For the 535 members of Congress, the haunting memories of the violence and chaos from January 6 don’t go away as they leave Washington, DC.
Family of deceased Pentagon suspect apologizes and blames son’s ‘mental health challenges’
The Lanz family tells CNN that their son Austin Lanz, the man authorities say killed a Pentagon Police officer on Tuesday morning, had “many mental health challenges.”
Challenge to Indiana University vaccine mandate reaches Supreme Court
A lawyer representing Indiana University students asked the Supreme Court Friday to block the school’s vaccine mandate that is set to take effect this fall while the appeals process plays out.
Eviction moratorium needed due to ‘deteriorating public health situation’ related to the Delta variant, DOJ says
Justice Department lawyers defended the Biden administration’s most recent eviction moratorium Friday telling a federal judge that because of the “deteriorating public health situation” related to the Delta variant, the US Centers for Disease Control a…
Democratic showdown takes shape in PA as Rep. Conor Lamb enters Senate race
Pennsylvania Rep. Conor Lamb is set to enter next year’s Senate race on Friday as one of the most important and closely-watched Democratic primary contests of 2022 takes shape.
Fact-checking Republican attempts to blame inflation on Democrats
As the US economy gradually recovers from the coronavirus pandemic, prices are rising across the board with inflation exceeding the Federal Reserve’s 2% target and reaching a 13-year high in June. Republicans have turned that jump in inflation into a p…
‘We have to build off that success’: GOP hopes women lead the party back to House majority
For House Republicans, their path back to power could rest on the backs of GOP women.
After a blown deadline and Democratic blowback, an urgent scramble for a new eviction ban
Even President Joe Biden did not sound particularly confident his administration’s new freeze on evictions would hold up in court when he explained the move in the East Room this week. Instead, he said the new ban, even if challenged, would at least “g…
56 years after Voting Rights Act of 1965, lawmakers struggle to find common ground
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law on August 6, 1965.
Biden officials send conflicting messages about who’s allowed into the US amid record immigration numbers
The president of Guatemala had a private piece of advice for Vice President Kamala Harris when she visited earlier this summer, on her goal of slowing the rush of hopeful migrants to the US border with Mexico.