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…
Continue Reading G7 calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an…
Continue Reading Pelosi says House leadership ‘did not rebuke’ Omar over comments about US, Israel, Hamas and Taliban
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said House leadership “did not rebuke” Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar last week, after criticism from…
Continue Reading Apple informed former White House counsel Don McGahn and wife that their records were sought by DOJ in 2018
Former Trump White House counsel Don McGahn and his wife received disclosures from Apple last month that their account records were sought by the…
Continue Reading Pelosi says Trump DOJ’s targeting of political enemies ‘goes even beyond Richard Nixon’
The Trump-era Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize data of Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee went even beyond the…
Continue Reading President Biden and the first lady meet Queen Elizabeth II after his first G7 summit
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
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Pelosi says Senate bipartisan infrastructure package may be a tough sell to caucus unless ‘more to come’
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said she’s “very pleased” that a deal on a new bipartisan Senate infrastructure package was…
Continue Reading AOC says she is ‘inclined to say yes’ as to whether Justice Breyer should retire
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is “inclined to say yes” as to whether Justice Stephen Breyer should retire from the Supreme…
Continue Reading READ: G7 communiqué calls for new study into origins of Covid and voices concern on China
World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19 after an initial report was…
Continue Reading Biden leaves his first G7 summit for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue Reading Fact check: Breaking down Mitch McConnell’s spin on the John Lewis voting rights bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was asked Tuesday where he stands on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, a Democratic bill that aims…
Continue Reading ‘New York is back!’ The NYC Democratic mayoral primary captivates a reanimated city
When New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took the stage at a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Maya Wiley on Saturday night, the…
Continue Reading ‘Asserting power when they don’t have any’: GOP governors move to ban mask mandates in schools
As a school year filled with challenges from the Covid-19 pandemic comes to a close, the focus is on summer school and planning for the fall, when…
Continue Reading Biden set to cap off first G7 summit with an audience with Queen Elizabeth II
When Joe Biden was preparing for his first audience with Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II as a young senator, his mother — an Irish American…
Continue Reading Former Deputy AG Rosenstein has said he was not aware of subpoena for lawmakers’ data, source says
Ex-top Trump Justice Department official Rod Rosenstein has told people in recent days he was not aware of a subpoena that targeted the data of…
Continue Reading ‘I’m a partner on this journey’: Jill Biden on how she sees her role as first lady during debut foreign trip
On her third full day in the United Kingdom to accompany President Joe Biden on his first G7 Summit, Jill Biden peeled off from her husband, and the…
Continue Reading Biden causes sighs of relief among world leaders even as G7 divisions linger
When President Donald Trump used his elbows at international summits, it was to throw them — on trade, on Russia and, once, to help remove the…
Continue Reading Macron says Biden is ‘part of the club’ at the G7 in leaders’ first formal meeting
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron held their first formal in-person meeting on Saturday. The two leaders discussed a number…
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