Former President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot by pushing the false suggestion that his…
Continue ReadingFive years after the death of conservative hero Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court justices continue to joust over who among them is truly preserving…
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Republicans in Georgia sped a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday, making it the first presidential battleground to impose new voting…
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At least five people have died as a wave of tornadoes ripped through the southern US yesterday. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed…
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Two separate groups of lawmakers are traveling to Texas on Friday to spotlight the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border in…
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Joe Biden offered his most expansive explanation yet of his own presidency on Thursday, presenting himself, at least for now, as a problem solver…
Continue ReadingThe White House is rounding out its press operation, adding a veteran Capitol Hill aide as President Joe Biden prepares to launch his next major…
Continue ReadingThe Internal Revenue Service has sent roughly 127 million stimulus payments out in the past two weeks, but some of the lowest-income Social Security…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden cast challenges to the US from China, Russia and global shifts in stark terms Thursday, describing “a battle between the…
Continue ReadingThe Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday deadlocked in a party-line vote on the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be associate attorney general, but…
Continue ReadingA US Drug Enforcement Administration agent suspended for being at the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Tuesday that he has since…
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Watching President Joe Biden’s first press conference today, all I could think was that his performance showed there’s little chance he…
Continue ReadingPoverty has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, but it would have been even worse without successive federal relief packages last year. The $600…
Continue ReadingRepublican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a vocal critic of Donald Trump who wants to save his party from the former President, thinks politicians have learned…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration expelled more than half of the migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border in recent weeks under a Trump-era health order that…
Continue ReadingHouse committee chairs are requesting documents and communications from before, during and after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol from a wide…
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President Joe Biden held the first formal news conference of his presidency on Thursday, taking questions in the East Room of the White House on…
Continue ReadingA scheduled trip to Alabama by first lady Jill Biden on Friday was canceled Thursday evening after deadly tornadoes swept through the state. Biden…
Continue ReadingPlea talks between the Justice Department and some defendants in the Capitol riot cases are still in the works, two court proceedings made clear on…
Continue ReadingThere’s a new movement afoot to finally curb the President’s 9/11 war powers, and the Republicans and Democrats pushing it have hope in a…
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