Chuck Schumer’s rise in Washington hasn’t loosened his grip on New York
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s voice rose over the din as a group of leading New York leftists, gathered in a small room in Brooklyn on…
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Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dead at age 61
Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh died Friday at the age of 61 from complications due to glioblastoma, her family announced on Saturday. As the…
Continue Reading Cheney says she will not resign and GOP shouldn’t embrace Trump
Republican Rep. Liz Cheney stood her ground Sunday, rejecting her state party’s calls for her ouster and denouncing former President Donald…
Continue Reading Former Secretary of State George Shultz dead at the age of 100
STANFORD, California — Former U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz, who played a central role in helping to bring the Cold War to an end as…
Continue Reading Dems to unveil $3,000 child benefit as part of Biden relief package
WASHINGTON, DC — House Democratic leaders will unveil legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child,…
Continue Reading Schumer’s office says it will accommodate Trump attorney request to delay impeachment trial during Sabbath
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said Saturday the Senate will accommodate a request from one of former President Donald…
Continue Reading Sanders says ‘room full of lawyers’ is working to make case for $15 minimum wage
Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said a “room full of lawyers” is working to make the case that raising the minimum wage to $15 squares with…
Continue Reading Yellen: US could reach full employment next year if Congress passes Biden’s stimulus plan
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the US could see full employment next year if Congress passes President Joe Biden’s proposed…
Continue Reading GOP senator: ‘Very unlikely’ Senate votes to convict Trump in impeachment trial
Republican Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania said Sunday it’s “very unlikely” the Senate votes to convict former President Donald…
Continue Reading Biden stays silent on Iran as his team works to break nuclear impasse
President Joe Biden presented a sweeping vision of the global challenges facing the US in a Thursday speech that touched on Russia’s attacks on…
Continue Reading Cheney says she will not resign from her position after Wyoming Republican Party censure
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday she will not resign despite being censured by her state Republican Party over her vote to impeach former…
Continue Reading The undoing of Donald Trump’s presidency
When Sen. Patrick Leahy gavels in the impeachment trial of the 45th President of the United States Tuesday, the 46th President will be nearly three…
Continue Reading Yellen: Biden’s stimulus plan could bring US back to full employment next year
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the US could see full employment next year if Congress passes President Joe Biden’s proposed…
Continue Reading Biden administration moves to terminate Trump-era migration agreements
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Saturday that the Biden administration has suspended and begun the process to terminate Trump-era…
Continue Reading White House reinstates regular presidential addresses to the nation in the style of FDR’s fireside chats
The White House is bringing back weekly addresses from the President directly to the American people, continuing in the tradition of President…
Continue Reading Two House Republicans fined $5,000 each for not completing security screening to enter House floor
Two Republican lawmakers are the first members of Congress to be fined for violating the new security measures off of the House floor since the fines…
Continue Reading Biden needs to figure out what kind of GOP opposition he’s facing
The collision of the new President’s agenda with the old one’s impeachment trial this week sharpens the question: Just what kind of…
Continue Reading Former US Capitol Police chief details delays in aid and intelligence failures during assault on Capitol
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 Senate should do everything it can to avoid a zombie impeachment trial
Americans can be excused if they are confused by recent developments concerning the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump next week. As…
Continue Reading Biden administration works to clean house of Trump appointees
Battle lines are forming across Washington as the Biden administration grapples with how to handle dozens of Trump loyalists the former President…
Continue Reading Doctor says Biden’s foot fractures ‘are completely healed’
President Joe Biden‘s foot fractures that he sustained while playing with his dog in November “are completely healed,” his…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney becomes latest House Republican to be censured by state party for her vote to impeach Trump
The Wyoming Republican Party voted Saturday to formally censure Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, for her vote to impeach former…
Continue Reading Doctor says Biden’s symptoms from foot injury have improved
President Joe Biden‘s symptoms from his foot injury have improved, his doctor said in a statement Saturday, as the President was set to receive…
Continue Reading Harris flexes power as Senate tiebreaker
Early Friday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris did something Joe Biden never did in his eight years as vice president — cast a tie-breaking…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump should no longer receive classified intelligence briefings
President Joe Biden doesn’t believe former President Donald Trump should receive classified intelligence briefings, as is tradition for past…
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After El Paso massacre, Abbott was open to gun control; he’s moved on
AUSTIN, Texas — In August 2019, Texas was devastated by the back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Midland-Odessa that left 30 people…
Continue Reading Newsom faces intensifying recall threat as pandemic frustrations grow in California
As efforts to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom gather momentum, the California Democrat once heralded even by former President Donald Trump as a hardworking…
Continue Reading Biden administration to propose significant increase in refugees admitted to US
The Biden administration is proposing to revise the number of refugees that can be admitted to the United States in fiscal year 2021 to 62,500, a…
Continue Reading Supreme Court gives partial win to California churches fighting Covid restrictions
A divided Supreme Court blocked California’s Covid-related ban on indoor worship services in a late-night order Friday but allowed other…
Continue Reading Woman charged in US Capitol riot can take trip to Mexico, federal judge says
A Texas florist charged in connection with the US Capitol insurrection will be allowed to go to Mexico later this month, a federal judge ruled…
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