The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Monday challenging legislative maps adopted by Texas Republicans in recent weeks.
White House announces US diplomatic boycott of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic representatives to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing as a protest against Chinese human rights abuses in Xinjiang, White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced Monday.
Biden administration unveils new strategy to counter corruption
The Biden administration on Monday announced a new strategy to counter corruption and illicit finance, as well as new steps from the Treasury Department to tackle how illegal actors abuse the real estate market in the United States to hide their wealth…
Malala Yousafzai meets with Blinken, calls on US to take action for Afghan women and girls
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai met Monday with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and called on the United States to take action to ensure that Afghan girls and women are able to return to the classroom and the workplace in the wake of t…
January 6 committee postpones depositions with Michael Flynn and Trump’s personal assistant
One-time Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and the former President’s personal assistant, who were scheduled to be deposed by a congressional committee Monday, have been granted short postponements, a committee aide tells CNN.
Analysis: Dole’s death prompts nostalgia for a bygone era sullied by Trump’s GOP
The bipartisan outpouring of praise following the death on Sunday of Republican Bob Dole, the longtime Senate leader and former presidential nominee, mourned both a man and a more outwardly collegial era as Republicans drive the country toward another …
Here’s what pleading the Fifth is and what it means for the January 6 committee
The January 6 committee is facing a new challenge as multiple people it has subpoenaed signal their intentions to invoke Fifth Amendment protections ahead of their testimony.
Top Space Force official: China is developing space capabilities at ‘twice the rate’ of US
Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations for the US Space Force, said Saturday China is developing its space capabilities at “twice the rate” of the US.
David Perdue plans to challenge Brian Kemp in GOP primary for Georgia governor, reports say
Former GOP Sen. David Perdue plans to announce Monday that he’s mounting a primary challenge against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a move that will pit the ally of former President Donald Trump against the incumbent Republican governor and set up an intra-p…
Bob Dole, giant of the Senate and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, dies
Former Republican Senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole died Sunday morning, according to a statement released by his family.