Top Republicans in Congress called on the State Department Tuesday to immediately explain why key Obama-era diplomats now serving in the Biden administration held backchannel…
Jerome Powell, Democrats dismiss inflation fears with stimulus bill
Democrats on Tuesday brushed aside Republicans’ concerns about overheating the economy with the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome…
Washington House aims to close Northwest immigration jail
SEATTLE (AP) – The Washington House of Representatives voted Tuesday to ban for-profit, private detention facilities in the state, in a move aimed at shutting…
Joe Biden accused of ignoring science on coronavirus, climate change, women’s sports, abortion
President Biden is all about following the science — unless it conflicts with his policy positions on hot-button issues, as far as his critics are…
Joe Manchin supports $11 minimum wage in coronavirus relief package
Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia said Monday he would support increasing the federal minimum wage to $11 per hour as part of President…
Chinese hackers tried to exploit Americans by copying National Security Agency-linked tools
Chinese cyberattackers copied tools linked to the National Security Agency and sought to hack Americans, according to cybersecurity analysts. The analysts at cybersecurity firm Check…
US reopens Texas surge facility to hold immigrant teenagers
HOUSTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s administration has reopened a tent facility to house up to 700 immigrant teenagers after they cross the U.S.-Mexico border…
Bloody Sunday memorial to honor late civil rights giants
SELMA, Ala. (AP) – This year’s commemoration of a pivotal moment in the fight for voting rights for African Americans will honor four giants of…
Analysis: Cassidy sees fierce backlash over impeachment vote
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy seems ready to move on from his vote to convict former President Donald Trump in the…
8 court cases against anti-Trump dossier yield only 1 victory
Targets of Christopher Steele’s discredited 2016 anti-Trump dossier have battered him and his facilitators in eight lawsuits, but courtroom victories remain elusive. Of the eight,…