US promises to stand firm as Iran plays hardball with latest violation of nuclear deal
As Tehran prepares to ban short notice inspections of its nuclear sites in what will be its most egregious violation of the Iran nuclear deal to…
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Former GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole has advanced lung cancer
Bob Dole, the longtime US senator from Kansas and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced Thursday that he has an advanced form of lung…
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Biden to announce $2 billion for global vaccine effort at G7
President Joe Biden will unveil a $2 billion US contribution to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative when he speaks with the leaders of the…
Continue ReadingBad weather causing delays in Covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries, White House says
The extreme weather in parts of the country, including a hard-hit Texas, is causing delays in Covid-19 vaccine shipments and deliveries, White House…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina governor signs bill prohibiting most abortions when a fetal heartbeat is detected
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday signed a bill prohibiting an abortion if a fetal heartbeat is detected during an ultrasound with very…
Continue Reading Members of Maine GOP state committee condemn Sen. Susan Collins’ vote to convict Trump
Members of the Maine Republican Party state committee are condemning “in the strongest possible terms” Republican Sen. Susan…
Continue ReadingBiden administration rolls out new rules placing stricter enforcement parameters on ICE
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is rolling out new guidelines that would curtail enforcement measures, focusing more narrowly on immigrants…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats plan to push Biden’s Covid relief plan through the chamber next week
House Democrats are taking a major step forward to push through President Joe Biden’s massive $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill by the end of…
Continue ReadingWhite House announces sweeping immigration bill
The White House announced a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already…
Continue ReadingREAD: Text of Biden-supported immigration bill
The White House and congressional Democrats unveiled a sweeping immigration bill Thursday that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for…
Continue ReadingCruz travels to Cancun, Mexico, as millions of Texans remain without power amid historic winter storm
Sen. Ted Cruz and his family flew to Cancun, Mexico, he confirmed in a statement to CNN, as a winter disaster in his home state left millions without…
Continue ReadingIvanka Trump tells Marco Rubio she won’t challenge him for Florida Senate seat
Ivanka Trump has no plans as of late to run for the US Senate — at least not in Florida. A representative for Ivanka Trump told CNN she spoke…
Continue Reading Biden administration looks to FEMA to help combat domestic terrorism in wake of Capitol attack
The Biden administration is leaning on the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help state and local authorities combat domestic extremism in the…
Continue Reading ICE plans to release migrant families in detention, officials say
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is planning to release some migrant families in detention to accommodate the arrival of migrants arrested at the…
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Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources including wind and solar…
Continue ReadingThe Supreme Court is still sitting on Trump’s tax returns, and justices aren’t saying why
Lawsuits involving Donald Trump tore apart the Supreme Court while he was president, and the justices apparently remain riven by him. For nearly four…
Continue Reading House’s No. 2 Republican drops by Mar-a-Lago amid GOP divide over Trump
Rep. Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, privately met with former President Donald Trump in Florida earlier this week, the latest example of…
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GOP chaos is a big gift to Democrats
The acquittal of Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial speaks volumes about the moral fiber of the Republican senators who refused to abandon…
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The Texas crisis is not how modern life is supposed to work
The US health care system has been strained near capacity by the Covid outbreak. The US education system has been unmasked as unfair and incapable of…
Continue Reading US attorney’s office in Brooklyn and FBI scrutinizing Cuomo administration’s handling of data surrounding Covid nursing home deaths
The US attorney’s office in Brooklyn, along with the FBI, is scrutinizing the handling of some of the data surrounding Covid-19 deaths in long…
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