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…
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On Memorial Day, Austin reflects on strength of US military and dismisses adversaries’ criticism
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN he won’t lose any sleep over criticism of US military forces from China and Russia and dismissed…
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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…
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Gillibrand calls on Schumer to bring vote on bill to change how military sexual assault cases are prosecuted
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Sunday called on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to bring to the floor a vote on a bipartisan bill that…
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Top Republican on House Foreign Affairs Committee calls Covid-19 origin ‘worst cover-up in human history’
Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, a top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, claimed Sunday the origins of the coronavirus pandemic are the…
Continue ReadingBiden 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…
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Democratic lawmaker calls Texas voting bill ‘shameful’ and says GOP wants to make it ‘easier to steal an election’
New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday criticized the restrictive voting bill moving through the Texas Legislature as “shameful,” saying…
Continue ReadingButtigieg: 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 Texas Legislature close to adding new restrictions to voting process
Texas Republican lawmakers moved closer Sunday to imposing a slew of new restrictions on voting, as state Senate members voted along party lines to…
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For Biden, the White House is ‘a Monday-through-Friday kind of place’
Beginning in 1973, when he was a United States Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden had a ritual: nearly every evening he would hop a train back to…
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 ReadingRising 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 ReadingLongtime 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…
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American detained in Russia with Covid-19 has not been able to speak to family, they say
The parents of Trevor Reed, an American imprisoned in Russia who recently tested positive for Covid-19, said Friday that neither they nor the US…
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 ReadingIdaho 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…
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