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Senate passes $40 billion in new aid to Ukraine, bill heads to Biden
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate voted on Thursday to pass an additional $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine, after President Joe Biden called on Congress last month to deliver the additional funding, to [Read More…]
Biden backs Sweden, Finland joining NATO as Turkey threatens to block the historic bids
Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö to the White House on Thursday to discuss their historic bids to join NATO. [Read More…]
Lawmakers grill FDA head on ‘slow’ response to baby formula crisis
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As so many parents still scour grocery shelves for baby formula the head of the Food and Drug Administration faced congressional lawmakers Thursday, amid the nationwide shortage [Read More…]
Bush condemns ‘unjustified and brutal’ invasion of Iraq, instead of Ukraine, in speech gaffe
Noah Riffe/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (DALLAS) — Former President George W. Bush had a tongue-tied moment at a speech on Wednesday and millions on social media took notice. When condemning Russia’s attack on Ukraine, [Read More…]
Biden embarks for Asia with a heavy focus on China and North Korea
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With much of the Biden administration’s attention this year focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden turns his attention to Asia Thursday as he embarks on [Read More…]
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address baby formula shortage
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to address the widespread shortage of baby formula, the White House announced Wednesday evening. The move will get ingredients [Read More…]
House passes bill to aid fight against domestic terrorism after Buffalo supermarket shooting
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that left 10 Black people dead, the House on Wednesday approved a measure to beef up federal efforts to combat [Read More…]
What’s next for McCormick-Oz squeaker — and the possible electoral turbulence of Mastriano as governor
Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many across the country — and certainly former President Donald Trump — are watching Pennsylvania. Ballots are still being counted in the GOP Senate primary race, where razor-thin [Read More…]
Biden invoking Defense Production Act to address baby formula shortage
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to address the widespread shortage of baby formula, the White House announced Wednesday evening. The move will get ingredients [Read More…]
Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter, tests positive for COVID-19
Gary Gershoff/WireImage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a White House official. The first daughter, 40, was scheduled to travel to Latin America this week [Read More…]
House to vote on domestic terrorism bill after Buffalo supermarket shooting
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that left 10 Black people dead, the House on Wednesday is expected to pass a measure to beef up federal [Read More…]
DHS pauses much-scrutinized disinformation group for review but slams ‘gross mischaracterizations’
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it was pausing its short-lived Disinformation Governance Board pending a review of the larger strategy behind it. The person tapped [Read More…]
House holds hearing on abortion access as nation awaits final Supreme Court decision
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on abortion access as the nation awaits a final decision from the Supreme Court in a case that result in the [Read More…]
Three key takeaways from five states’ primaries
plherrera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consequential primary races in five states, including some battlegrounds, helped shed light Tuesday night on what the rest of the midterms might look like. For Republicans, former President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Election updates: Mixed results for Trump-backed candidates in GOP primaries
Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters were heading to the polls Tuesday for primary elections in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon amid a midterm season that will test the endorsement power [Read More…]
McConnell, when asked, fails to denounce racist ‘replacement theory’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats have ratcheted up condemnation of “replacement theory” in the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, some Republicans on Capitol Hill have shied away from rejecting [Read More…]
Democratic House primaries could foreshadow party’s direction
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While much of the focus this midterm cycle has been on statewide races and the momentum behind Republicans amid dismal approval numbers for President Joe Biden, several Democratic House primaries [Read More…]
Election live blog: Primaries underway in 5 states
Nate Smallwood/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters were heading to the polls Tuesday for primary elections in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Kentucky, Idaho and Oregon amid a midterm season that will test the endorsement power [Read More…]
Domestic violent extremists infiltrating abortion debate: DHS official
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned that domestic violent extremists have been infiltrating the national abortion debate “to incite violence amongst their supporters,” a senior DHS [Read More…]
Pennsylvania Senate hopeful John Fetterman has primary day surgery after stroke
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania’s Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the leading candidate for the Democratic nomination in the state’s Senate race, was scheduled to undergo surgery for a pacemaker and [Read More…]