The House Ethics Committee disclosed on Tuesday that Rep. Mary Miller (R-Ill.) has been fined $500 for not wearing a mask on the House floor in late July, making her the eighth GOP lawmaker facing monetary punishment for refusing to comply with...
The 2021 MacArthur Fellows were announced on Tuesday, giving 25 professionals $625,000 to continue with their individual projects, ranging from poetry, virology tracking and the racial intersections in public health.The funding, ...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Tuesday urged House Democrats to vote against the bipartisan infrastructure bill until Congress approves the party’s reconciliation package, heightening the standoff between moderates and progressives as key components...
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich (R) has requested documents from both the state Senate and Maricopa County officials days after a report into the results of the 2020 election failed to deliver a smoking...
A Missouri judge on Tuesday denied state Attorney General Eric Schmitt's (R) motion for a preliminary injunction against a local school district's mask mandate, and also ruled that his recent lawsuit co...
Arlington, Texas police said a boy died after being infected by a brain-eating amoeba found at a local splash pad, ...
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday defended President Biden’s previous comments about recommendations he received from military advisers on the Afghanistan drawdown, saying Biden received a range of opinions before deciding in April to...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday emphasized the importance of tackling climate change through infrastructure legislation as she seeks to move both a bipartisan bill and a more climate-intensive Democrat-only measure.Her comments...
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) blocked an effort by Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to bypass the 60-vote legislative filibuster on a debt ceiling hike. Schumer tried to get an agreement to set up a simple majority vote...
The House passed legislation on Tuesday that would eliminate the federal disparity in prison sentences for crack and powder cocaine offenses, in an effort to enact criminal justice reform on a bipartisan basis.The bill, which lawmakers passed 361-66...
GOP Rep. Jason Smith (Mo.), who has previously said he is considering launching a U.S. Senate run, released an online ad this week slamming House Democrats who are hoping to secure trillions of dollars to advance key components of President Biden’s...
Just this month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 1 — the restrictive anti-voter legislation that Texas House Democrats broke quorum twice over — into law. Although the battle over that bill has now moved to the courts, the GOP’s war on...
Will Smith in a new GQ interview says he disagrees with the way calls to "Defund the Police" are being framed."This is a pitfall area," the actor said in the article that published Monday. "I would love if we would just say 'Defund the bad...
The family of Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old woman who was found deceased in Wyoming, revealed tattoos they had done in her memory. During a press conference held by Petito’s family Tuesday afternoon, Petito’s parents and stepparents stood in line...
Senate Democrats are pitching the Senate parliamentarian on their backup plan for getting immigration reform into a sweeping spending bill.Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said that Democrats are currently presenting an alternative plan to parliamentarian...
A Connecticut doctor’s license was suspended last week over allegations that she handed out blank COVID-19 vaccine exemption forms, officials said.The Connecticut Medical Examining Board said it suspended the physician and surgeon license of retired...
More than a year after the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black people forced a national reckoning with race, support for the movement has not waned in communities of color, a new Pew Research C...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday ruled out using the budget reconciliation process to raise the debt limit with only Democratic votes."Going through reconciliation is...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday ruled out using the budget reconciliation process to raise the debt limit with only Democratic votes.“Going through reconciliation is risky to the country and is a non-starter,” Schumer...
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) is walking back comments he made this week suggesting R&B singer R. Kelly could be "welcomed back" by the city of Chicago following his conviction in a wide-ranging sex trafficking case....
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.) is walking back comments he made this week suggesting R&B singer R. Kelly could be "welcomed back" by the city of Chicago following his conviction in a wide-ranging sex trafficking case."As an artist, one who...
Nearly two-thirds of business leaders support President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate for private companies, according to a survey from the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED) released Tuesday.The business-...
Liberals on Tuesday sent a stern warning to Democratic leaders that a bipartisan infrastructure bill cannot pass through the House as long as Senate centrists remain non-committal on the larger social benefits package at the heart of President Biden...
Liberals on Tuesday sent a stern warning to Democratic leaders that a bipartisan infrastructure bill cannot pass through the House as long as Senate centrists remain non-committal on the larger social benefits package at...
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Girsham in a new book sheds light on former President Trump's mysterious visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in November 2019, suggesting that the presi...
