Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) blasted Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Friday for taking what Schumer’s office called “a cynical field trip to the border” after both Republican senators voted last week to block a bipartisan border deal that Graham was involved in negotiating. Graham is coming under fire from...
Two juveniles have been charged in the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade mass shooting that killed one and injured 22 people. The Jackson County Family Court in Missouri said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center on resisting arrest and “gun-related” penalties. The release also said that “additional” charges could...
The Trump campaign is pushing back at a news story about former President Trump’s stance on abortion, but it did not contradict its main contention that Trump has privately indicated he supports the idea of a ban on abortion after 16 weeks of pregnancy. The New York Times reported Trump has told advisers and allies that he...
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said if former President Trump is reelected, he would “hand the keys over” to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Slotkin said Ukraine’s fate in its war against Russia would be sealed if Trump gets reelected in November and that Putin likely will continue his conquest through Europe in that case. “And I...
It is long overdue for Congress to invest in a robust care system, ensuring comprehensive access to long-term care, good pay for care workers, and smart economic policies like paid leave.
Fulton County, Ga., prosecutors aimed to topple allegations of misconduct against District Attorney Fani Willis (D) Friday by calling her father to the witness stand. John Clifford Floyd III, Willis’s father, testified that he was unaware until recently of his daughter’s relationship with Nathan Wade, a special prosecutor in the 2020 election interference case involving...
President Biden is calling for House Republicans to drop their impeachment inquiry against him, saying Friday it has been “an outrageous effort from the beginning."