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Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s health may have raised questions outside the Senate about his fitness to serve, most GOP senators on Tuesday stood by their leader, expressing confidence in his ability to carry out his job. “We may expect that Mitch McConnell will check out for […]
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a Washington-based watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of a handful of voters seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot in Colorado under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment based on his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 attack […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced $20 million in grant funding aimed at preventing targeted violence and terrorism in the United States. The grant money, provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is aimed at helping local communities prevent and combat targeted violence in the U.S. by offering money […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW DELHI) — President Joe Biden is scheduled to depart for India and Vietnam Thursday on a trip that includes the Group of 20 summit and is designed to further cement the United States’ influence in Asia and counter China’s rise around the world. The trip comes as Biden’s reelection campaign ramps […]
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new poll out Thursday from CNN had nothing but bad news for President Joe Biden. But that same poll had a pleasant surprise for — Nikki Haley. Meanwhile, more than a dozen presidential centers got together to warn about the fragile state of American democracy heading into […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, in his first news conference since a second freezing episode last week, said he had “nothing to add” when reporters questioned him about what caused the episodes and whether he should be more transparent. McConnell, 81, addressed a clamor of reporters after a closed-door […]
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump election lawyer John Eastman took the stand once again during his disbarment hearing in California on Wednesday, where he disputed two former White House officials’ claims that Eastman said former Vice President Mike Pence could reject slates of electors during a meeting with Pence and former President Donald […]
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be hitting the road for a monthlong college tour, traveling to more than a dozen campuses across eight states. The trip underscores both the value Democrats are placing on younger voters and the more forceful role Harris is seeking to […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — U.S. President Joe Biden has rejected proposed conditions for a plea deal for five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of aiding in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, according to a spokesperson for the White House National Security Council. The defendants had put forward a set of […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over “the siren song of populism” he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by his former running mate, Donald Trump. “The future of this movement, of this great party, belongs to one or the […]
