Fact-checking GOP claims that people on terror watch list are ‘rushing’ the border
Amid a significant increase in the number of migrants showing up at the US southern border, a group of Republican lawmakers spoke on Monday in El…
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Asian American female lawmakers to testify in House hearing on violence and discrimination against community
A House Judiciary Committee panel will hold a hearing Thursday morning about discrimination and violence against Asian Americans in the US, which has…
Continue ReadingWidow of fallen Capitol Police officer wants his death classified as ‘in the line of duty’
Dr. Serena Liebengood, the widow of US Capitol Police Officer Howie Liebengood, who died by suicide after serving on the front lines during the…
Continue Reading Controversial House Republican talks to Trump ahead of likely Senate bid
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, who led the House effort to object to the election results on January 6, told CNN he plans to make an announcement on Monday…
Continue Reading‘Unapologetically progressive’: Karen Carter Peterson fights to become first Black woman Louisiana sends to Congress
Karen Carter Peterson wants to make history. The longtime Louisiana state senator is vying for the open seat once held by Cedric Richmond — one…
Continue ReadingFact check: Biden wrong on three statistics he cited in ABC interview
President Joe Biden sat for an interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos on Tuesday. Biden was generally factual in the interview, much of…
Continue Reading Black US Capitol Police officer recounts January 6: ‘They showed that they hated us and they hated our skin color’
A Black US Capitol Police officer said he and his fellow Black officers are still grappling with their harrowing experience on January 6, when they…
Continue ReadingTexas and Montana lead coalition of states suing Biden administration over Keystone pipeline
Twenty-one states, led by Texas and Montana, filed suit on Wednesday against President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the permit for the…
Continue ReadingIntelligence report contradicts claims by Trump and his team on China election interference
The US intelligence report released Tuesday detailing foreign election interference in the 2020 election contradicts repeated statements from former…
Continue ReadingEducation secretary says school in the fall ‘will look more like what it was before Covid’
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Wednesday projected optimism that the fall will bring a school year that looks “more like what it was…
Continue ReadingSchiff dodges when pressed on interest in California attorney general position
Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday repeatedly declined to say whether he’s interested in becoming attorney general of California as speculation…
Continue ReadingMan arrested outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence and had rifle and ammunition in car
Washington, DC, police arrested a Texas man outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ official residence, the US Naval Observatory, in the…
Continue Reading Georgia Republicans make unexpected push on another bill to restrict voting
A key committee in the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature on Wednesday made a surprise move and began work on a massive new voting bill that…
Continue Reading Biden administration is considering sending some AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Canada and Mexico
The Biden administration is considering sending some AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses stockpiled and waiting for official usage approval in the US…
Continue Reading House votes to award Congressional Gold Medal to Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department
The House of Representatives passed legislation in rare bipartisan fashion Wednesday to award the Congressional Gold Medal to officers of the US…
Continue Reading Democrats have put the filibuster in the hot seat. Here’s where it comes from
George Washington is said to have told Thomas Jefferson that they should create the Senate to “cool” House legislation — like a…
Continue ReadingIRS plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline to mid-May
The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May. Democratic Reps. Bill Pascrell of…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to renew the lapsed Violence Against Women Act, landmark legislation championed by President Joe…
Continue ReadingUS intelligence report says election fraud claims ‘will almost certainly’ spur more violence by domestic extremists
US intelligence agencies believe that “narratives of fraud in the recent general election” and “the emboldening impact of the…
Continue ReadingSenate Democrats plot new effort to gut filibuster but lack votes for major overhaul
Many Senate Democrats are preparing for a key moment they believe will help make their case to gut the filibuster once and for all: when Senate…
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