The US Air Force flew a reconnaissance mission this week over eastern Ukraine to gather intelligence about the situation on the ground — two days after Russia announced it would withdraw 10,000 troops from its border with that nation.
‘They know where Black voters live’: Challengers say ‘race blind’ redistricting maps are anything but
In states like Texas and North Carolina, Republican lawmakers in charge of redrawing the political maps for the next decade say that the new plans are “race blind.” Their opponents in court say that the claim is implausible and one that, in some situat…
Less federal aid is coming as Americans enter third year of the pandemic
As Americans enter the third year of the pandemic, they can expect to receive significantly less federal aid.
Two Trump-appointed judges reject comparisons between January 6 and Portland political unrest
Two Trump-appointed federal judges have rejected claims from January 6 defendants that they’re being treated unfairly, because of their conservative politics, compared with left-leaning rioters in Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 2020.
A Supreme Court that’s declined to block several vaccine mandates is now considering Biden’s Covid vaccine requirement
A Supreme Court that has declined to block several types of vaccine mandates is now considering whether to allow the Biden administration to require millions of Americans to get Covid-19 vaccines.
Analysis: Why Biden isn’t likely to find much political relief abroad in 2022
Joe Biden hasn’t had a day in the White House free of intractable domestic challenges that threaten to doom his presidency. But his hopes of a 2022 rebound are complicated by equally treacherous tests abroad.
Harry Reid, longtime US senator and former Democratic leader, dies at 82
Harry Reid, the scrappy former Democratic Senate leader who spearheaded epic legislative battles through three decades in Congress, has died at the age of 82, according to a statement from his wife, Landra Reid.
Judge rejects Proud Boys’ First Amendment claims in January 6 conspiracy case
A federal judge is allowing a major January 6 conspiracy case against four Proud Boys leaders to move forward, rejecting their bid to throw out the charges.
Biden dogged by a testing shortage he’d vowed to fix
President Joe Biden is closing out his first year in office facing one of the same problems he entered the White House vowing to fix: a persistent shortage of Covid-19 testing that, if resolved, could provide a way out of the still-raging pandemic.
Some Trump allies slow walk, stonewall or snub January 6 committee
When the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection struggled to serve Dan Scavino with a subpoena, the former Donald Trump aide said he had been in a fairly obvious locale: Mar-a-Lago.