Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland said Thursday that he will run for Senate Majority Leader in the next Congress, setting up a challenge to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer after the party swept to power in the midterm elections.
Constituents in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district have warned Republicans not to underestimate the firebrand progressive lawmaker who caused a sensational political upset in 2018 defeating Joe Crowley.
Boise and Salt Lake City have both adopted the Pride flag – or a slight variation of it – as official symbols as of Tuesday night, effectively circumventing state law.
President Trump announced that Dr. Casey Means will be nominated as the next surgeon general, and pulled the nominee whom he had previously announced for the post amid scrutiny of her credentials.
A federal judge told the Trump administration Wednesday that it cannot evade his new rules on carrying out deportations by having them done by the Defense Department rather than Homeland Security.
Senate Republicans say they are going to get rid of California's electric vehicle mandate that threatens to drive up car prices, even if it means blowing up the chamber's rules.
The president of Haverford College was berated by Republican lawmakers in a congressional hearing on campus antisemitism Wednesday, with some suggesting the school should lose federal funding because of her refusal to discuss student discipline in the wake of pro-Palestinian protests.
The Democratic controlled cities of Salt Lake City and Boise adopted new city flags this week showing support for LGBTQ+ people in defiance of their states' Republican-controlled Legislatures, which have banned traditional rainbow pride flags at schools and government buildings.
College presidents were back on the hot seat as House Republicans expanded their investigations into campus antisemitism with three more universities: DePaul, Haverford and California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.
The Trump administration, which has fought to dismantle or hollow out government-run outlets that provide news to other countries, has agreed to use the conservative media network OAN's feed on Voice of America and other services.
