Pentagon examining how to evacuate thousands who worked for US from Afghanistan
The Pentagon is in the early stages of planning for the potential evacuation of thousands of Afghan nationals whose work for the US could make them…
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Democrats fight to keep up with the changing landscape of political disinformation
Democrats are bracing for a deluge of disinformation in next year’s midterm elections, and they view leading Republicans, not foreign actors or…
Continue Reading Civil rights groups sue West Virginia over new anti-trans sports bill
Civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday challenging West Virginia’s new anti-trans sports law, arguing that the measure banning…
Continue Reading ‘They think we’re like servants’: Inside the fractured relationship between the Capitol Police and members of Congress
In the weeks after the January 6 riot, Capitol Police officers were shell-shocked and wounded, both physically and psychologically. They’d been…
Continue Reading New DHS directive will require critical pipelines to comply with federal cybersecurity measures
The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including…
Continue Reading Democratic congressman stresses risk of not investigating Capitol attack: ‘We have a domestic terror movement in America’
Rep. Jason Crow, a Colorado Democrat and veteran who helped comfort other lawmakers during the US Capitol insurrection, said Wednesday evening…
Continue ReadingJudge says Trump’s ‘steady drumbeat’ of the Big Lie could continue to inspire his supporters to take up arms
A federal judge on Wednesday wrote that Donald Trump’s “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen from him could still inspire…
Continue ReadingBiden tasks intelligence community to report on Covid origins in 90 days
President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the…
Continue Reading Obama says ‘institutional role’ constrained his comments on Ferguson and Trayvon Martin cases while President
Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his…
Continue ReadingChanges to qualified immunity in policing deal face Senate GOP resistance
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are objecting to changing protections police currently enjoy from civil lawsuits, underscoring the…
Continue ReadingMan charged with threatening to kill Biden and others in bizarre texts
A New Mexico man is facing a federal charge for allegedly threatening to kill President Joe Biden and others in text messages he sent to people in…
Continue ReadingPolice accountability provisions hold up reform while activists grow frustrated
President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal…
Continue ReadingBiden and Congress face increasing pressure from some Black leaders to enact police reform
President Joe Biden and the Democratic-controlled Congress are facing increasing pressure this week from Black civil rights leaders who say federal…
Continue Reading ‘Enough’: Biden calls for action on guns in wake of San Jose shooting
President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged Congress to “take immediate action” on gun legislation in the wake of a shooting in San Jose,…
Continue ReadingGOP senators warn they may block China competition bill, angry over lack of amendments
Several Republican senators raised fresh doubts Wednesday that enough of them would join Democrats in breaking a filibuster of the Endless Frontiers…
Continue ReadingWhere things stand in the Trump criminal investigations
Former President Donald Trump left the White House four months ago, but he didn’t leave his legal troubles behind, and in recent weeks there…
Continue ReadingLaw enforcement groups endorse Biden’s pick for ATF director ahead of confirmation hearing
Several national organizations representing law enforcement officers are applauding President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol,…
Continue ReadingPentagon considering telling troops to report suspected ‘Havana Syndrome’ incidents
The Pentagon is drafting a memo to the entire military and civilian workforce asking personnel to report any so-called anomalous health symptoms that…
Continue ReadingKarine Jean-Pierre becomes first Black woman in 30 years to host daily White House press briefing
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press…
Continue ReadingPompeo-led effort to hunt down Covid lab theory shut down by Biden administration over concerns about quality of evidence
President Joe Biden‘s team shut down a closely-held State Department effort launched late in the Trump administration to prove the coronavirus…
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