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New GOP governor signs bill ending mask mandates in Virginia schools
Sky Noir Photography by Bill Dickinson/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Virginia’s newly elected Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a law Wednesday that ends mask mandates in public schools throughout Virginia and lets parents opt out [Read More…]
Trump family friend Ken Kurson pleads guilty to cyberstalking
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ken Kurson, the former editor of the New York Observer who was pardoned by then-President Donald Trump before he left office, pleaded guilty Wednesday to two state-level misdemeanors for allegedly [Read More…]
Biden orders Trump White House visitor logs turned over to Jan. 6 committee
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has rejected another of former President Donald Trump’s executive privilege claims, deciding that Trump White House visitor logs should be handed over to the House committee investigating [Read More…]
Candidates’ vaccine hesitancy ‘demonstrates the limits’ of Trump’s grip on GOP, say experts
Morsa Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the midterm primary season approaches, several Republicans running for state or national office are either refusing to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status or advertising that they haven’t received a [Read More…]
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas staffers, operatives who sought to send ‘fake electors’ to Congress
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday issued six subpoenas to Trump campaign staffers and Republican operatives in several key battleground states who supported efforts [Read More…]
Cruz, other GOP senators oppose no-fly list for convicted unruly passengers
EllenMoran/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of Republican senators sent a letter to the Justice Department on Tuesday to express “strong opposition” to creating a federal no-fly list for unruly passengers, claiming “the majority of [Read More…]
Special counsel, Democratic lawyer clash over new allegations regarding data purported to tie Trump to Russia
Attorney John Durham. – Bob MacDonnell/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former lawyer for the Democratic Party indicted by special counsel John Durham for allegedly lying to the FBI has accused [Read More…]
Trump’s accounting firm resigns, saying his financial disclosures should ‘no longer be relied upon’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s accounting firm, Mazars USA, cut ties with Trump last week, saying his financial disclosures from 2011-2020 can no longer be relied upon, according to a letter [Read More…]
Parkland father climbs crane near White House, demands Biden do more on gun control: Report
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — On Monday’s fourth anniversary of the Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting, during which his son was killed, Manuel Oliver climbed atop a construction crane near the White House and unfurled [Read More…]
Jill Biden plays Cupid, again, decorating White House for Valentine’s Day
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First Lady Jill Biden is spreading love — and offering a teaching moment to elementary school students — at the White House on Monday to mark Valentine’s Day. For the [Read More…]
Texas early voting puts new election law back in spotlight
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — As the first in-person voters of the 2022 election cycle head to the polls on Monday, not only is this year’s early voting period expected to set [Read More…]
Labor issues complicate Judge J. Michelle Childs’ Supreme Court candidacy
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The very career experience that makes Supreme Court candidate Judge J. Michelle Childs attractive to both Democrats and Republicans may now be complicating her potential nomination, as some labor and [Read More…]
Giuliani in discussions about testifying before Jan. 6 committee, say sources
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rudy Giuliani is in active discussions regarding testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and potentially responding to some of the committee’s [Read More…]
Sen. Lindsey Graham says ‘we could do more in Congress and should’ to stop Russia
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Congress should be sending a stronger signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin as fears of an imminent invasion of Ukraine persist. On “This Week,” anchor [Read More…]
Pelosi has stark warning for Putin: ‘He has to know that war is not an answer’
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a stark warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Russian military buildup near the Ukraine region showed no [Read More…]
Biden, Putin speak for third time as U.S. warns Russia could invade Ukraine soon
Twitter/White House (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a day after the U.S. warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during the Olympics. The two leaders spoke [Read More…]
‘Past time’ to leave: U.S. evacuates diplomats, troops from Ukraine amid ‘war zone’ warnings
Anna Marchenko/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With increasingly dire warnings from the U.S. that Russia will likely attack Ukraine in the coming days, the U.S. is evacuating its diplomats and troops in the country and urging private [Read More…]
Biden, Putin to speak as US says Russia could invade Ukraine during Olympics
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. issued a stark new warning Friday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during the Olympics. “We can’t pinpoint the day, at this point, [Read More…]
Biden indicates he will start interviewing Supreme Court candidates next week
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of his promised intent to name his nominee to the Supreme Court by the end of the month, and sticking to his pledge to name the court’s [Read More…]
US says Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during Olympics
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. issued a stark new warning Friday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during the Olympics. “We can’t pinpoint the day, at this [Read More…]