House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday rebuffed a demand from Sen. Joe Manchin to take a “strategic pause” on a $3.5 trillion economic package, making clear that she was moving on an aggressive timeline to push the measure through this month and setting…
Texas governor signs voting restrictions bill into law
Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday signed into law a bill that bans 24-hour and drive-thru voting, imposes new hurdles on mail-in ballots and empowers partisan poll watchers.
Biden to travel to California ‘early next week’ to campaign for Newsom ahead of recall vote
President Joe Biden will travel to California “early next week” to campaign for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom ahead of the September 14 recall election, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.
The new Texas voting law includes these 7 major changes
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday a bill that imposes a raft of new restrictions on voting in one of the nation’s fastest-growing and diversifying states.
Biden set to deliver major speech on next phase of pandemic response, sources say
President Joe Biden is set to deliver a major address on the next phase of his pandemic response this week, two sources familiar with the speech tell CNN.
Jill Biden goes back to school
Of all the educators returning to classrooms in person this fall, only one will be ferried there by a motorcade of Secret Service vehicles that depart from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Human Rights Campaign terminates president over how he helped Cuomo retaliate against an accuser
The Human Rights Campaign has terminated its president Alphonso David following an investigation last month over his actions while assisting former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo who was responding to an allegation of sexual harassment, according to a stat…
Biden on Hurricane Ida relief efforts: ‘We’re not going home til this gets done’
President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit New York and New Jersey on Tuesday to survey the damage brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, his second trip in the storm’s wake since it plowed through the eastern half of the United States last week.
A Q&A about the California recall with the man who helped Schwarzenegger win the last one
With about a week before the California recall election, everyone is looking for clues about the fate of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom — namely whether enough Democrats will turn out to allow him to keep his job or whether Republicans will pull off a f…
The scramble to defend against Texas’ 6-week abortion ban
Still reeling from a Supreme Court order that effectively blocked most abortions in Texas, providers in the state are scrambling to help women seeking the procedure and imploring lawyers and the Biden administration to think creatively in order to stop…