Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday promised to examine the practices of police departments around the country that commit civil rights violations in his first public comments since the police shooting death of Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.In a…
US intelligence agencies still do not know "exactly where, when or how Covid-19 virus was transmitted initially" in China but remain focused on two primary theories, that "it emerged naturally from human contact with infected animals or it was a…
The Senate voted 92-6 to advance a bill Wednesday that would address the surge of hate crimes against Asian Americans, signaling broad bipartisan support and momentum for the measure.The bill, which would assign a Justice Department official to expedite reviews…
The Treasury Department is establishing an Office of Recovery Programs to lead the agency's implementation of economic relief measures from three massive congressional coronavirus relief bills.The office, which will be led by Jacob Leibenluft, will mainly focus on establishing and…
The Biden administration intends to move forward with $23 billion in proposed arms sales to the United Arab Emirates even as it continues its review of pending weapons transfers, a State Department spokesperson told CNN Wednesday.The Trump administration last year…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday praised President Joe Biden's plan to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan, calling it a "careful and thought-out plan.""The President doesn't want endless wars. I don't want endless wars. And neither do the American…
Activist and nonprofit founder Rana Abdelhamid on Wednesday launched a Democratic primary challenge to Rep. Carolyn Maloney in New York's 12th congressional district, marking the third straight election in which Maloney, who has been in Congress since 1993, will face…
President Joe Biden formally announced his decision to end America's longest war on Wednesday, deeming the prolonged and intractable conflict in Afghanistan no longer aligned with American priorities.Biden said he would withdraw US troops from Afghanistan before September 11, the…
Kristen Clarke, President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, defended her record against some skeptical senators during her confirmation hearing on Wednesday as a groundswell of supporters says there's an urgency for Clarke to take…
The House Oversight and Reform Committee voted on Wednesday to approve a bill that would grant statehood to Washington, DC, a Democratic priority that faces obstacles for final passage even when the party controls both chambers on Capitol Hill and…
As President Biden prepares to lay out his plan Wednesday to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan and end America's longest war, a source familiar with his thinking tells me that he thinks no amount of US troops in the country…
Almost a year after Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Supreme Court's liberals to cast the determinative vote to block a Louisiana abortion law, his opinion in the case is causing deep divisions among lower court judges and lawyers.Last…
The first thing some of the women were asked to do when they got to the house parties in the gated community in suburban Orlando was to put away their cellphones, according to two women in attendance who spoke to…
Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski launched her campaign for Senate on Wednesday, jumping into what's expected to be a contentious Democratic primary as Republicans eagerly await word on whether Sen. Ron Johnson will seek a third term.As Johnson faces pressure from…
The last time the top three intelligence officials testified in front of Congress, they were publicly criticized by the President, who lashed out at them in a series of tweets calling them passive and naive and saying that they should…
The White House and congressional Democrats face a crowded slate of pressing issues and competing priorities this week as they try to push forward with efforts to negotiate and secure passage of President Joe Biden's infrastructure package. That dynamic was…
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Tuesday stressed that the US has "got to have police officers" after Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a fellow Democrat, called for "no more policing, incarceration, and militarization" in the wake of Daunte Wright's fatal…
Joel Greenberg, a central figure in the ongoing investigation into Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, has been providing investigators with information since last year, including information about encounters he and the Florida Republican had with women who were given cash…
President Joe Biden's decision to pull US troops out of Afghanistan by September marks a pivotal moment after almost 20 years of war in the country and thousands of lives lost -- it also signals a coming shift in US…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said for the first time that she would be open to establishing a select committee to probe the January 6 riot at the US Capitol if attempts to create an independent 9/11-style commission remain stalled."It's always…
