Senate Democrats scramble after Manchin upends key progressive priorities
Senate Democrats are openly frustrated with the immovable man in their caucus — Sen. Joe Manchin — and are now resigned to the likelihood…
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Obama reflects on Becoming a Man program: ‘I understood what it means to be’ an outsider
Former President Barack Obama said his struggles early in life were “similar” to those of the young men he mentors in Chicago while…
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Democrat calls Manchin ‘the new Mitch McConnell’ and says he is working to thwart Biden’s agenda
New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman on Monday compared fellow Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and said he is trying to…
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Blinken says administration is ‘considering every option’ to assist Afghans who helped US but lawmakers are ‘frustrated’
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the Biden administration is looking “at every possible contingency” to help thousands…
Continue ReadingWhite House defends Biden-Putin summit, calling it ‘vital’ for defending American interests
The White House is defending President Joe Biden’s upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva next week, saying…
Continue ReadingClassified report with early support for lab leak theory reemerges as focal point for lawmakers digging into Covid-19 origins
A classified report drafted last year warning that the CovId-19 pandemic might have leaked from a lab in Wuhan has reemerged as a focal point with…
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US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East…
Continue Reading While DC haggles over infrastructure package, backlogged bridge repairs cost drivers
Truck driver Clifton Hughey heard talk all his life about a potential third highway bridge to cross the Mississippi River near Memphis. But with one…
Continue Reading Stormy Daniels says she would ‘love’ to testify in Trump Organization probe
Stormy Daniels said Monday that she has not yet testified in a New York criminal probe into the Trump Organization but that she would “love…
Continue ReadingJustice Department unveils two anti-gun violence proposals after another violent weekend
Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that comes after another violent…
Continue Reading Justice Department unveils two anti-gun proposals after another violent weekend
Attorney General Merrick Garland unveiled Monday two proposals meant to help curb gun violence, an announcement that comes after another violent…
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Cheney: Trump inciting January 6 riot ‘the most dangerous thing’ a president has done
Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney accused former President Donald Trump of having committed the worst violation of a president’s oath of…
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Supreme Court rules against immigrants in temporary status seeking green cards
The Supreme Court held on Monday that the government can block non-citizens who are in the US under a program that temporarily protects them from…
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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to male-only military draft
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a constitutional challenge to the male-only registration requirement for the draft filed by a group…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes up case about FBI surveillance of mosque
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case next term brought by three Muslim men who seek to challenge the FBI, arguing that it unlawfully…
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Manchin defends bucking voting rights bill and digs in against eliminating the filibuster
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Sunday defended his decision to vote against a sweeping voting rights bill and reiterated his opposition to gutting…
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Video appears to show GOP Oregon lawmaker telling protesters how to enter closed state Capitol
An Oregon state lawmaker who has been charged after he allegedly allowed protesters into the closed state Capitol building during a debate over…
Continue Reading Biden has paused a public option. Nevada is about to try its own.
A federal public option isn’t happening anytime soon, so Nevada officials are creating their own. The Democratic-led state legislature recently…
Continue Reading Key week for infrastructure talks arrives as Biden’s agenda faces major obstacles in Congress
President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda faces a critical month ahead as he and congressional Democrats work to secure agreements with…
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Video appears to show Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman explaining how to get inside state Capitol building
Oregon state Rep. Mike Nearman, a Republican who is accused of allowing protesters into the closed state Capitol building while lawmakers were…
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