Senate votes to confirm key Biden judicial nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based…
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READ: FBI warning to lawmakers that QAnon conspiracy theorists may become more violent
The FBI has warned lawmakers that online QAnon conspiracy theorists may carry out more acts of violence as they move from serving as “digital…
Continue Reading House to vote on repeal of 2002 US war authorization in Iraq with White House support
The House is voting this week on a bill to repeal the 2002 US war authorization in Iraq, with Democrats hopeful that the White House’s backing…
Continue ReadingErdoğan and Biden hold bilateral meeting following NATO summit
President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a bilateral meeting on Monday following a meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels.…
Continue ReadingTrump-appointed head of DOJ’s national security division to leave at end of June
John Demers, the Trump-appointed head of the Justice Department’s national security division, is leaving at the end of the month as planned, a…
Continue Reading ICE terminates Trump-era office that focused on victims of immigrant crime
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has terminated the Trump-era office that focused on victims of crimes linked to undocumented immigrants, another…
Continue Reading McConnell says ‘highly unlikely’ he would let Biden fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2024 if GOP wins back Senate
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Monday that if his party regains the majority in 2022 it’s “highly unlikely” he…
Continue ReadingJustice Department to ‘strengthen’ rules regarding seeking congressional records, Garland says
The Justice Department will “strengthen” rules regarding seeking congressional records, Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a…
Continue Reading Justice Department can keep the Barr memo on not charging Trump secret for now, judge rules
Judge Amy Berman Jackson is allowing the Justice Department to keep secret part of a key memo to then-Attorney General William Barr from his top…
Continue Reading Supreme Court declines to take up challenge to California electoral vote process
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging California’s electoral process in another instance of the high court shying away from…
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How Democrats are laying the groundwork now for a potential reconciliation bill
As the bipartisan group continues to educate their respective members on their $1.2 trillion infrastructure proposal, Democratic leadership and key…
Continue ReadingTrump-era sentencing reform law doesn’t apply to low-level crack cocaine offenders, Supreme Court says
The Supreme Court held Monday that a low-level crack-cocaine offender is ineligible to seek a reduced sentence under the Trump-era First Step Act…
Continue ReadingSenate to vote on confirmation of key Biden judicial nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick to fill a vacancy on a powerful DC-based appellate court and one of the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court effectively delays challenge to Harvard affirmative action policies for several months
The Supreme Court on Monday effectively postponed action on a major challenge to Harvard’s use of racial affirmative action, likely putting off…
Continue ReadingExclusive: US assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility
The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and…
Continue ReadingPresident Biden arrives at NATO for first visit as President
President Joe Biden has arrived at his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’…
Continue Reading‘Her instinct is to dig in’: Kamala Harris’ struggles to answer border question seen as part of a pattern
Several allies and former aides to Vice President Kamala Harris had “flashbacks” last week as they watched her fumble a politically…
Continue Reading Education Secretary tells White House reopening schools is ‘challenging for all’
US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings…
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President Biden set to make first NATO visit as President after meeting G7 allies
President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United…
Continue Reading Biden’s agenda hits roadblocks in Congress as he preaches democracy overseas
As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on…
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