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Rep. Lucy McBath vividly remembers having “the talk” with her teenage son Jordan in 2012 after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. “I said, ‘Baby, you got to understand. You are a young, Black male, and there are people in this country that are not going to care about you or love you like

Bipartisan talks over a cornerstone infrastructure package sit on the brink of falling apart completely just days before a White House-imposed deadline for tangible progress. Gone is what for several weeks appeared to be positive, if cautious, sentiment about the prospects of President Joe Biden and a group of six Senate Republicans reaching consensus on

With just four legislative days left before the Senate’s week-long Memorial Day recess, it’s still unknown when Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer bring the legislation to create a commission to investigate the January 6 Capitol Hill riot to the floor for a procedural vote that will test whether if it can get the 60 votes

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday applauded members of the Class of 2021 on their perseverance in earning their high school diplomas during the coronavirus pandemic, which upended classrooms and shuttered a number of extracurricular activities such as sports. “You now know, that you have what it takes to get through pretty much anything. So

White House senior adviser Cedric Richmond said Sunday that President Joe Biden will “change course” on his massive infrastructure bill if inaction on the costly proposal seems inevitable. “He wants a deal. He wants it soon, but if there’s meaningful negotiations taking place in a bipartisan manner, he’s willing to let that play out. But

Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted Sunday that there will eventually be a prospect for a peaceful political solution between Israel and the Palestinians, saying one must come following a “critical” ceasefire declared in the region last week. “I think there has to be. I think both sides are reminded that we have to find

Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer on Sunday denounced fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene‘s comparison of requirements for House members to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust. “Well, first off, any comparisons to the Holocaust it’s beyond reprehensible. This is — I don’t

A former Republican senator and member of Donald Trump’s administration said Sunday that he thinks the ex-President bears some responsibility for the Capitol insurrection and that his presidency was “diminished” as a result of the deadly attack. “Absolutely, I mean he bears responsibility. I think his presidency was diminished as a result of this, and

President Joe Biden will host the family of George Floyd at the White House on Tuesday to mark the one-year anniversary of his death at the hands of police, a White House official confirmed to CNN. The White House visit comes as lawmakers are likely to miss the President’s initial May 25 deadline for passing

Khan’s family is under threat, he’s no longer going to his job site, and he’s swapping sleeping schedules with his pregnant wife to keep watch. That is the new reality sinking in for Afghans working for the United States in Afghanistan who may be Taliban targets once the US military withdraws. RELATED: What civilians in

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, during an interview on a conservative podcast this week, compared House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to continue to require members of the House to wear masks on the chamber floor to steps the Nazis took to control the Jewish population during the Holocaust. Greene, in a conversation with the Christian

A top aide to Republican Rep. Carlos Gimenez of Florida says he spoke with both the Capitol Police and the FBI on the morning of January 6 after overhearing a man in tactical gear talk about storming the FBI building just hours before the deadly insurrection. Alex Ferro, chief of staff to the Florida GOP

After being under investigation by federal prosecutors for more than two years, Rudy Giuliani got a glimpse late last month of the possible charge authorities are eyeing for him: a breach of foreign lobbying laws connected to his work in Ukraine. The potential crime, detailed on search warrants that federal agents executed on his Manhattan