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…
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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…
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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…
Continue Reading Judge orders New York district to be certified for Republican in last unresolved congressional race of 2020
A New York judge ordered the State Board of Elections to certify Republican Claudia Tenney as the winner in New York’s 22nd Congressional…
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Cowboys for Trump head charged in Capitol riot is released from jail
WASHINGTON, DC — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is headed home to New Mexico after nearly three weeks in a Washington jail, after…
Continue Reading Biden administration to remove Houthis from terrorist list, reversing Trump’s decision
The State Department has informed Congress of its intent to reverse the Trump administration’s eleventh-hour decision to designate…
Continue Reading White House to reinstate regular presidential addresses to the nation in the style of FDR’s fireside chats
The White House plans to bring back presidential addresses directly to the American people this weekend, continuing in the tradition of President…
Continue Reading McCarthy survives tumultuous week and emerges with a tight grip on House Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy began this week facing perhaps the biggest challenge of his time as leader. He emerged at the end of it having…
Continue Reading Transgender Navy SEAL: Biden order ‘going to give a lot of other individuals that chance to finally be themselves’
When Navy SEAL Ashley Nefzger heard rumblings that President Joe Biden could sign an executive order to repeal a Trump-era ban on most transgender…
Continue Reading Biden says he doesn’t think $15 minimum wage will survive in his Covid-19 relief proposal
President Joe Biden conceded that he does not believe he will be able to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour through his $1.9 trillion Covid-19…
Continue Reading Virginia set to become 23rd state to abolish death penalty after state House passes bill
Virginia is set to become the 23rd state to abolish the death penalty, after the state House of Delegates passed legislation Friday that would end…
Continue Reading Biden emphasizes ‘urgency’ of $1.9T relief after Summers’ op-ed on inflation and GOP opposition
President Joe Biden responded to a new, sluggish jobs report by continuing to press for his $1.9 trillion Covid relief package to be passed with…
Continue Reading Biden White House wants to use the Super Bowl to advance message on Covid and vaccines
President Joe Biden’s urgent goal of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic depends heavily on persuading Americans to get the vaccine as quickly as…
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