Huge Trump-era and pandemic immigrant visa backlog poses challenge for Biden
Even though President Joe Biden has moved to reverse many of his predecessor’s anti-immigration policies, the consequences of those restrictive…
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Trump tightens grip on GOP while Biden bets on expanding federal power
Prominent Republicans rededicated themselves to Donald Trump’s creed of grievance, lies and demagoguery this weekend as President Joe Biden…
Continue ReadingCongress faces jam-packed agenda as Democrats confront divisions over legislative policy and strategy
Congress will return to Washington this week with a host of problems to address — but no clear legislative paths to resolve any of them. On…
Continue ReadingLiz Cheney calls Matt Gaetz allegations ‘sickening’ but stops short of calling for his resignation
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 House Republican, called allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz “sickening” on Sunday, but stopped short…
Continue ReadingFormer Attorney General and legal activist Ramsey Clark dies at 93
Ramsey Clark, the former US attorney general and legal activist, has died at the age of 93, his granddaughter told CNN. Clark died Friday at his home…
Continue ReadingRepublican pushback on Covid emergency could cost Wisconsin’s neediest residents $50 million in monthly food stamps
More than 240,000 of Wisconsin’s lowest-income households could lose $50 million in pandemic food stamp benefits next month due to the ongoing…
Continue ReadingMaryland lawmakers override GOP governor’s vetoes to enact police reform measures
Lawmakers in Maryland enacted a slate of police reform measures on Saturday by overriding Republican Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of the bills,…
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Top Black Democrats condemn GOP election bills as grave threat to voting in America
The highest-ranking Black lawmaker in Congress and a top Black state leader took aim Sunday at nation-wide Republican efforts to restrict voting…
Continue ReadingBlinken criticizes China’s failure to ‘provide real transparency’ earlier in pandemic
Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized China Sunday for not disclosing information on Covid-19 and its aggression in Taiwan and said that the…
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Michigan’s Covid-19 surge becomes a reality check for a restless nation
Amid an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases in Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Friday appeal to her state’s residents to voluntarily take…
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Buttigieg: Biden wants ‘real progress’ on infrastructure plan by Memorial Day
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s broad definition of infrastructure in the American Jobs…
Continue ReadingTrump repeats election lies and insults McConnell in front of RNC donors in Palm Beach
Former President Donald Trump repeated familiar lies about the 2020 election and insulted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Saturday when…
Continue ReadingArkansas’ GOP governor says Trump’s attacks on party leaders are ‘divisive’ and ‘not helpful’
Arkansas’ Republican governor on Sunday knocked former President Donald Trump’s recent attacks on top party leaders as…
Continue Reading‘We cannot go back to normal’: Boston’s Mayor Kim Janey sees a mandate for racial equity in post-Covid era
For 200 years, Boston has been led by an unbroken string of White men — until now. Kim Janey, a Black woman who traces her roots in the city…
Continue ReadingRNC donors gather to hear Trump and others in Palm Beach, the GOP’s ‘new political power center’
Donors to the Republican National Committee gathered this weekend for the first time since Donald Trump’s defeat just down the road from his…
Continue ReadingConcerns mount that US withdrawal from Afghanistan could risk progress on women’s rights
Concerns are mounting from bipartisan US lawmakers and Afghan women’s rights activists that the hard-won gains for women and civil society in…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania’s Democratic Senate race raises simmering divisions inside the party
In the beginning stages of Pennsylvania’s high stakes Democratic Senate primary, even the most progressive of candidates are downplaying the…
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Biden is right: Caregiving is part of our nation’s infrastructure
You’ve heard these phrases before or may have used them yourself. “My mom is the rock of our family.” “I wouldn’t be…
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‘We’ve been here before’: Ohio bridge serves as a reminder of political hurdle Biden faces as infrastructure negotiations begin
The Brent Spence Bridge, which spans the Ohio River, has long been a political football and a symbol of government dysfunction. On one of the busiest…
Continue ReadingPandemic may give rise to a progressive new era if White House economic team has its way
As they chart the country’s tentative economic recovery, White House officials see possibility in the wake of the pandemic — an…
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