Saddest Homecoming Ever? Trump Greeted By A Single Supporter In New York Return.
The former president’s onetime hometown didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
The former president’s onetime hometown didn’t exactly roll out the red carpet.
The Republican Party’s top lawyer says the First Amendment gives it the right to use the former president’s name in its fundraising appeals.
After speaking at a white nationalist “America First” conference recently, the Arizona congressman appears to be doubling down on his support of the group.
The American Rescue Plan transforms a sleepy tax credit into a child allowance for the vast majority of families.
The official document contains some unofficial wording that might be stretching things a bit.
A new feature film, “The Mauritanian,” tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held without charge for 14 years at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo and repeatedly tortured. We speak with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says the film is not just about his struggle. “This is not my movie. This is the movie of so many people,” he says. “Some of the people who were kidnapped after 9/11 were tortured to death.
President Joe Biden is facing new calls to close the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an enduring symbol of U.S. abuses in the “war on terror.” Since 2002, about 770 men and boys have been held at the prison, and only eight have been convicted of a crime. Three of the convictions were later overturned on appeal.
Millions of women around the world are taking to the streets today to mark International Women’s Day — in a year where women have been disproportionately impacted by rising poverty, unemployment and violence during the pandemic. We hear voices from protests in the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala.
Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police.
Israel has failed to make COVID-19 vaccines available to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, despite its responsibility under the Geneva Conventions. Critics in the United States say this “vaccine apartheid” is another example of Israeli human rights abuses going unpunished, even as the country receives billions in U.S. aid each year. Congressmember Mondaire Jones of New York says Israel must ensure that Palestinians are vaccinated.
The House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation protecting the right to vote with the For the People Act, which has been described as the most sweeping pro-democracy bill in decades. The legislation is aimed at improving voter registration and access to voting, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, forcing the disclosure of dark money donors, increasing public funding for candidates, and imposing strict ethical and reporting standards on members of Congress and the U.S.
The Senate has voted to open debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The legislation has widespread support from voters, with one new poll showing 77% of Americans support the bill, including nearly 60% of Republicans. But the Senate bill has some key differences from the package approved by the House, including a reduction in the number of people eligible for direct stimulus checks and no provision to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
The conservative West Virginia Democrat, a key swing vote in the Senate, appeared on four Sunday shows.
The New York governor said “there is no way” he would resign and claimed calls for him to do so are politically motivated.
It may be overshadowed by stimulus checks and unemployment benefits, but the money for multiemployer pension funds could save workers’ retirements.
His projected timeline looks to ongoing tests on the COVID-19 vaccines’ safety and efficacy among kids.
The moderate Democrat said he wanted to make it more “painful” for Republicans to obstruct legislation.
Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police.
Israel has failed to make COVID-19 vaccines available to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, despite its responsibility under the Geneva Conventions. Critics in the United States say this “vaccine apartheid” is another example of Israeli human rights abuses going unpunished, even as the country receives billions in U.S. aid each year. Congressmember Mondaire Jones of New York says Israel must ensure that Palestinians are vaccinated.
The House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation protecting the right to vote with the For the People Act, which has been described as the most sweeping pro-democracy bill in decades. The legislation is aimed at improving voter registration and access to voting, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, forcing the disclosure of dark money donors, increasing public funding for candidates, and imposing strict ethical and reporting standards on members of Congress and the U.S.
The Senate has voted to open debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The legislation has widespread support from voters, with one new poll showing 77% of Americans support the bill, including nearly 60% of Republicans. But the Senate bill has some key differences from the package approved by the House, including a reduction in the number of people eligible for direct stimulus checks and no provision to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
A former press aide says Cuomo embraced her in his hotel room after a work event, and pulled her back to him as she tried to step away.
“If this isn’t public corruption, I don’t know what is,” said Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried, referring to reported vaccine distribution by Gov. DeSantis.
The former president only likes some Republicans some of the time.
He kept Democrats united on a $1.9 trillion bill he called “one of the most progressive pieces of legislation — if not the most progressive — in decades.
The big story isn’t what Biden and Democratic leaders gave away. It’s what they got and the boost it provides future efforts.
The agreement paves the way for President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill to move forward in the Senate.
The upcoming event highlights a continuing GOP divide.
McCain attacked Biden’s “Neanderthal thinking” critique of ending mask mandates — yet previously defended Trump calling people “animals.
Hand gestures are commonplace in the Senate, but Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is getting flack for the way she voted against a $15 minimum wage.