Sen. Thom Tillis announced on Monday that he has prostate cancer and will be getting surgery next week. Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who just…
Continue ReadingColorado lawmakers are facing pressure to act from constituents and are in the “early stages” of discussing gun reform proposals after a…
Continue ReadingDespite the signing of the Doha agreement last February that called for a full drawdown of US troops and personnel from Afghanistan by May 1, the…
Continue ReadingDespite the signing of the Doha agreement last February that called for a full drawdown of US troops and personnel from Afghanistan by May 1, the…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration is currently working to develop a system for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus,…
Continue ReadingLouisiana Rep.-elect Julia Letlow on Sunday urged Republicans to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, citing her own tragic experience losing her…
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Mental health advocates call on Biden administration to create more resources for young adults struggling amid the…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska committed on Sunday to supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the state’s other GOP senator, should she decide…
Continue ReadingDr. Deborah Birx revealed in a CNN documentary clip released Sunday that she received a “very uncomfortable” and “very…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden and other Democrats could tackle both voting rights and infrastructure legislation at the same time, Democratic Sen. Raphael…
Continue ReadingThe Maine Republican Party’s state committee on Saturday rejected a censure measure against Sen. Susan Collins, following her vote earlier this…
Continue ReadingThe Biden administration could need at least 34,100 additional beds to keep up with the projected number of unaccompanied kids arriving at the…
Continue ReadingIt was Thursday afternoon before a Senate recess was about to begin, and senators were in a hurry — especially Marsha Blackburn. As senators…
Continue ReadingAs Congress debates new legislation on firearm restrictions in the wake of two high-profile mass shootings, the National Rifle Association is playing…
Continue ReadingThe “enemies” will have fictional names, but when hundreds of US military personnel around the globe log on to their computers later this…
Continue ReadingA handful of the US Capitol riot defendants whom prosecutors have grouped among the most extreme were told on Friday they could potentially be…
Continue ReadingRepublicans in Georgia on Thursday passed a far-reaching overhaul of the state’s election laws that voting rights groups say will target the…
Continue ReadingThe number of unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody continued to climb this week, according to the latest government-released data. On…
Continue ReadingDepartment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday dissolved the Homeland Security Advisory Council, according to a letter…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden on Friday called a sweeping elections bill signed into law in Georgia “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” and “an…
Continue ReadingTwo separate groups of lawmakers traveled to Texas on Friday to spotlight the surge of unaccompanied minors crossing the US-Mexico border in recent…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Republicans’ successful effort to enact sweeping voting restrictions has ratcheted up pressure on Democrats to take unprecedented steps…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Republicans’ successful effort to enact sweeping voting restrictions has ratcheted up pressure on Democrats to take unprecedented steps…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s push to create a bipartisan commission that would investigate the January 6 attack on the US Capitol is in danger…
Continue ReadingPresident Joe Biden is “looking” at what executive actions he can take on guns, particularly when it comes to regulating imported weapons…
Continue ReadingChinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin “know they’re invited” to join a US-hosted virtual summit on…
Continue ReadingFormer secretary of state Mike Pompeo took an unofficial but unsubtle step into the 2024 Republican presidential race this week, touting former…
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Georgia’s new sweeping elections law has a number of controversial provisions that will restrict access to…
Continue ReadingHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Friday that she is appointing DC National Guard Major Gen. William J. Walker to be the House…
Continue ReadingThe US Navy in the Middle East plans to send an assessment team of dredging experts to the Suez Canal as soon as Saturday to advise local authorities…
Continue ReadingRepublican Sen. Mitt Romney is this year’s recipient of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage award for being the lone GOP senator to stand up…
Continue ReadingMembers of Congress can use campaign funds to hire bodyguards, federal election regulators ruled Thursday — nearly three months after the…
Continue ReadingGayle Manchin, an educator and wife of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, has been nominated to serve as the federal co-chair of the…
Continue ReadingFormer President Donald Trump on Thursday attempted to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot by pushing the false suggestion that his…
Continue ReadingThere are very few firsts at a Passover Seder, the traditional holiday meal Jewish people have celebrated for centuries. But for second gentleman…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators identified more than half a billion dollars in fraud and charged 474 people with crimes related to theft of money from US Covid…
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Georgia state Rep. Park Cannon was arrested and removed from the Georgia Capitol on Thursday after passage of the state’s sweeping elections…
Continue ReadingFormer 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…
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…
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…
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…
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