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Philip Pacheco/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — President Joe Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday were holding their first face-face meeting in more than a year amid tensions in the U.S.-China relationship. Fort security reasons, the two leaders were holding talks at a private location in the San Francisco area near where the […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said he will continue to pursue remedies to the threats caused by climate change following the release of the Fifth National Climate Assessment on Tuesday — but he acknowledged that it’s still not enough and that some Republicans are getting in the way of more progress. “This […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Angie Craig’s physical injuries healed relatively quickly after a February assault in her apartment building — but her “mental and emotional” recovery has taken “much longer” and is ongoing while she grapples with continued safety concerns, she said in a new victim impact statement. Her […]
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — When National Archives officials approached attorneys for President Joe Biden in the fall of 2022 seeking access to government records he still had in his possession — some of which, they had learned, might contain classified information — the archivists appeared to face little resistance. “In […]
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are set to meet Wednesday in the San Francisco area at an undisclosed location for their first face-to-face meeting in a year. The bar for success is low – anything that stops the relationship from getting worse would be a win. In fact, […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership last month, claimed to ABC News that McCarthy elbowed him in the back after a House GOP meeting on Tuesday morning. “He just elbowed me in the kidneys … It was deliberate. It […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Accusations of a former House speaker elbowing a member. A senator challenging a witness to physical fight during a hearing. Two tense moments played out in both chambers on Tuesday — and that was all before two members of the House Judiciary Committee got into a shouting match. Let’s start in […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a bipartisan vote, the House has passed Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to avert a government shutdown just days ahead of a Friday deadline. The vote passed 336-95. The bill needed a two-thirds majority to pass. In his first test as the newly-appointed speaker, Johnson pitched a two-step government plan that […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sam Miele, a fundraiser for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty to wire fraud Tuesday in connection with impersonating an aide to then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Miele was charged in August with aggravated identity theft and four counts of wire fraud. Miele is the second person charged alongside Santos […]
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas House of Representatives is expected to review on Tuesday what would be one of the strictest immigration laws in the country if passed. SB 4 is being considered as part of the fourth round of a special legislative session ordered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to […]
