Harris to start ‘regular’ lunches with Blinken in bid to beef up foreign policy chops
Vice President Kamala Harris will have her first private lunch with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday, meetings that are expected to…
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Investigation opened into Trump’s attempt to influence the Georgia 2020 election
A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, has opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump for his “attempts to influence…
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Georgia prosecutor opens criminal investigation after Trump call to state election official asking him to find votes
ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia prosecutor says she has opened a criminal investigation into “attempts to influence” the outcome of last year’s…
Continue Reading House stimulus bill would expand eligibility for Affordable Care Act subsidies
The latest House coronavirus relief legislation would make more people eligible for Affordable Care Act subsidies for two years, temporarily…
Continue Reading Warner and Rubio urge Biden administration to designate a leader on SolarWinds hack response
The top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence Committee urged the Biden administration on Tuesday to designate a leader to address the US government…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyer blows up one of Trump’s biggest lies
Former President Donald Trump has never publicly admitted that he was rejected by American voters. But now his lawyer has. On the floor of the US…
Continue Reading Biden to visit Pentagon and pay tribute to Black service members
President Joe Biden on Wednesday will make his first trip to the Pentagon since taking office and will speak to the significance of having the first…
Continue Reading Horrific mob scenes dominate Trump’s impeachment trial
Chilling video evidence on the first day of Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial, showing his frenzied supporters smashing their way into…
Continue Reading Defense Dept. failing to track and prevent sexual harassment and assault of civilian workforce, watchdog warns
The Department of Defense has failed to adequately track and prevent cases of sexual harassment and sexual assault involving its civilian workforce,…
Continue Reading Democrats want to give parents cash instead of a tax credit
Though it started as a way to provide relief to middle class families, the child tax credit has also evolved into a bipartisan tool for lifting kids…
Continue Reading House managers to make a visceral case against Trump on Wednesday
The House impeachment managers begin their two-day presentation Wednesday looking to convince skeptical Republican senators that former President…
Continue Reading Two men cried in the Senate Tuesday. One of them made a devastating case against Trump
The first day of the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump was a perfect microcosm of the country’s partisan divide and what’s at…
Continue Reading This impeachment trial could surprise us
Now that Donald Trump and his defenders have failed (again) to persuade the Senate that an ex-president cannot be impeached, the trial of the former…
Continue Reading Michigan state Senate leader apologizes for calling Capitol riot a hoax
Michigan state Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey apologized Tuesday for calling the US Capitol riot a hoax and espousing several conspiracy…
Continue Reading Trump lawyer presses for former President’s full-time Mar-a-Lago residency
Attorneys for former President Donald Trump were defending him not only on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday in his second impeachment trial, but…
Continue Reading Why Trump’s defense team failed miserably
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump got underway on Tuesday with arguments about whether the US Senate has jurisdiction to try the former…
Continue Reading Bill Cassidy joins five other Republican senators who broke ranks to vote that Trump’s impeachment trial is constitutional
Six Republicans joined all of their Democratic colleagues on Tuesday to vote that the impeachment trial against former President Donald Trump is…
Continue Reading Merrick Garland, Biden’s pick for attorney general, has confirmation hearing set for February 22
President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on…
Continue Reading Reading between the lines of the first impeachment trial arguments
The first day of President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial was nominally about the constitutionality of holding an impeachment trial…
Continue Reading Senate GOP – including Texas’ Cruz – rip Trump’s attorney for lackluster arguments on trial’s first day
WASHINGTON, DC — A wide array of Senate Republicans harshly criticized former President Donald Trump’s defense team on the opening day of…
Continue Reading America’s future was at stake on the first day of the impeachment trial
The second impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is underway. It is only the fourth impeachment trial in US history, and the first time a…
Continue Reading Senators vote that impeachment trial is constitutional following House managers and Trump lawyer debate
The Senate voted Tuesday that the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional after the House impeachment managers…
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Senate votes to proceed with Trump trial, rejects call to dismiss
LIVE BLOG: The latest details on the Donald Trump impeachment trial WASHINGTON, DC — Senators in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from Day 1 of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial
The second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump opened promptly at 1 p.m. Tuesday, a historic moment that ensures the 45th…
Continue Reading Senators votes that impeachment trial is constitutional following House managers and Trump lawyer debate
The Senate voted Tuesday that the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional after the House made an emotionally…
Continue Reading Sneakers designed in honor of Obama to go on sale for $25,000
They’re not the Air Obamas, but one sneakerhead with a lot of cash will have an opportunity this week to purchase an exclusive pair of…
Continue Reading Senate votes that Trump impeachment trial is constitutional, even as most Republicans vote against proceeding
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators in Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial have agreed to consider the case, rejecting an attempt by the…
Continue Reading Senators voting on whether impeachment trial is constitutional following House managers and Trump lawyer debate
The Senate is voting on whether the Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump is constitutional, in what could be an early indication…
Continue Reading Alleged Capitol rioter asks judge to let him visit Peru to get married
A Kentucky man facing four criminal charges linked to the Capitol insurrection asked a federal judge on Tuesday to let him travel to Peru later this…
Continue Reading Trump’s impeachment lawyers have a history of being involved in controversial legal matters
The new lawyers who signed on to lead former President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team brought a curious history of experience with…
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