National Politics Archives

Pence unveils Republican policy agenda for midterm elections

March 31, 2022 6:27 AM The Associated Press

Former Vice President Mike Pence has unveiled a new policy platform for Republicans ahead of this year’s midterms…

President Biden’s approval rating maintains a steady 39%

March 31, 2022 6:16 AM April Hettinger, CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden’s approval rating appears to be holding…

Arizona governor bans abortions after 15 weeks

March 30, 2022 1:33 PM Jacqueline Aguilar, Mercedes Martinez

Arizona’s Republican governor, Doug Ducey, signed multiple bills on Wednesday focusing on abortion and transgender…

US Senate candidate Mick McGuire visits Yuma

March 30, 2022 11:50 AM Samantha Byrd

United States Senate candidate, Mick McGuire, from Arizona, visited Yuma to host a fundraiser for his campaign and to speak with local leaders about…

Biden gets his 2nd booster shot and urges Congress to spend more on pandemic: ‘We can’t wait’

March 30, 2022 11:52 AM CNN, Adonis Albright

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged lawmakers to secure more funding for his administration’s Covid-19 response and warned of severe…

Biden administration plans to end pandemic border restrictions in May, sources say

March 30, 2022 11:25 AM CNN, Mercedes Martinez

The Biden administration is planning to end Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that have largely blocked migrants from entering…

Anti-lynching Act signed by President Biden

March 29, 2022 4:06 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden signed a bill into law on Tuesday that makes lynching a federal hate crime, acknowledging how racial violence has left a lasting…

Congress approves permanent statues of Justices Ginsburg, O’Connor at the Capitol

March 29, 2022 9:50 AM Jacqueline Aguilar

Permanent statues of Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O’Connor may make the Capitol its home as the United States Senator Kyrsten Sinema’s…

Jan. 6 panel missing roughly 8 hours of Trump’s phone calls

March 29, 2022 6:56 AM The Associated Press

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has identified a roughly eight-hour gap in official records of then-President Donald…

Imperial Valley native sworn in for California Supreme Court

March 28, 2022 3:51 PM Marcos Icahuate, Adonis Albright, CNN

California Governor Gavin Newsom swore in Justice Patricia Guerrero for the Supreme Court on Monday, March…

New York state judge orders Trump Organization to comply with NY Attorney General subpoena by end of April

March 28, 2022 11:19 AM CNN

A New York state judge ordered the Trump Organization to comply by the end of April with a subpoena from the New York attorney general as part of…

Biden’s budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits

March 28, 2022 9:11 AM The Associated Press

President Joe Biden is releasing a budget blueprint that tries to tell voters what the diverse and at times fractured Democratic Party stands…

Biden Administration expected to announce new tax on billionaires

March 28, 2022 6:51 AM April Hettinger

The Biden Administration is expected to unveil a new minimum income tax for billionaires…

Michigan governor kidnap plotters wanted to disrupt a Biden presidency, one member testifies

March 25, 2022 8:32 AM CNN

The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of…

Manchin says he will vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

March 25, 2022 7:50 AM CNN

that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be…

Mitch McConnell won’t vote Ketanji Brown Jackson into Supreme Court

March 25, 2022 7:18 AM April Hettinger

Day four of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation hearings have…

Arizona Senators to President Biden: Keep Title 42 in place

March 24, 2022 3:02 PM Adam Klepp, Adonis Albright

Today U.S. Senators from Arizona Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema sent a letter to President Biden, advising him against ending Title 42 without a…

Biden speaks on US support for Ukraine

March 24, 2022 4:54 PM The Associated Press, Adonis Albright

Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday in response to Vladimir Putin’s , but their offers fell short of the more…

Airline CEOs calling for Biden to drop the federal transportation mask mandate

March 24, 2022 7:13 AM April Hettinger

CEO’s at 10 airlines and cargo carriers want President Biden to end the transportation mask mandate and the testing requirement for international…

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson may have set a new standard for future nominees

March 24, 2022 7:06 AM CNN

For decades, US Supreme Court confirmation hearings have taken center stage in American politics, and each hearing has created new norms for future…