More than 200 people now charged in connection with Capitol riot
Prosecutors have charged more than 200 people with federal crimes in connection with the January 6 riot and insurrection at the Capitol, according to…
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Read: The Senate’s organizing resolution setting the rules for Trump’s impeachment trial
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Monday afternoon that Senate leaders had reached an agreement for an organizing resolution to set the rules…
Continue ReadingDemocrats’ $3,000 child tax credit idea is about lifting 4 million kids out of poverty
Though it started as a way to provide relief to middle class families, the child tax credit has also evolved into a bipartisan tool for lifting kids…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats’ stimulus check plan would exclude families earning more than $200,000
House Democrats have rejected a Republican proposal to significantly narrow eligibility for further stimulus payments and are moving forward with…
Continue ReadingMichael Cohen apologizes to Stormy Daniels for causing ‘needless pain’
Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen thanked Stormy Daniels for giving him a second chance and apologized for the “needless…
Continue ReadingMeet the House impeachment managers
A select group of House Democrats known as impeachment managers will act as prosecutors when former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment…
Continue Reading Read: OMB nominee Neera Tanden’s opening statement
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, will appear before the Senate Homeland Security…
Continue ReadingBiden and Democrats prepare to act fast on judges, having learned lesson from Trump
President Joe Biden had been in office less than a week when a federal judge issued a nationwide injunction blocking one of his first…
Continue ReadingWhen they spotted a familiar face at the Capitol riots, they reported it to authorities
When crowds of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed into the US Capitol weeks ago, hundreds of photos and videos emerged: clips…
Continue ReadingTrump lawyer withdraws request not to have impeachment trial on Sabbath
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyer David Schoen is withdrawing his request to not hold the impeachment trial on the Jewish Sabbath,…
Continue Reading House Republicans who backed impeaching Trump have no regrets as Senate GOP reckons with former President’s role
They’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg quarantining after security agent tests positive
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department…
Continue ReadingTrump tells aides he thinks he’ll be acquitted as he remains fixated on ‘accountability’ for GOP lawmakers who voted to impeach
Former President Donald Trump has been reaching out to aides and advisers to discuss his upcoming Senate impeachment trial, sources familiar with the…
Continue ReadingFact check: How Trump’s lawyers twisted the facts in their anti-impeachment filing
In a new legal filing, lawyers for former President Donald Trump accused the House Democrats who are leading Trump’s impeachment trial of…
Continue ReadingUS deploying B-1 bombers to Norway to send a message to Russia
The US Air Force is deploying B-1 bombers to Norway for the first time in a move that sends a clear message to Moscow that the US military will…
Continue Reading House Republicans who backed impeaching Trump have no regrets as party reckons with former President’s role
They’ve faced sharp backlash from former President Donald Trump and his supporters and been censured by their state parties, all the while…
Continue ReadingDemocrats unveil $3,000 child benefit as part of Biden relief package
House Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Monday that would give millions of families at least $3,000 per child, advancing a key provision in…
Continue Reading Leadership failures led to major Covid outbreak on aircraft carrier, watchdog report finds
The leadership of the USS Theodore Roosevelt failed to put in place measures to stop a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier and…
Continue Reading Paul Manafort can’t be prosecuted on state charges, New York court rules
The New York state appeals court denied the Manhattan district attorney’s effort to bring criminal charges against Paul Manafort after he was…
Continue ReadingTransportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to quarantine after security agent tests positive
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will quarantine for 14 days after a member of his security detail tested positive for Covid-19, department…
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