Republican legislators around the country are moving aggressively to strip governors and other officials of their power to change election rules…
Continue ReadingOn the cusp of passing President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could move the legislation without a single…
Continue ReadingThe House of Representatives will vote on Friday to approve President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package, a major step toward…
Continue ReadingRepublican politicians, media personalities and activists are gathering this weekend in Florida for the annual Conservative Political Action…
Continue ReadingThe leader of the far-right Proud Boys group does not care that lawmakers were terrorized by rioters inside the US Capitol on January 6 as they tried…
Continue ReadingA Senate confirmation hearing is now underway for Dr. Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden’s pick to serve as assistant health secretary, who…
Continue ReadingThere is no evidence that race played a role in the US Capitol Police’s failure to bolster security before the January 6 insurrection, the…
Continue ReadingThe growing number of migrant children arriving alone at the US-Mexico border is raising alarm among officials scrambling to find enough space to…
Continue ReadingThe deadly January 6 insurrection in the Capitol may have caused many voters to recoil at former President Donald Trump’s election lies. But on…
Continue ReadingA little known but powerful Senate official has ruled against including the increase in the minimum wage in the Covid relief bill, sources tell CNN.…
Continue ReadingSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday he would “absolutely” support former President Donald Trump if he became the GOP…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats have included a minimum wage hike in their latest Covid relief bill, although a ruling from the Senate parliamentarian means it…
Continue ReadingAs Democrats begin their march toward reinstating earmarks, Republicans are grappling with how their party will handle bringing back directed…
Continue ReadingOpponents of affirmative action asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to use their case against Harvard to overrule precedent that has long allowed…
Continue ReadingLaid-off workers will be allowed to turn down jobs they think are too risky because of Covid and continue to collect unemployment benefits, under…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Thursday commemorated 50 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered since he took office, using it as a measuring stick…
Continue ReadingAn Iowa bill aimed at limiting voting and making it harder for voters to return absentee ballots is headed to Gov. Kim Reynolds’ desk this week…
Continue ReadingDays after a Republican senator said the US Capitol attack wasn’t an “armed insurrection,” a Maryland man pleaded not guilty to…
Continue ReadingCongressional Democrats said Thursday that they would be open to an even partisan split for a commission to investigate the January 6 attack on the…
Continue ReadingNew York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is denying allegations from a former aide who accused him of sexual harassment, including an unwanted kiss, in a Medium…
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