Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Joe Biden’s speech pushing for the Senate to change its filibuster rules to pass voting and elections legislation, saying Biden compared “a bipartisan majority of senators to literal traitors.”
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GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth announces he won’t seek reelection to Indiana seat
GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth of Indiana announced on Wednesday he will not seek a fourth term in November, becoming the 12th House Republican to say he won’t run for reelection.
January 6 committee weighs options to get members of Congress to comply with its investigation
Members of the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill insurrection are weighing what options they have to compel their fellow members of Congress to cooperate with their probe.
IRS is in ‘crisis,’ facing massive backlog as new tax season starts
The Internal Revenue Service had more than 11 million unprocessed tax returns left over from the “most challenging year” taxpayers ever experienced and will begin the upcoming filing season already behind, according to a report from the National Taxpay…
Fact check: Right-wing figures falsely describe CDC director’s comments about Covid-19 deaths
Prominent right-wing figures have been falsely describing a comment the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made last week about Covid-19 deaths — taking Dr. Rochelle Walensky out of context to wrongly claim she had delivered…
Body of ex-Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid lying in state in Capitol Rotunda
The body of former Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid will lie in state in the Rotunda of the US Capitol on Wednesday, a rare honor granted by Congress to about three dozen other Americans, including former presidents, Supreme Court justices, lawmaker…
Biden concedes he has ‘more work to do’ on fighting price hikes as inflation frustrations threaten his domestic agenda
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said that the latest report on inflation in the US shows there’s more work to do on lowering the rate of inflation, but he argued that progress is being made.
Trump takes thinly veiled shot at ‘gutless’ DeSantis over Covid booster
Former President Donald Trump appeared to take a shot at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over his refusal to disclose whether he’s received a Covid-19 booster shot in a new interview with the far-right channel One America News.
Biden administration ‘actively exploring’ boosting supply of higher-quality N95, KN95 masks
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not changed its guidance on mask usage, but the Biden administration is “strongly considering” making higher quality masks, like N95 and KN95 masks, more available to Americans.
Biden administration to announce additional purchase of 500,000 AstraZeneca Covid-19 treatment courses
The Biden administration is expected on Wednesday to announce the purchase of additional courses of a Covid-19 treatment manufactured by drugmaker AstraZeneca.