Senate confirms Cecilia Rouse to be Biden’s top economist
The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s nomination of Cecilia Rouse to chair the Council of Economic Advisers. The vote on Tuesday was 95-4.…
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‘We’re leaving it open’: Progressives weigh withholding vote on Covid relief over minimum wage
House progressives are strongly pushing to pass a $15 minimum wage now as they believe this moment is their best shot, and some are already signaling…
Continue ReadingHawley defends opposition to every Biden Cabinet nominee: ‘I take them one at a time’
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley on Monday defended his role as the only US senator to oppose every one of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees,…
Continue ReadingNew York state lawmakers moving to repeal Cuomo’s expanded executive powers
New York state lawmakers are moving to repeal Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded executive powers related to the coronavirus pandemic, the…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court conservatives poised to uphold Arizona’s curbs on voting
In a critical voting rights case, conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested they were ready to uphold two provisions of an Arizona…
Continue ReadingNew York state lawmakers moving to repeal Cuomo’s expanded executive powers, source says
New York state lawmakers are moving to repeal Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded executive powers related to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Continue ReadingMurkowski seeks White House’s ‘attention’ on Alaska’s economic concerns as she weighs Biden budget pick
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who holds the key to President Joe Biden’s nominee for budget director, is pushing the White House about some…
Continue Reading Senate confirms Gina Raimondo as Biden’s commerce secretary
The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden’s secretary of commerce. The vote was 84-15. Raimondo is…
Continue ReadingBiden urges Senate Democrats to reject poison pills that could sink relief plan ahead of push for passage
President Joe Biden made an aggressive pitch to Senate Democrats for his relief plan, telling them during a virtual meeting Tuesday that they all…
Continue Reading NYC Bar Association joins push to have Giuliani investigated to be disbarred
The New York City Bar Association added its name to the list of groups urging the state court committee that recommends whether to disbar attorneys…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court’s conservatives seemed poised to uphold Arizona voting law criticized by minorities
In a critical voting rights case, conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested they were ready to uphold two provisions of an Arizona…
Continue ReadingBiden to announce that Merck will work with Johnson & Johnson to manufacture coronavirus vaccine
President Joe Biden is set to announce on Tuesday that drugmaker Merck will help manufacture a vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson,…
Continue ReadingBiden to huddle with Senate Democrats on Covid relief ahead of push for passage
President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as the chamber gears up to pass the White House’s top legislative…
Continue Reading‘We’re not keeping up’: Biden administration scrambles to house children crossing the US-Mexico border alone
The Biden administration is racing to find space for the growing number of families and unaccompanied children crossing the US-Mexico border alone,…
Continue Reading Supreme Court’s conservatives seemed poised to uphold Arizona voting law
In a critical voting rights case, conservative Supreme Court justices on Tuesday suggested they were ready to uphold two provisions of an Arizona…
Continue Reading Bill Frist Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Bill Frist, heart and lung transplant surgeon and former Senate majority leader. Personal Birth date: February 22, 1952…
Continue ReadingDemocrats in Congress begin sweeping effort to overhaul election laws
Congress began debate Tuesday on a sweeping ethics and elections package pushed by Democrats that seeks to dramatically overhaul the nation’s…
Continue ReadingVernon Jordan, civil rights leader and close ally of Bill Clinton, dies
Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening. He was 85. A cause of death was not…
Continue ReadingBiden administration sanctions senior Russian officials over Navalny poisoning and imprisonment
The Biden administration has imposed sanctions on seven Russian officials in response to the poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Alexey…
Continue Reading New satellite images reveal North Korea took recent steps to conceal nuclear weapons site
New satellite imagery obtained by CNN reveals North Korea has recently taken steps to conceal a facility US intelligence agencies believe is being…
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