The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has thrown its weight behind Capitol Hill veteran Shalanda Young to become the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), telling the...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) has thrown its weight behind Capitol Hill veteran Shalanda Young to become the new director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), telling the White House in a letter that Young has the group’s unequivocal...
Liberal House Democrats are grumbling over the Senate's move to reduce eligibility for stimulus checks in a COVID-19 relief package, but say they won't block the legislation when it returns to the lower chamber for a vote...
Liberal House Democrats are grumbling over the Senate's move to reduce eligibility for stimulus checks in a COVID-19 relief package, but say they won't block the legislation when it returns to the lower chamber for a vote."What we did over here was...
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Wednesday, the day after he was sworn in, that ensuring that teachers are swiftly vaccinated so that schools can reopen is his “top priority.”“We must continue to reopen America’s schools for in-person...
Debra Katz, the attorney for one of the former aides accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) of sexual harassment, rebuked the governor over his remarks Wednesday about the allegations, saying they were full of "fal...
President Biden on Wednesday met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to discuss investments in cancer research and treatment, a personal cause for the 46th president that he has vowed to make a priority of his administration."We can make...
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), a staunch Trump ally and fiscal conservative, has told colleagues that he plans to force the Senate clerks to read aloud the entire $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill on the Senate floor, which...
President Biden on Wednesday is scheduled to participate in a virtual event with the House Democratic Caucus.The event is set to begin at 5 p.m. EST.Watch live in the video above.
An attorney for a group of Republicans who filed a lawsuit late last year seeking to block the certification of the 2020 election is appealing a disciplinary ruling against him over his involvement in the case.Erick Kaardal said in a court filing on...
President Biden on Wednesday denounced the governors of Texas and Mississippi for lifting coronavirus restrictions, calling the moves "Neanderthal thinking.""I think it's a big mistake," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the...
President Biden on Wednesday denounced the governors of Texas and Mississippi for lifting coronavirus restrictions, calling the moves "Neanderthal thinking.""I think it's a big mistake," Biden told reporters in the...
A bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill on Wednesday to repeal two military authorizations, effectively curbing President Biden’s war powers.The bill, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), would repeal the 1991 and...
The House Oversight Subcommittee on Environment is launching an investigation into Texas’s power grid operator after the severe winter conditions caused power outages and deaths across the state in February. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif...
Gina Raimondo made headlines earlier this year when she refused to commit to keeping Huawei on the entity list during her Senate confirmation hearing. After the White House failed — on two separate occasions — to clear up the confusion, I joined...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Wednesday said that he will not resign despite growing bipartisan criticism over sexual harassment allegations leveled against him by three women."Some politicians will always play...
An Associated Press reporter and five other journalists are facing up to three years in prison after authorities in Myanmar arrested and charged them with violating a public order law.The Associa...
Republican lawmakers are celebrating a decision by the Senate parliamentarian to strike from the coronavirus relief package a $100 million extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system outside San Francisco. GOP lawmakers are also...
Republican lawmakers are celebrating a decision by the Senate parliamentarian to strike from the coronavirus relief package a $100 million extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system outside San Franc...
The Democratic Party's House and Senate campaign arms on Wednesday called on Facebook to lift its ban on political ads.
President Biden is not expected to name a new nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) until next week at the earliest after Neera Tanden withdrew from consideration for the job late Tuesday.White House press secretary Jen Psaki on...
The financial strain caused by the coronavirus pandemic has put more than one in three U.S. nonprofits in danger of closing within the next two years, according to a philanthropy study released Wednesday. ...
Parler dropped its federal lawsuit against Amazon and filed a new lawsuit against the tech giant in Washington state court on Tuesday over Amazon’s web hosting services decision to de-platform the fringe social media site, according to court filings...
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Michigan National Guard troops that have been tasked with defending the U.S. Capitol since the riot on Jan. 6 are being served undercooked food that is landing some members in the hospital, according to a report by ...
