Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo) crashed his colleague Sen. Michael Bennet's (D-Colo.) interview on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Friday as the pair carpooled to the airport after voting for a commission to probe the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.As...
The U.S. federal agency responsible for overseeing the protection of civil rights and prevention of discrimination in the workplace said in updated guidance Friday that employers may legally offer incentives for workers to get the COVID-19...
President Biden on Friday condemned the recent rise in antisemitic attacks, calling for them to stop."These attacks are despicable, unconscionable, un-American, and they must stop. I will not allow our fellow Ameri...
President Biden on Friday condemned the recent rise in antisemitic attacks, calling for them to stop.“These attacks are despicable, unconscionable, un-American, and they must stop. I will not allow our fellow Americans to be intimidated or...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) has a new partner in his fight to get his state vaccinated against COVID-19: his bulldog, Babydog."If you won't do it for your family, you've got to get vaccinated for Babydog," J...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), a key GOP moderate, appeared to have a heated exchange on the Senate floor shortly before GOP senators voted to block a bill to establish a b...
A jury on Friday found 26-year-old Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the 2018 killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. Follow...
Progressives on Friday pushed back on criticism of President Biden's budget plan, which would see trillion-dollar deficits for a decade and increase the debt burden past its highest level on record.“For too long, self-inflicted austerity has been...
CEOs of the country’s biggest companies in 2020 experienced a total average pay increase of 5 percent from the previous year, even as the coronavirus pandemic fueled immense losses for businesses across the globe, according to an analysis published...
President Biden thanked members of the military at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on Friday during a speech marking the administration’s efforts to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. “No other war have you gone in, served, and got...
Over the coming decades, the national security establishment will need to dramatically increase the recruitment and retention of personnel with expertise in China and the Indo-Pacific. To do so, it is critical that we draw from a diverse background...
The Treasury Department on Friday released details about President Biden’s tax-related proposals, which would raise a net $2.4 trillion over 10 years.The release of the “Greenbook” of revenue proposals coincides with the unveiling of Biden...
The White House said Friday that President Biden “remains committed” to pushing for an independent investigation of the January assault on the Capitol after Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would have formed a bipartisan commission to...
Rep. Norma Torres (D-Calif.) said in a new interview that she sleeps with a gun nearby after receiving “hateful messages” for clashing with El Salvador's president on Twitter.Torres, 56, is the only member of Congress born in Central America and the...
President Biden on Friday proposed a budget that would entrench deficits in excess of $1 trillion for the next decade, pushing the nation’s debt burden to record highs.The blueprint released by the White House ties together three major spending...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Friday he is planning to force a vote next month on a sweeping bill to overhaul elections, setting the stage for a high-profile clash over the filibuster.In a letter to the Democratic caucus...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed Republicans on Friday who voted against the creation of an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.“Leader McConnell and Senate Republicans’ denial of the truth of the January 6th...
Two men were removed from Yankee Stadium during a Thursday night game after they displayed a large banner declaring "Trump Won Save America."Videos and photos posted to social media showed many other fans booing the men who unfurled the banner while...
Two men were removed from Yankee Stadium during a Thursday night game after they displayed a large banner declaring "Trump Won Save America."Videos and photos posted to social media showed many other f...
President Biden on Friday nominated his former deputy campaign manager, Rufus Gifford, as chief of protocol at the State Department with the rank of ambassador, his first ambassador nominee that has come outside the foreign service.Gifford...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned on Friday that he could force a second vote on a House-passed bill setting up a commission to probe the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.Schumer, in a letter to Senate Democrats, signaled that...
The Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission on Thursday canceled an event for Memorial Day that was slated to include Stacey Abrams and singer John Legend.Organizers in Oklahoma cited "unexpect...
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Friday slammed Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) rhetoric in response to a speech the Florida congressman gave encouraging Americans to use their Second Amendment rights.Kinzinger condemned his...
An unsuccessful bid to create a commission probing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol garnered the support of six GOP senators on Friday.Most Republican senators opposed the House-passed bill, marking the first successful filibuster of the 117th...
President Biden on Friday visited a rock climbing center in Alexandria, Va., to celebrate the state's lifting of coronavirus restrictions and mark the progress the country as a whole has made in fighting the pandemic."Fans are headed back to the...
