Bipartisan talks over infrastructure deal on the brink of crumbling days before deadline
Bipartisan talks over a cornerstone infrastructure package sit on the brink of falling apart completely just days before a White House-imposed…
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Charles Rangel Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of former US Congressman Charles Rangel, who represented New York from 1971 to 2017. Personal Birth date: June 11,…
Continue Reading Trump administration didn’t provide some separated parents the opportunity to bring their children as they were deported, new watchdog report says
Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported some parents between July 2017 and July 2018 without giving them the opportunity to bring their…
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Coming up on self-imposed deadlines, multiple bills face dire future
With just four legislative days left before the Senate’s week-long Memorial Day recess, it’s still unknown when Senate Majority Leader…
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Harris to the Class of 2021: ‘You have the strength to get through anything’
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday applauded members of the Class of 2021 on their perseverance in earning their high school diplomas during the…
Continue ReadingNew information on Wuhan researchers’ illness furthers debate on pandemic origins
A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be…
Continue ReadingBiden adviser: President will ‘change course’ in infrastructure talks if inaction seems inevitable
White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond said Sunday that President Joe Biden will “change course” on his massive infrastructure bill…
Continue Reading Blinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
Continue ReadingBlinken: ‘There has to be’ a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and Palestinians
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the…
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National Guard troops will leave US Capitol on Sunday
National Guard troops who have been deployed at the US Capitol over the past four months will be leaving Sunday, said the man tasked with leading a…
Continue Reading‘Beyond reprehensible’: GOP lawmaker condemns Marjorie Taylor Greene’s comparison of mask mandates to Holocaust
Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer on Sunday denounced fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s comparison of requirements for House members to…
Continue ReadingEx-Trump ambassador says former President ‘absolutely’ bears responsibility for January 6 riot
A former Republican senator and member of Donald Trump’s administration said Sunday that he thinks the ex-President bears some responsibility…
Continue ReadingBiden to host George Floyd’s family next week on anniversary of his death
President Joe Biden will host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of…
Continue Reading‘I stay up nights’: Afghans working for US worry about their future after Biden withdrawal announcement
Khan’s family is under threat, he’s no longer going to his job site, and he’s swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to…
Continue Reading Biden administration grants humanitarian protections to Haitians in the US
The Biden administration on Saturday granted humanitarian protection for Haitians in the United States, allowing an estimated 100,000 people to apply…
Continue ReadingMarjorie Taylor Greene compares House mask mandates to the Holocaust
Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision…
Continue ReadingChief of staff for GOP lawmaker spoke to law enforcement after overhearing talk of storming FBI building on January 6
A top aide to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida says he spoke with both the Capitol Police and the FBI on the morning of January 6 after…
Continue ReadingHow federal prosecutors are pursuing Rudy Giuliani
After being under investigation by federal prosecutors for more than two years, Rudy Giuliani got a glimpse late last month of the possible charge…
Continue Reading Wyoming state senator running against Cheney for House seat reveals he impregnated 14-year-old when he was 18
A Republican Wyoming state senator who’s running against US Rep. Liz Cheney for her House seat told a local newspaper he impregnated a…
Continue ReadingWhite House drops price tag of infrastructure proposal in counteroffer to GOP lawmakers but wide divide remains
White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of…
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