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Nancy Pelosi reiterates infrastructure vote plans as some Democrats continue to push back
dkfielding/iStock (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately rallied Democrats in a caucus meeting Monday evening as the House began debate over the bipartisan infrastructure package. Pelosi signaled she plans to push forward with a [Read More…]
What is Title 42? Amid backlash, Biden administration defends use of Trump-era order to expel migrants
photojournalis/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden vowed to implement a more humane approach to immigration than his predecessor, but now the Biden administration is facing backlash over its use of a Trump-era order to rapidly [Read More…]
Trump return to White House ‘would be a disaster’ for US intelligence: Former DHS whistleblower
C-Span (WASHINGTON) — A former senior Department of Homeland Security official who once accused the Trump administration of politicizing intelligence said Sunday that a return of President Donald Trump to the White House in 2024 [Read More…]
Pelosi may delay vote on Senate bipartisan infrastructure bill
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., may not bring the bipartisan infrastructure bill to the House floor Monday as she had previously committed to, she said Sunday. “I’m never bringing to the floor [Read More…]
GOP-led review of Arizona ballots reaffirms Biden’s win
Spiderstock/iStock (PHOENIX) — Nearly 11 months after Joe Biden was elected president, the GOP-led review of Arizona’s Maricopa County ballots has found no substantial deviation from the vote count reported by the county that helped [Read More…]
Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, 88, running for reelection
Gwengoat/iStock (DES MOISE, Iowa) — Iowa’s senior Republican senator, Chuck Grassley, announced in an early morning tweet Friday that, at age 88, he will seek reelection in 2022. Grassley, who will be 89 by Election [Read More…]
Harris interview with ‘The View’ delayed after co-hosts test positive for COVID-19
ABC (NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ interview on “The View” on Friday was delayed after two co-hosts tested positive for COVID-19. Harris, who was supposed to appear in-studio with the co-hosts of the [Read More…]
Biden harshly criticizes Border Patrol agents for confronting Haitian migrants
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday harshly criticized the action of some Border Patrol agents, mounted on horseback, who confronted Haitian migrants crossing the border into Texas, [Read More…]
House passes abortion rights bill but little chance of becoming law
stockcam/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday passed a bill to uphold abortion rights for women, taking swift action in response to a new Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. The [Read More…]
Jan. 6 select committee sends first subpoenas to former Trump aides, advisers
krblokhin/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued its first subpoenas Thursday to four former senior Trump administration officials, including former President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aide and last chief of [Read More…]
More than a year after George Floyd’s killing, Congress can’t agree on police reform
drnadig/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Talks of bipartisan police reform legislation in Congress are officially over as Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on key issues. Democrats, after more than a year of negotiations, made a final offer, but [Read More…]
Florida lawmaker introduces abortion bill similar to Texas’ controversial ban
MivPiv/iStock (FLORIDA) — A state legislator in Florida has introduced an abortion restriction bill similar to a controversial law that took effect in Texas earlier this month. The new bill, HB 167, introduced Wednesday in the [Read More…]
Democrats lash out at Biden administration over handling of Haitian migrants
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Even as the Biden administration makes progress toward dispersing the large group of mostly Haitian nationals gathered in Del Rio, Texas, government officials are facing internal divisions over how the migrants have [Read More…]
House committee probing Jan. 6 attack could subpoena Trump aides: Sources
DouglasRissing/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol could issue its first subpoenas in the coming days, possibly targeting several former high-level aides to President Donald Trump for [Read More…]
Biden tries to salvage agenda threatened by Democratic infighting
BrianPIrwin/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday worked to salvage his sweeping legislative agenda as Democratic infighting imperiled his ambitious goals on infrastructure, climate change, and Americans’ relationship with government into peril. The president planned [Read More…]
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people 65 and older, other at-risk groups
carmengabriela/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer booster shots Wednesday for seniors and other high-risk Americans, paving the way for third doses to be offered as early as the end of [Read More…]
Haaland embraces ‘indigenous knowledge’ in confronting historic climate change impacts
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — A relentless drought and wildfire season in America’s West and a tense standoff over federal leases for oil and gas drilling have been early tests for [Read More…]
Army Gen. Mark Milley was ‘not going rogue’ in secret calls to China, authors of new book claim
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (NEW YORK) — Former President Trump’s top military adviser was “not going rogue” when he held secret phone calls with his Chinese counterpart before and after the 2020 election, Washington Post reporters Bob [Read More…]
Biden administration to ease restrictions on travelers to US in November
Maudib/iStock (NEW YORK) — The White House on Monday announced a new international air travel system starting in early November, requiring all foreign nationals traveling to the United States to be fully vaccinated and show proof [Read More…]
Biden had slow adjustment to ‘cold’ White House, new book claims
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — A new book details scenes from the early days of Joe Biden’s presidency, including that Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly complained to Biden about calling him a “killer” [Read More…]