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…
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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…
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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 ReadingTop 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingNATO 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 ReadingBorder encounters reach 2-decade high in April, though number of unaccompanied children dips
More than 178,000 migrants were encountered at the US-Mexico border in April, a slight increase over March, for the highest one-month total in two…
Continue ReadingJudge dismisses NRA’s bankruptcy petition, allowing New York AG lawsuit to move forward
A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association’s petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in “bad faith” in order…
Continue ReadingHouse 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 ReadingHouse 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingRepublicans 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…
Continue ReadingVoters 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 Reading3 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingBiden 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 ReadingEat or pay rent? That’s a choice these New Yorkers have had to make
Many undocumented immigrants living in Queens, New York have been without work for a year. They are unable to pay rent, are struggling to feed their…
Continue ReadingJustice 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 ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingFour 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…
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