The Supreme Court’s conservatives may have the votes to expand Second Amendment rights
As Americans have been shaken by recent mass shootings and national leaders have renewed calls for firearms reform, the Supreme Court on Monday…
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US to begin sharing AstraZeneca doses soon
The US will begin sharing millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine with other countries soon, an official told CNN on Monday. The US has tens…
Continue ReadingTrump ally Doug Collins will not run for Georgia Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
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‘The tightest tightrope’: Kevin McCarthy continues to embrace Trump as he charts course to lead Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy continues to thread a precarious needle as he tries to balance all the factions of the Republican Party by…
Continue ReadingTrump ally Doug Collins will not run for Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
Continue ReadingUS sending around 650 troops to Afghanistan to protect forces as they withdraw
The Pentagon is assembling a force of around 650 troops to send to Afghanistan in the coming days to protect US forces as they withdraw from the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court won’t let Texas immediately defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ immigration rule
The Supreme Court on Monday denied, for now, a bid by Texas and 13 other states to defend a controversial Trump-era rule that makes it more difficult…
Continue ReadingAnti-Trump conservative group to grade GOP lawmakers on whether they uphold (or undermine) democracy
An anti-Trump conservative group is launching an effort to track and evaluate whether Republicans in Congress, in the group’s view, have acted…
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How Biden anchored his first 100 days on two simple principles
The increasingly radical presidency of Joe Biden was built on a straightforward foundation: putting Covid-19 shots in arms and stimulus checks in the…
Continue ReadingCongress faces busy week of negotiations as Biden prepares for joint address. Here’s what to watch.
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill will juggle a slate of competing priorities this week as both parties wrestle with tense negotiations over infrastructure…
Continue ReadingBiden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to India as country faces Covid-19 outbreak
The Biden administration will deploy additional supplies and support to India as the country deals with a spike in coronavirus cases, the White House…
Continue ReadingDefense Department to provide support to India for Covid response
The Defense Department will provide support to India for its Covid response, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Sunday. “I have directed…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court poised for another historic spring
The Supreme Court is staring at its self-imposed end of June deadline, but the justices have not yet released some of the most significant opinions…
Continue ReadingGraham denies systemic racism exists in US and says ‘America’s not a racist country’
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham denied on Sunday that there is systemic racism in the US, claiming “America’s not a racist country”…
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Biden’s approval rating is historically consistent
President Joe Biden‘s first term passed the three-month point last week and will hit the 100th-day mark this week. We’re now at the point…
Continue ReadingTroy Carter wins Louisiana special election runoff, CNN projects
Democratic state Sen. Troy Carter will win the special election runoff for Louisiana’s vacant US House seat, CNN projects, capturing the…
Continue ReadingBiden vowed to end the death penalty. Activists are demanding action as he nears the 100-day mark
As President Joe Biden nears the milestone of his first 100 days in office, anti-death penalty advocates are growing frustrated with his silence and…
Continue ReadingCrenshaw ‘hopeful and confident’ in recovery after emergency eye surgery
Rep. Dan Crenshaw says he is “hopeful and confident” in his recovery after undergoing emergency eye surgery earlier this month, but…
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Manchin says he’s ‘not a roadblock’ for Biden’s priorities as he pushes for slimmed-down infrastructure bill
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin said Sunday that he’s not a “roadblock” for President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda, even as he…
Continue Reading‘We compromise, we die’: Rep. Cori Bush says she won’t support qualified immunity compromise in policing bill talks
Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri said she would refuse to vote for new policing reform legislation that compromises on civil lawsuit protections…
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