of leadership post over feud with Trump
Rep. Liz Cheney has lost her post in the House Republican leadership on Wednesday after publicly rejecting for months former President Donald…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney expected to lose House Republican leadership post over feud with Trump
Rep. Liz Cheney is expected to lose her post in the House Republican leadership on Wednesday after publicly rejecting for months former President…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney strikes defiant tone in floor speech on eve of her expected ousting from House GOP leadership
Rep. Liz Cheney vowed Tuesday evening not to remain silent as former President Donald Trump continues to spread lies that the election was stolen…
Continue Reading Top congressional leaders to meet with Biden for the first time in crucial week for his infrastructure plan
President Joe Biden faces a crucial moment on Wednesday in what is shaping up as an important week for his infrastructure priorities when he holds…
Continue Reading Biden administration winds down Trump’s pandemic food box program
As the country slowly climbs out of the pandemic, the Biden administration is ending a program that delivered nearly 167 million boxes of fresh food…
Continue Reading NATO exercises sweep Europe amid Russian escalation, rising tensions between Moscow and US
Lit only by an orange floodlight, a single file of camouflaged men crept along the wall of a small, dark Romanian port on the Black Sea. Suddenly,…
Continue Reading Border encounters reach 2-decade high in April, though number of unaccompanied children dips
WASHINGTON, DC — More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest…
Continue Reading House and Biden administration reach deal on subpoena for former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn’s testimony
The House of Representatives and the Biden administration say they have reached an agreement “in principle” on the long-running standoff…
Continue Reading House Homeland Security Committee chair tapped to strike deal on January 6 commission
Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, has been asked to negotiate directly with his Republican…
Continue Reading Biden administration officials privately frustrated with Colonial Pipeline’s weak security ahead of crippling cyberattack
Biden administration officials have privately voiced frustration with what they see as Colonial Pipeline’s weak security protocols and a lack…
Continue Reading Republicans take aim at Senate voting rights bill
A sweeping elections and campaign finance overhaul sought by Democrats to blunt Republican state-level efforts to restrict voting access faced a…
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Voters in Elise Stefanik’s district have mixed reactions to her embrace of Trump and rise in the GOP
GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik’s rise within the Republican Party and embrace of former President Donald Trump have met with a mixed reaction in the…
Continue Reading 3 Fort Campbell soldiers accused of purchasing and transporting illegal guns to Chicago
Three Fort Campbell soldiers were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly purchasing and transporting nearly 100 firearms, including five that were linked…
Continue Reading Biden administration approves first major offshore wind project in US waters
The Biden administration announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with the nation’s first large-scale offshore wind project, a significant…
Continue Reading Biden administration reverses Trump-era policy that blocked undocumented students from pandemic aid
The Biden administration is expanding eligibility for pandemic relief aid to include undocumented and international college students, reversing a…
Continue Reading Justice Department intervenes to help resolve key sticking point in talks over policing bill to ease path for Hill deal
A bipartisan group of negotiators is stymied over a key issue in talks on overhauling policing practices nationwide: The standard for charging police…
Continue Reading The left is split and searching for a path in topsy-turvy New York mayoral race
The race to consolidate the progressive vote in New York City’s Democratic primary for mayor has turned into a three-for-all, with a trio of…
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NRA’s bankruptcy tossed out by judge in blow to gun group’s planned Texas move
DALLAS, Texas — A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association’s petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in “bad…
Continue Reading Four key takeaways on the US government response to the pipeline ransomware attack
Senior cybersecurity officials testified before a key Senate committee on Tuesday after one of the nation’s largest pipeline operators was hit…
Continue Reading Arizona governor signs bill that would stop some voters from automatically receiving mail-in ballots
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that could remove tens of thousands of voters from the state’s early…
Continue Reading Former acting defense secretary to say he worried about appearance of ‘military coup’ at US Capitol on January 6
Former acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller is expected to tell Congress Wednesday that he was concerned sending US troops to Capitol on…
Continue Reading READ: Testimony from former acting attorney general and defense secretary on the US Capitol riot
Former acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller and former acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen will testify Wednesday about their actions during…
Continue Reading Biden to meet with key moderate Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema on infrastructure on Tuesday
President Joe Biden will meet with Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema at the White House on Tuesday afternoon to talk about his infrastructure…
Continue Reading 2 men accused of using chemical on officer Brian Sicknick at the Capitol riot to stay in jail, judge rules
Two men accused of spraying police with chemical spray, including on Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, during the Capitol riot will stay in jail…
Continue Reading Uber and Lyft to provide free rides to vaccination sites as part of new White House partnership
President Joe Biden announced additional steps toward promoting vaccine accessibility, including free rides on Uber and Lyft to vaccination sites, to…
Continue Reading 5 migrant children found alone along US-Mexico border, including an 11-month old
Five unaccompanied migrant children, ranging from as young as 11 months to 7 years old, were encountered along the Texas-Mexico border Sunday,…
Continue Reading Senior cybersecurity official warns attacks on US are growing more ‘sophisticated frequent and aggressive’
A top Biden administration cybersecurity official warned that cyberattacks on the nation’s infrastructure are “growing more…
Continue Reading Federal investigators press for cooperation from two key witnesses in Gaetz probe
Federal investigators scrutinizing Rep. Matt Gaetz are seeking the cooperation of a former Capitol Hill intern who was once a girlfriend of the…
Continue Reading Voting rights fight heads to Senate with committee debate
Senate Democrats are moving ahead this week with a sweeping proposal to rewrite US election laws — a longshot bid meant to counteract the voter…
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