President and first lady thank National Guard after troops leave US Capitol
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday thanked the National Guard troops who were deployed at the US Capitol for the past several…
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Biden proclaims day of remembrance on 100th anniversary of Tulsa Race Massacre
President Joe Biden on Monday issued a proclamation to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, when hundreds of Black Americans…
Continue Reading Read: President Biden’s proclamation to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre
President Joe Biden released a proclamation for a day of remembrance for the centennial of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, calling on the American…
Continue Reading Biden honors fallen service members on Memorial Day
President Joe Biden honored those who died serving in the military in Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. “Remember…
Continue Reading Men’s group and ACLU urge Supreme Court to hear challenge to male-only military draft
The Supreme Court will decide as early as this week whether to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the…
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Texas Democrats leave House floor, effectively blocking passage of restrictive voting bill for now
Texas Republicans’ push to enact a slew of new voting restrictions was stymied — at least for now — by Democrats who walked off the state House…
Continue Reading New defendants charged in Oath Keepers conspiracy case
The Justice Department has added four new defendants to the federal criminal conspiracy case against Oath Keepers who allegedly prepared for and took…
Continue Reading Biden says he will bring up human rights abuses with Putin during meeting next month
President Joe Biden said Sunday that he will discuss human rights abuses with Russian President Vladimir Putin when they meet in Switzerland next…
Continue Reading Buttigieg: There needs to be ‘a clear direction’ on infrastructure talks by June 7
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that there needs to be “a clear direction” on infrastructure talks by the time…
Continue Reading Education Department rescinds Trump-era policy restricting state oversight of student loan servicing companies and debt collectors
The Department of Education under the Biden administration is rescinding a Trump-era policy that restricted states’ access to records and…
Continue Reading Rising crime in New York has gripped the mayoral race. Eric Adams says he alone can fix it.
For the first few months of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the campaign seemed to be trundling along in search of a defining…
Continue Reading New Covid-19 origination intelligence push aimed at elevating scientific analysis
The intelligence community’s push to uncover the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic has largely relied on traditional intelligence-gathering…
Continue Reading Marjorie Taylor Greene may be politically safe, but her conservative Georgia constituents have concerns about her tactics
Marjorie Taylor Greene has turned herself into one of the most visible Republicans in the country — stoking an endless stream of controversies…
Continue Reading Longtime White House butler retiring after 47 years of service
After four decades, William “Buddy” Carter — one of the longest serving White House butlers — is set to retire at the end of…
Continue Reading Border arrests show no sign of slowing in May, preliminary data indicate
US Customs and Border Protection has continued to encounter around 40,000 migrants a week at the US-Mexico border, continuing a pace similar to that…
Continue Reading Idaho governor rescinds ban on mask mandates issued while he was out of state
Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Friday repealed an executive order banning mask mandates by state entities that Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin had issued a day…
Continue Reading Judge Amy Berman Jackson strikes again
Trial-level federal Judge Amy Berman Jackson has handled some of the most politically significant court cases of the Trump era and its aftermath and…
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Postal Service wants to raise cost of mailing a letter to 58 cents
The US Postal Service on Friday proposed raising the cost of mailing a letter to 58 cents, an increase that’s within the range of recent years…
Continue Reading State Department calls for release of US journalist detained in Myanmar
The State Department on Friday called on Myanmar’s military regime to release Danny Fenster, an American journalist based in Myanmar who was…
Continue Reading ‘These attacks are despicable’: Biden condemns rise in anti-Semitic incidents
President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the rise in anti-Semitic attacks across the country in recent weeks, saying the incidents are…
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