Senate Democrats are facing internal divisions over efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which could result in the proposal being watered down or jettisoned from the coronavirus relief bill.The wage hike is part of President Biden’s $1....
As big tech companies clamp down on coronavirus misinformation and online conspiracy theories, a growing number of groups that critics describe as anti-vaccine activists are asking the courts to intervene.Tech giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had her committee assignments stripped away on Thursday by House Democrats and even several of her GOP colleagues.The first-term congresswoman earlier made a floor speech in which she claimed she had ceased to...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had her committee assignments stripped away on Thursday by House Democrats and even several of her GOP colleagues.The first-term congresswoman earlier made a f...
Senate Democrats approved a budget resolution early Friday morning that will allow them to pass coronavirus relief without GOP support.The budget passed the Senate in a 50-50 party-line vote, with Vice President Ha...
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a potential 2024 White House contender, forced a vote early Friday morning as he sought to get Democrats to go on the record over expanding the Supreme Court.Cotton brought up his amendment roughly 11 hours into the...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) defused a middle-of-the-night fight over increasing the federal minimum wage, effectively allowing Democrats to sidestep going on the record on the issue for now.
A Twitter hashtag meant to criticize Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for her account the Capitol riot has been overtaken by her supporters - and their pets.The hashtag #AOClied began trending on Twitter Tues...
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) gave an emotional address on the House floor Thursday evening, saying he had not fully understood privilege until the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
A prominent Lebanese activist and publisher who was known for his public criticism of the militant group Hezbollah was found dead in his car on Thursday morning, ...
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who's said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party...
Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), who's said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party...
As Congress begins consideration of the fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget resolution, which would adopt President Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan and set spending targets through FY 2030, taxpayers should hold onto their wallets.Passage of this unnecessarily...
A district court judge in Texas moved late Wednesday evening to temporarily halt the state's effort to remove Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program just hours before the state was set to do so.A state district judge in Travis County,...
The House will have to approve a budget resolution that paves the way for Democrats to pass a coronavirus relief bill without GOP support for a second time this week. The House initially passed its budget resolution on Wednesday...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo admonished President Biden's newly-announced diplomatic strategy during one of his first media appearances since the Trump administration ended.
Eleven House Republicans joined all Democrats on Thursday to strip Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) of her committee assignments for embracing conspiracy theories and political violence - a figure much higher than expe...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Thursday formally placed a hold on the Senate voting on the nomination of Gina Raimondo, President Biden’s pick for Commerce secretary, due to concerns Raimondo has not clarified her stance on Chinese telecom giant Huawei....
House Democrats on Thursday took the extraordinary step of voting to strip committee assignments from a member of the opposite party, saying Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had forfeited her right to those...
President Biden on Thursday formally withdrew Judy Shelton's nomination to the Federal Reserve Board, closing the book on her quest to join the central bank.Shelton's nomination was withdrawn with more...
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) made a point of displaying a poster of a social media post from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) holding a gun next to three progressive Democrats during floor debate on a reso...
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) in a dramatic address Thursday displayed a poster of a social media post from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) holding a gun next to three progressive Democrats during floor debate on a resolution to...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) has repealed a decades-old anti-loitering law that LGBTQ advocates have long condemned as discriminatory.The ...
Ice Cube said in a recent interview that the Biden administration reached out to him earlier this week and disclosed a possible meeting could be in the works for sometime later this month. The music and movie star, who has been making efforts...
First-term Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) said he does not regret speaking at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally ahead of the deadly pro-Trump insurrection at the Capitol, saying the rioters were "unable to check their worst...
