Rep. Cori Bush slammed her House colleagues for adjourning for August recess without passing an extension of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s eviction moratorium for renters, which is set to expire Saturday night.
Donald Trump’s political organization builds war chest topping $100 million
Donald Trump’s political organization raised nearly $82 million during the first half of this year and entered July with $102 million in cash reserves — an unprecedented war chest at this stage in the election cycle for a former president, according t…
Tensions in the House of Representatives boil over after 1/6 hearing and mask rule
Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut did not want to lose his cool, but he said this week he couldn’t help it.
Trump commands historic attention for an ex-president. That may hurt the GOP.
A sitting president of the United States is usually the person who drives political conversation. Former presidents tend to be an afterthought.
Senate passes bill to award Congress’ highest honor to first Black NHL player
The US Senate passed legislation this week to grant Congress’ highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal, to the first Black player to compete in the National Hockey League.
DeSantis and other GOP 2024 prospects target public health officials with political attacks
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ warning this week of a “Faucian distopia” offered the latest glimpse at how ambitious Republicans eyeing 2024 presidential bids are increasingly targeting public health officials as they attempt to grow their national brands …
Analysis: Kids are starting their third Covid school year. Here’s what to know.
A rising senior was a sophomore back in 2020 when US schools first shut down. Students then struggled through an entire school year of Covid, and now they’re about to start all over again.
The pandemic turning point the White House didn’t want
President Joe Biden is tired of wearing a mask.
Sinema strikes big bipartisan infrastructure deal and suffers a Democratic backlash
When a group of 22 senators negotiates a $1 trillion bill, conversations can go off track. And when they did — “far too many (times) to recount,” joked one senior staffer — Arizona Sen. Krysten Sinema would urge them to finish the job, even if that req…
Biden nominates Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father and Trump critic, to religious freedom post
President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was appointing Khizr Khan, a Gold Star father who drew then-candidate Donald Trump’s ire when he spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, to the United States Commission on International Religious F…