The Democrat who negotiated the bipartisan bill creating a commission to investigate the Capitol attack of Jan. 6 suggested Wednesday that GOP leaders had endorsed the legislation, only to backtrack later for political reasons.Rep. Bennie Thompson (...
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), chief architect of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, said Wednesday that the sweeping police reform bill won’t be ready for a vote by the self-imposed May 25 deadline that coincides with the first anniversary...
A bipartisan group of senators is expected to introduce a bill Wednesday that would target financial burdens on the U.S. Postal Service and increase accountability requirements.The Washington Post reports the group is being led by Sens. Gary...
A bipartisan group of Senators have introduced a bill that would penalize the Pentagon for failing to pass an audit.The Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021, led by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), centers around the...
Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.), the brother of former Vice President Mike Pence, will vote against legislation that would create a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, despite...
Bipartisan legislation from a group of 15 senators would provide payments to government employees injured by so-called Havana syndrome attacks while serving abroad.The legislation comes amid reports that officials are investigating two suspected...
Eight House Democrats unveiled legislation on Wednesday aiming to close existing gun law loopholes and prevent mass shootings. Rep. Val Demings's (D-Fla.) office said in a statement that the lawmakers' goal is to move “swiftly on a package of...
Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, are teaming up with celebrity chef José Andrés's World Central Kitchen to build a relief center in India as the country faces a massive spike in COVID-19 infections.The royal couple's Archewell...
Seventeen Democratic attorneys general wrote to top senators on Tuesday urging them to confirm President Biden's pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a position the president has said will be critical to...
A pair of Senate panels investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol will release a report, including recommendations for how to improve security, early next month.The Senate Rules Committee and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
Emergent BioSolutions could resume manufacturing doses of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus vaccine "within a matter of days," the company's CEO Robert Kramer told a House panel Wednesday.Democratic lawmakers on the House Coronavirus Crisis...
Restrictions on nonessential travel across the U.S.-Canadian border will be extended through June, Canadian news outlet ...
Basketball legend Charles Barkley is giving $1,000 to each employee of the school system in his Alabama hometown.The Leeds County school system announced the donation on Facebook, saying Barkley has already donated more than $3...
The House on Wednesday passed a previously noncontroversial drug bill meant to help more opioid treatments go on the market, after the bill stalled last week because of unrelated tensions over the Jan. 6 insurrection.House Democratic leaders...
Alabama beachgoers this week discovered more than $1 million in cocaine that washed up on shore.Thirty-one kilos of cocaine were found along several miles of a beach in Gulf Shores, Ala., this week, according to Sgt. Jason Woodruff, a public...
A high school in suburban Sacramento, Calif., says it has launched a “full investigation” after a teacher reportedly displayed the Nazi flag in the classroom during a lesson.San Juan Unified School District wrote in a statement on Tuesday that...
There will be no "Rush Limbaugh Day" in Missouri to honor the conservative radio talk show host, who died earlier this year. Missouri lawmakers dropped language from a bill on Wednesday that would have honored the radio star. The language was...
The House voted Wednesday to pass a resolution condemning the shooting rampage at three Asian-owned spas in the greater Atlanta area in March that claimed the lives of eight people, including six women of Asian descent.The vote was 244-180, with all...
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, testified before Congress on Wednesday seeking “justice” a century after one of the most horrific racist attacks in the nation’s history.Fletcher testified before members of...
President Biden will award the Medal of Honor for the first time since taking office to a Korean War veteran during a visit from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the White House announced Wednesday.Biden will bestow the highest U.S. military...
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former personal attorney, on Wednesday mocked the former president, who is currently facing a criminal probe into his organization, by sharing a photoshopped image of him in a jail cell.Cohen said on Twitter...
Democrats gained their first candidate Wednesday in a top 2022 House race for a Texas border district.John Lira, a Marine veteran who served two combat tours in Iraq and a former Small Business Administration offic...
The U.S State Department on Monday announced it would be offering a $5 million reward for information regarding the kidnapping of American NGO worker Cydney ...
Michigan health officials are telling schools that students, teachers and other faculty should still wear masks for the rest of the school year regardless of vaccination status.Bob Wheaton, a spo...
A heroic teacher in Idaho who disarmed a sixth grade girl during a school shooting earlier this month recounted how she hugged the child and called police after taking away the gun.Krista Gneiting, a math teacher at Rigby Middle School, spoke about...
