President Biden is nominating former Democratic Sen. Tom Udall as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, the White House announced on Friday, the latest in a series of political ambassador picks.Udall was first elected to represent New Mexico in...
Martin Luther King III and Arndrea King, his wife, are launching a fundraising campaign aimed at honoring the late Georgia congressman John Lewis (D) while raising money for voting rights activists. Lewis’s “contributions to the movement for...
Vice President Harris took to Instagram Thursday to share scenes of Olivia Rodrigo's White House visit to push COVID-19 vaccination among younger Americans."@oliviarodrigo and I agree, vaccines—they’re 'good 4 u.,'" the VP captioned the...
A New York Times sports reporter was suspended for failing to disclose a book deal with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps, ...
GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) want the Senate Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the influx of migrants at the southern border, a central issue among Republicans critical of President Biden’s reversal of...
President Biden is set to campaign with Democratic gubernatorial nominee and former Gov. Terry McAuliffe in Virginia next Friday, according to McAuliffe's campaign.
A 29-year-old Gulfport, Miss., man who spent eight months in jail over a slaying that occurred while video evidence showed he was elsewhere has filed suit against the city of Hattiesburg, its police department and the detective who charged...
Three men are being charged after a Missouri duck boat sank in 2018 and killed 17 people during a thunderstorm.Captain Kenneth Scott McKee, general manager Curtis Lanham and manager on duty Charl...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals’ game Sunday, the team announced.The Nationals play the San Diego Padres at home Sunday and will be celebrating the College of William &...
Olympic gold medalist and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner (R) on Friday denied reports that she is pausing her California gubernatorial bid as current Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) undergoes a recall election.The denial comes after multiple news...
Executives at the nation’s largest tech companies made huge donations to key lawmakers in recent months as Congress debated legislation that would reshape the industry.The influx of donations came in as the tech industry urged lawmakers to...
Intuit, the financial software company behind TurboTax, announced Thursday that it will no longer be participating in the IRS Free File Program that allows Americans to use brand-name products to file their tax retu...
The Hubble Telescope is set to go back online after NASA was able to repair it following last month’s technical issues.“Congrats to the team! The @NASAHubble team has successfully switched to backup hardware on the telescope, including powering on...
Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) discussed the “disparities of treatment” in her arrest at the Capitol on Thursday. Beatty was arrested for “illegal demonstration activity” after leading a group of pro-voting rights...
President Biden on Friday said that social media companies that allow coronavirus misinformation to spread on their platforms are “killing people,” escalating a fight with Facebook and other companies as the White House warns about the spread of...
President Biden on Friday said that social media companies that allow coronavirus misinformation to spread on their platforms are "killing people," escalating a fight with Facebook and other companies as the White House w...
Former President Trump said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed if it's true that, as reported, Milley thought Trump would orchestrate a coup. Trump has been defending himself from an excerpt in...
Former President Trump said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley should be court-martialed if it's true that, as reported, Milley thought Trump would orchestrate a coup. ...
Former President Trump on Friday disputed an excerpt in a forthcoming book about the tail end of his presidency, saying then-Attorney General William Barr never told him that he thought he would lose the election in November.“Despite what...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki called a question from a Fox News reporter “loaded and inaccurate” on Friday when asked about the topic of vaccine misinformation on social media.Fox's Peter Doocy pressed Psaki on her comments the...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki called a question from a Fox News reporter "loaded and inaccurate" on Friday when asked about the topic of vaccine misinformation on social media.Fox's Peter Doocy pressed Psak...
An important shift is underway in how public officials are thinking about what can be done to reverse the surge in urban violence. It appears that policymakers are beginning to meet in the middle, thank goodness, between the hard-on-crime mentality...
Donald Trump Jr. on Friday mocked Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman ...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is joining a chorus of Republicans calling on the White House to withdraw President Biden's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management over a decades-old tree spiking i...
Senate Rules Committee Chairwoman Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) is slated to team up with Stacey Abrams for a voting rights event in Georgia this weekend.Klobuchar and Abrams are scheduled to host a roundtable Sunday with Georgia...
