Members of Congress from both parties pressed the Biden administration to do more to help Afghans who have worked with American forces secure special immigrant visas to come to the US before troops withdraw from Afghanistan by a September 11 deadline. At a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Democrat Rep. Jason Crow, a
Continue Reading President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that Americans should expect “good news” within the next day about a recent ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline, suggesting that the situation will soon be under control as his administration warns Americans not to hoard gasoline. “I think you’re going to hear some good news in the next
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Rep. Liz Cheney lost her post in the House Republican leadership on Wednesday after publicly rejecting for months former President Donald Trump’s lie that he won the 2020 presidential election.
Continue Reading President Joe Biden on Friday argued the US needs the kind of large-scale investments his economic proposals call for in the wake of a disappointing Friday jobs report that fell well below expectations. “We can’t let up, this jobs report makes that clear. We’ve got too much work to do,” Biden said, speaking from the
Continue Reading The Biden administration is weighing unfreezing $1 billion in Iranian funds that the country could use for humanitarian relief, amid the negotiations for the US to reenter the 2015 nuclear deal and bring Iran back into compliance with its terms.
Continue Reading Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Biden administration is “actively looking” at strengthening security assistance to Ukraine as he pledged support for the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression.
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Vice President Kamala Harris has scheduled her first trip abroad since taking office.
Continue Reading Allies of Rudy Giuliani continue to call on former President Donald Trump and Republicans to pay for his efforts around the election and, in turn, subsidize the mounting legal bills facing the former New York City mayor.
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President Joe Biden responded on Wednesday to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell‘s comment that “100%” of his focus is “on stopping this new administration,” asserting that he had heard such threats from the Kentucky Republican before and worked through them. When asked Wednesday whether he still thought he could work with McConnell after the Senate
Continue Reading In a new op-ed for The Washington Post, Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican Party is at a “turning point” and must decide whether to accept or reject Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, which she says provoked the violence on January 6 and could provoke violence again. “Trump is seeking to unravel critical
Continue Reading President Joe Biden grew animated on Wednesday while discussing his pitch to increase certain taxes to fund his sweeping spending proposals, saying his plan will not hurt most wealthy Americans and corporations, but will instead help the kind of people he grew up with. “We’re not going to deprive any of these executives their second
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Already more than 56% of American adults have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and nearly 105 million are fully vaccinated.
Continue Reading Liz Cheney is striking a nerve. Over and over again. Purposefully and with force. Donald Trump sends an email saying the election was stolen, and Cheney — the No. 3 House Republican — tweets right back at him, minutes later, that “the 2020 presidential election was not stolen.” Whenever asked, she says that those who
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A legal adviser to Rudy Giuliani said he hopes former President Donald Trump will join in a court fight to attempt to block federal prosecutors from accessing seized material Giuliani believes is protected by attorney-client privilege. Lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who is not formally representing Giuliani but acting in an advisory capacity, said the former New
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President Joe Biden on Friday pitched his infrastructure proposal’s investments in American railroads from a venue that no doubt felt very familiar to him: an Amtrak platform in Philadelphia. Speaking from the 30th Street Station in the City of Brotherly Love, Biden made his pitch for his $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal at a ceremony celebrating
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The White House will soon announce a new milestone: 100 million adults in the US are now fully vaccinated, according to a White House official. President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients will announce during a briefing with reporters that the US is expected to hit 100 million at some point on Friday. The news
Continue Reading Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week sent a letter, obtained by CNN, to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to abandon curriculum in American schools that McConnell argues tells a revisionist history of America’s founding, specifically criticizing The New York Times’ “1619 Project.” Read McConnell’s letter obtained by CNN below: Dear Secretary Cardona: We write to
Continue Reading Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and
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Eighteen months ago, media reports indicated that Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, was under scrutiny by federal prosecutors at the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York for actions related to his involvement in the Ukraine scandal that led to Trump’s first impeachment. Given the time that has passed,
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On Wednesday night, President Joe Biden unveiled his “American Families Plan,” which calls for $1.8 trillion to be invested in education, child care and paid family leave. This investment is essential to ensure that all who want join the American workforce have the opportunity. But even more importantly, it is aimed at helping women, who
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