Former Trump aide Dan Scavino has been served a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, a source familiar with the matter told CNN, bringing an end to the panel’s struggle to physically locate him….
The real debate among Democrats over Biden’s agenda is just beginning
With a debt ceiling crisis punted until December, Democrats are turning their sights back to their own agenda, a move that will shake the party’s resolve and test whether it can make hard choices and compromise a reality.
What abortion access looks like in America even before the Supreme Court reconsiders Roe v. Wade
The blockbuster clash over Roe v. Wade now in front of the Supreme Court comes after a successful, decades-long guerrilla warfare campaign by the anti-abortion movement to attack access to the procedure around the edges.
Here’s why Democrats should be worried about the next election
American politics is in a state of high flux and both parties are searching, painfully, for balance.
Appeals court puts temporary hold on judge’s order blocking Texas 6-week abortion ban
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday to restore Texas’ six-week abortion ban while a federal judge’s ruling blocking the new law is appealed.
McConnell tells Biden he won’t cooperate with Democrats to raise debt ceiling again
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Friday warned President Joe Biden he should not expect cooperation on raising the debt ceiling again, a day after he voted with Democrats to overcome a procedural hurdle and make way for a temporary extension…
US delegation meets with Taliban representatives in Doha
A US delegation will travel to meet with “senior Taliban representatives from Kabul” in Doha, Qatar, this weekend, a State Department official said Friday — the first such meeting since the US withdrawal from Afghanistan at the end of August.
Biden administration canceling more border wall contracts
The Biden administration is canceling another slate of border wall contracts — this time, in the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley sectors, the Department of Homeland Security announced Friday.
US Capitol rioter who downplayed the attack is sentenced to three months in jail
A federal judge on Friday sentenced one of the US Capitol rioters to three months in jail, saying that the punishment should be a warning to other defendants that they deserve incarceration if they deflect responsibility or downplay the attack.
Biden refuses to assert privilege over Trump documents sought by January 6 committee
The White House has informed the National Archives they are not asserting executive privilege on behalf of former President Donald Trump, paving the way for the Archives to share documents with the House committee investigating the January 6 violence a…