Biden wants millions of clean-energy related jobs. Can it happen?
Last week, President Joe Biden reaffirmed his commitment to addressing climate change by creating green energy jobs, building out a “modern and…
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Democrats are moving ahead without Republicans on Covid relief
Democrats are moving now to fast-track a Covid relief package. If Republicans want to come along, great. Democrats are arguing Republicans can vote…
Continue ReadingBiden administration expected to announce direct vaccine shipments to pharmacies
The Biden administration is set to announce it will soon begin direct shipments of coronavirus vaccines to retail pharmacies, according to an…
Continue ReadingAndrew Yang tests positive for Covid-19
Andrew Yang, the former Democratic candidate for president who is currently running for mayor of New York City, tested positive for Covid-19 Tuesday,…
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Lindsey Graham defends Liz Cheney amid attacks from Trump allies
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, became the latest high-profile GOP elected official to defend Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming amid…
Continue ReadingAndrew Yang Fast Facts
Here is a look at the life of Andrew Yang, entrepreneur and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: January 13, 1975…
Continue ReadingDemocrats’ impeachment filing: Trump ‘threatened the constitutional system’
The House impeachment managers charge that former President Donald Trump is “singularly responsible” for inciting the insurrection at the…
Continue Reading Senate set to confirm Buttigieg and Mayorkas
The Senate is on track to confirm Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary and Alejandro Mayorkas as Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday.…
Continue ReadingRead: Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue ReadingAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s a survivor of sexual assault while describing trauma of Capitol insurrection
Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said during an Instagram Live broadcast Monday night that she is a survivor of sexual assault. Ocasio-Cortez…
Continue ReadingREAD: Excerpts from Democrats’ impeachment trial brief
The House impeachment managers provided a detailed legal analysis in their pre-trial legal brief, filed Tuesday, about the constitutionality of…
Continue ReadingBiden administration debating whether to call military takeover in Myanmar a ‘coup’
The Biden administration is engaged in an internal debate over whether to call the military takeover in Myanmar a coup, a designation that would have…
Continue ReadingComparing the Biden and GOP stimulus plans
President Joe Biden and a group of 10 Republican senators have very different ideas for the next coronavirus relief bill. The President last month…
Continue Reading When will Biden ask the Supreme Court to uphold Obamacare?
President Joe Biden has been in office for less than two weeks, but a looming question is when, not whether, his Justice Department will change the…
Continue Reading Biden to sign immigration executive orders and establish task force to reunite separated families
President Joe Biden will sign three executive orders Tuesday that take aim at his predecessor’s hardline immigration policies and try to…
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House Democrats move swiftly to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments
House Democrats are moving expeditiously to remove GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments, a decisive step that comes as they…
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The pandemic is still dwarfing the size of Washington’s efforts to fight it
The long war against Covid-19, ever more daunting in the dispiriting months of winter, is now posing a fundamental question over whether the US has…
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House Democrats to accuse Trump of intentionally inciting rioters with months-long campaign to subvert voters
House impeachment managers are preparing a case for next week’s Senate impeachment trial to argue former President Donald Trump acted…
Continue ReadingMcConnell: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s views are a ‘cancer’ for the GOP
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Monday issued a tacit rebuke of controversial Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, slamming the Georgia…
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An estimated 29 million people would lose out on stimulus payments under GOP proposal
The Republican counterproposal on coronavirus relief unveiled Monday would potentially leave out 29 million middle- and upper-income earners who…
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