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Senate Democrats are engaged in a quiet courtship of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin in an effort to garner unified party support for a sweeping elections overhaul bill despite the long odds that enough Republicans will ever back its passage. The hope, Democrats say, is to create a clear contrast with Republicans over the issue

President Joe Biden gifted Russian President Vladimir Putin a pair of custom aviator sunglasses made by Randolph USA during their summit on Wednesday, according to a White House official. The sunglasses are made by an American company that has provided them to the US military and its NATO partners. Biden also gifted the Russian President

The Education Department on Wednesday issued guidance that Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, a reversal of the Trump administration’s stance that gay and transgender students are not protected by the law. The department cited in its decision the Supreme Court’s ruling just a year ago that federal civil rights

Here’s a look at the life of Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 14, 1946 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Donald John Trump Father: Fred Trump, real estate developer Mother: Mary (Macleod) Trump Marriages: Melania (Knauss) Trump (January 22, 2005-present); Marla (Maples) Trump (December 1993-June

Sen. Joe Manchin, a key Democratic swing vote, would not commit on Wednesday to backing an infrastructure package along straight party lines, rebuffing a demand made by liberals who want to ensure he will be on board with a broader bill passed without Republican support if they support his bipartisan proposal. “It should not be

Watch Biden’s news conference in the player below. President Joe Biden said he focused on human rights and obtaining a stable relationship with Russia during the highest-stakes talks of his long career ended Wednesday in Geneva with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Biden started off his post-summit news conference emphasizing his focus on human rights during

The highest-stakes talks of President Joe Biden’s long career ended after roughly three hours Wednesday in Geneva, where he and Russia’s Vladimir Putin shook hands and immediately began a summit that tested his decades of experience on the world stage.

The highest-stakes talks of President Joe Biden’s long career ended Wednesday in Geneva without any open hostility between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and even a modest agreement to return each country’s ambassador to their post, an expected resolution to a summit that tested Biden’s decades of experience on the world stage. Speaking during

Despite the House and Senate coming to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol, 21 House Republicans voted against the legislation Tuesday, the latest reminder that members of Congress still cannot agree on the facts of the deadly January 6 riot. The final vote in the

President Joe Biden approached his first face-to-face summit with his Russian counterpart on Wednesday with one of the longest foreign policy résumés of an American leader in recent history. Biden’s experience with Russian affairs spans more than 38 of his years in federal public office under seven US presidents other than himself. He has met

Five months after the January 6 insurrection, the House and Senate have come to an agreement that will award the Congressional Gold Medal to the officers who defended the Capitol. But 21 House Republicans refused to support the legislation, the latest reminder that members of Congress still cannot agree on the facts of the deadly

Vice President Kamala Harris held a private dinner Tuesday night for the female US senators, a show of bipartisanship among a deeply divided Congress. It was the first known time that Harris hosted lawmakers in the vice-presidential residence at the Naval Observatory since moving in April, a process that was delayed due to renovations. CNN