Senate confirms Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary
The Senate voted to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary on Tuesday, making him the first Senate-confirmed LGBTQ Cabinet secretary.…
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Biden administration designates Myanmar military takeover as a coup
The Biden administration has formally determined that the military takeover in Myanmar constitutes a coup d’état, a designation that requires…
Continue ReadingRead former President Trump’s response to the article of impeachment against him
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a 14-page response to the House’s impeachment manager’s case on Tuesday, in its first…
Continue ReadingBiden wants millions of clean-energy related jobs. Can it happen?
Last week, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to addressing climate change by creating green energy jobs, building out a “modern and…
Continue ReadingDemocrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief
Democrats are moving now to fast-track a Covid relief package. If Republicans want to come along, great. Democrats are arguing Republicans can vote…
Continue ReadingBiden administration expected to announce direct vaccine shipments to pharmacies
The Biden administration is set to announce it will soon begin direct shipments of coronavirus vaccines to retail pharmacies, according to an…
Continue ReadingAndrew Yang tests positive for Covid-19
Andrew Yang, the former Democratic candidate for president who is currently running for mayor of New York City, tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday,…
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Exclusive: Elizabeth Warren wants answers on Robinhood’s ties to large hedge funds
Senator Elizabeth Warren is demanding answers from Robinhood co-CEO Vlad Tenev over potential conflicts of interest caused by the free trading…
Continue ReadingLindsey Graham defends Liz Cheney amid attacks from Trump allies
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, became the latest high-profile GOP elected official to defend Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming amid…
Continue ReadingDemocrats’ impeachment filing: Trump ‘threatened the constitutional system’
The House impeachment managers charge that former President Donald Trump is “singularly responsible” for inciting the insurrection at the…
Continue ReadingSenate set to confirm Buttigieg and Mayorkas
The Senate is on track to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary and Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingRead: Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue ReadingREAD: Excerpts from Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue ReadingBiden administration debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’
The Biden administration is engaged in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have…
Continue ReadingComparing the Biden and GOP stimulus plans
President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. The President last month…
Continue ReadingWhen will Biden ask the Supreme Court to uphold Obamacare?
President Joe Biden has been in office for less than two weeks, but a looming question is when, not whether, his Justice Department will change the…
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Biden to sign immigration executive orders and establish task force to reunite separated families
President Joe Biden will sign three executive orders Tuesday that take aim at his predecessor’s hardline immigration policies and try to…
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The pandemic is still dwarfing the size of Washington’s efforts to fight it
The long war against Covid-19, ever more daunting in the dispiriting months of winter, is now posing a fundamental question over whether the US has…
Continue ReadingCongressional Democrats view bipartisan plan as low priority for Covid-19 relief
Democrats on Capitol Hill are willing to give President Joe Biden the opportunity to secure Republican support for his broad Covid-19 relief package,…
Continue ReadingPelosi and Schumer say US Capitol Police officer killed during insurrection will lie in honor at Capitol
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced on Friday that the body of US Capitol Police Officer Brian D. Sicknick…
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