Winners and losers of the second GOP presidential debate
Seven GOP presidential rivals tangled Wednesday night on a Simi Valley, Calif., stage, arguing over who is the best to take on President Biden next fall. It was a rambunctious night filled with...
View ArticleGOP witness says 'current evidence' doesn't support Biden impeachment
Some of the Republican-invited witnesses at the GOP’s first impeachment inquiry hearing cast doubt on whether there was enough evidence to support an impeachment of President Biden. Jonathan Turley, a...
View ArticleGOP struggles to find footing in first Biden impeachment hearing
The Republican impeachment inquiry into President Biden got off to a rocky start Thursday as the GOP sought to stress a need for the investigation while Democrats argued they had done little to...
View ArticleMcCarthy rejects Senate spending bill while scrambling for a House plan that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A government shutdown appeared all but inevitable as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dug in Thursday, vowing he will not take up Senate legislation designed to keep the federal...
View ArticleGeorgia Republicans suspend state senator who wants to impeach DA for...
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's Republican Senate Caucus is suspending a GOP state senator who attacked them for opposing his plan to impeach Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis for indicting former...
View ArticleBiden offers dire warnings about Trump, accuses mainstream GOP of 'deafening'...
TEMPE, Arizona (AP) — President Joe Biden issued one of his most dire warnings yet that Donald Trump and his allies are a menace to American democracy, declaring Thursday that the former president is...
View ArticleNew California law raises minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour,...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A new law in California will raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour next year, an acknowledgment from the state's Democratic leaders that most of the...
View ArticleComer subpoenas Hunter Biden's bank records
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced Thursday that he issued long-promised subpoenas for the personal and business bank records of President Biden's son Hunter Biden as...
View ArticleThe far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here's how it's...
WASHINGTON (AP) — With little time left to prevent a government shutdown, the House is in a familiar position: effectively paralyzed as conservatives feud with Speaker Kevin McCarthy over matters...
View ArticleDemocratic rising stars rally around Biden's reelection. They're also eyeing...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania's Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is set to address presidential primary voters in New Hampshire on Saturday. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is working to strengthen...
View ArticleEx-Detroit police chief James Craig will join GOP primary for US Senate in...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, who was a leading GOP candidate for governor last year before fraudulent signatures on his paperwork derailed his campaign, is planning...
View ArticleHouse overwhelmingly approves Ukraine aid
The House late Thursday night overwhelmingly approved $300 million in new aid to Ukraine. The 311-117 vote came after House GOP leaders on Wednesday stripped the Ukraine assistance from a Pentagon...
View ArticleConservative opposition imperils GOP bill to avoid shutdown
The House on Friday is poised to vote on a measure to prevent a government shutdown, but opposition from within the GOP puts its passage at risk. The conservative pushback also undercuts Speaker...
View ArticleAnother suit to disqualify Trump under the Constitution's 'insurrection'...
A liberal group on Friday filed a lawsuit in Michigan contending that former president Donald Trump is disqualified from regaining his old job based on a rarely used, post-Civil War provision in the...
View ArticleHouse GOP tanks its own funding bill, edging closer to shutdown
A band of House conservatives Friday voted down a GOP bill to avoid a government shutdown. The vote marked a significant — and embarrassing — defeat for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as a shutdown...
View ArticleTrump animates California Republicans with calls to shoot people who rob stores
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — In an occasionally dark and profane speech, Donald Trump on Friday sought to win over Republicans in California by complaining that rich people in Beverly Hills smell bad...
View ArticleBiden: McCarthy making a 'terrible bargain' with 'MAGA Republicans' in...
(The Hill) — President Biden had harsh words for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, saying he made a “terrible bargain” with the conservative wing of his party in a battle over spending which has made a...
View ArticleHouse Republicans to vote on 45-day, clean stopgap funding bill
The House will vote Saturday on a 45-day “clean” stopgap funding bill that includes money for disaster relief, a major turn in strategy for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ahead of a midnight...
View ArticleIowa's two campaigns: Donald Trump's rivals search for paths to stop him as...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Having stood out in two presidential debates, Nikki Haley has booked her largest venue in Iowa since launching her campaign. She's hoping to fill a 600-person hall in a western...
View ArticleJudge blocks 2 provisions in North Carolina's new abortion law; 12-week...
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge on Saturday blocked two portions of North Carolina's new abortion law from taking effect while a lawsuit continues. But nearly all of the restrictions approved by...
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