Virginia on Wednesday is set to take down a towering statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the last Confederate statue remaining along Richmond’s historic Monument Avenue.
Schumer: ‘Full speed ahead’ on $3.5 trillion bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Democrats are moving “full speed ahead” on the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill despite the call for a “strategic pause” and smaller price tag from moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of…
Biden pushes economic agenda while honoring labor unions at White House
President Joe Biden held a belated Labor Day celebration at the White House on Wednesday as he made the case for his large-scale economic agenda and how it would benefit working and middle-class families at an event honoring labor unions.
Texas abortion clinics are going on a legal counteroffensive in state courts
Abortion clinics and their allies are engaged in a game of Whac-A-Mole as they’ve obtained state court orders blocking individual anti-abortion activists from enforcing Texas’ six-week abortion ban — for now.
Schwarzenegger on California recall: This is not a GOP ‘power grab’
Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger — the only person in California history to win a gubernatorial race in a recall election — is aggressively neutral on the one coming up on September 14.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Texas GOP governor’s ‘deep ignorance’ on abortion
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Tuesday slammed Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s “deep ignorance” on abortion after he defended the state’s new six-week abortion ban earlier in the day.
Fact-checking the misinformation about Oklahoma hospitals and ivermectin
A story went viral last week about Oklahoma hospitals and ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug some Americans are taking to treat Covid-19 even though it is not approved or proven for that purpose.
Analysis: A new Covid-19 struggle — how to treat the unvaccinated
As the US reached another major vaccine milestone — more than 75% of adults have gotten at least one shot, according to the White House — there’s a growing question of how to deal with the unreachable vaccine opponents who won’t get the shot no matte…
Former Trump adviser Jason Miller briefly detained in Brazil
Jason Miller, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump, said he was briefly detained and questioned by Brazilian authorities in the country’s capital on Tuesday.
Senior Democrat’s spokesperson disputes Blinken’s comments about flights grounded in Afghanista
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebutted GOP claims that the Taliban is holding Americans “hostage” Tuesday, as uncertainty over the militant group’s promises to let Americans leave Afghanistan continued to roil Washington and as the Taliban named…