The GOP group from an Illinois county represented in Congress by Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) has officially moved to censure the congressman for voting in favor of impeaching former President Trump last month. The La Salle County Republican...
President Biden in a Thursday address from the State Department committed to rebuilding U.S. alliances and signaled a complete about-face from the Trump administration's norm-busting foreign policy, which antagonized NATO and other U.S. allies...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was granted a concealed carry permit in D.C., police Chief Robert Contee said in a press conference Thursday. “A concealed carry permit was issued in that case,” Contee said when asked if the permit was granted for the...
Two trade groups representing grocery stores in the Pacific Northwest sued the city of Seattle on Wednesday for requiring stores to increase workers’ hazard pay by $4 an hour amid the coronavirus pandemic.Under the city ordinance, all...
A resolution passed Thursday by Wisconsin's Republican-controlled General Assembly repealed the state's mask mandate and public health emergency aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19.But just o...
President Biden on Thursday said he plans to sign an executive order to begin the process of raising the refugee admissions cap up to 125,000 after it was drastically reduced under the Trump administration. Biden, in a speech at the State...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed to not know what the QAnon conspiracy theory entails on Wednesday during a press conference, despite his own disavowal of the theory by name last year.Speakin...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) claimed to not know what the QAnon conspiracy theory entails on Wednesday during a press conference, despite his own disavowal of the theory by name last year.Speaking to reporters ahead of a...
State legislators in North Carolina are seeking to raise the state's minimum age for marriage from 14 to 18.The companion bills were introdu...
Members of the LGBT community are at greater risk of of experiencing severe symptoms of COVID-19, according to a report released by the Center...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday rushed to the Capitol in the middle of a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to continue her questioning of President Biden’s Education secretary pick, Miguel Cardona...
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) warned tech companies on Thursday to take greater action on content moderation or risk changes to a landmark law that provides the companies a legal liability shield over content...
The White House is reviewing whether President Biden can take unilateral action to cancel federal student loan debt, press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday, as progressives push the administration to provide relief amid the coronavirus...
A compensation fund for victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the late Jeffrey Epstein will be temporarily frozen while an issue with its liquidity is resolved, an administrator for the fund said Thursday.When the fund was established, the...
House impeachment managers sent a letter to former President Trump on Thursday asking him to testify under oath in the Senate impeachment trial.Trump's lawyers have denied that Trump, who spoke at a rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan....
"Your organization has done little for its members, and nothing for me," Trump writes
NBA legend Bill Russell received his COVID-19 vaccine in a new public service announcement. The video shows the 11-time NBA champion in a vehicle ahead of his vaccination, joking that “this is one shot I won’t block.”Russell, 86, is seen in the...
Voting technology company Smartmatic filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against attorneys Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, as well as Fox News and some of the network's hosts, accusing them of grievously harming the company by claiming it was involved in...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is again clashing with one of the stars of his favorite movie, “The Princess Bride,” over an interview the Texas Republican did with The Daily Wire. Actor Cary Elwes attacked Cruz for saying in the in the interview that...
Senators vetted Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in a confirmation hearing on Thursday, pressing President Biden’s pick to lead the Labor Department on a number of issues.Walsh, a former union leader, would be taking over the agency during a crucial ...
Country music star Morgan Wallen has been barred from potential eligibility and involvement in this year’s Academy of Country Music (ACM) awards cycle, the latest repercussion in the fallout over a video showing him using a racial slur.The...
The House impeachment managers on Thursday formally requested that former President Trump testify under oath in his Senate impeachment trial, which kicks off next week.Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the Democrats' lead i...
A video filmed at a Florida grocery store this week by an NBC News correspondent quickly went viral after many customers and employees in the footage were seen not wearing face masks. The video, filmed and posted on Twitter Wednesday ...
Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said she is open to the possibility of running for Florida governor or one of the state's seats in the U.S. Senate in 2022. “I certainly would not talk about any private conversations that I’m having,” Demings...
A Nebraska priest is facing scrutiny within the Catholic Church after he was seen on video the day of the Capitol riot saying he performed an exorcism on the building.The Rev. David Fulton, a pastor at St. Michael in Central City and St. Peter...
