Forty-two Republican House members sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Friday, urging her to allow security fencing around the Capitol to be taken down. The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), sounded the alarm over...
Washington today is awash in talk about tactics and gamesmanship. Pundits are rediscovering the history of the filibuster, and pontificating about the rules governing reconciliation. As a result, we’re losing perspective on a deeper crisis: Our...
More than 60 progressive groups signed a letter that was sent to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) urging him to get rid of the filibuster in the Senate. The letter is calling for the filibuster to be removed after...
Lawmakers from Missouri, Kansas and Florida have announced friendly wagers ahead of this Sunday’s Super Bowl match-up between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and Sharice Davids (D-Kan.),...
The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday passed legislation abolishing the death penalty, a historic step that is set to make the state the ...
Democratic data firm Hawkfish, which is supported by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, is closing.Hawkfish CEO Josh Mendelsohn informed staff of the closure in an internal note obtained by The Hill in w...
“The Sound of Music” star Christopher Plummer died on Friday at his home in Connecticut. He was 91 years old.The Canadian actor is known for many roles throughout his career. Most notably he played Captain George Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music,”...
The House on Friday approved the Senate-amended budget resolution, setting in place the process to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan without the need for GOP support.The bill passed 219-209. Rep. Jared Golden (Maine...
The House on Friday approved the Senate-amended budget resolution, setting in place the process to pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan without the need for GOP support.The bill passed 219-209....
More than 200 Obama administration officials signed a letter released Friday urging Congress to pass President Biden...
Top White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein on Friday pushed back on public criticism from former Obama economic adviser Larry Summers, who raised concerns in a Washington Post op-ed about the risks to inflation posed by President Biden's...
A doctor who treated Alexei Navalny last year after the Russian opposition leader was poisoned has suddenly died, the hospital where he worked announced Thursday.Sergey Maximishin served as deput...
Authorities in California are searching for an armed man who allegedly held up a Roscoe’s House of Chicken and Waffles after he was denied service for not wearing a face mask.The Pasadena Police Department said in a statement that the incident...
Emerging from a Friday meeting with President Biden, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is hopeful the House will send a sweeping COVID-19 relief bill to the Senate within two weeks.Biden and congressional Democrats are under enormous pressure...
A day after the House voted to remove her from committees for her previous promotion of conspiracy theories, a defiant Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene attacked the media and repeatedly refused to address her past endorsements...
President Biden on Friday chastised Republican lawmakers who have raised concerns about the country's debt to oppose a large economic relief package he has put forward, suggesting their arguments were hypocritical or short-...
President Biden on Friday chastised Republican lawmakers who have raised concerns about the country's debt to oppose a large economic relief package he has put forward, suggesting their arguments were hypocritical or...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) fiercely defended former President Trump during a press conference on Friday, arguing that the Republican Party “belongs to him.” The comments from Greene — whom Congress voted to remove from her committee...
President Biden on Friday sent his strongest signal yet that he would move forward with his coronavirus relief proposal without Republican support, making the case for the need for his $1.9 trillion package by citing the January jobs report showing...
Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Thursday responded to opponents of her support for protesting farmers in India by pledging to keep pressure on the Indian government.Thunberg said “no amount of hate, threats or...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) thanked Capitol Police in a speech on the House floor Thursday night amid criticism after she shared her experience during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Members of the lower chamber convened Thursday night...
Ambitious Republican senators seen as potential 2024 White House candidates are drawing early battle lines on issues they believe will define their party in the post-Trump era. GOP Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Ted Cruz (Texas),...
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has released a three-hour documentary about his baseless claims of election fraud, which this week led to an on-air argument between L...
Senate Democrats introduced a bill Friday that seeks to rein in the power of a landmark internet law by allowing lawsuits to be brought against tech platforms for some third party content posted on their sites.The measure, introduced by Sens....
Two Dallas-area real estate agents have been arrested and charged in connection to the storming of the Capitol last month in Washington, D.C., according to the FBI.Katherine Schwab and Jason Hyla...
