National Politics

The two lead Senate negotiators behind legislation to overhaul the nation’s policing laws expressed new optimism Monday, on the eve of a critical milestone President Joe Biden had set to make progress on such a plan, with Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina saying, “I think we can see the end of the tunnel”

Texas Sen. John Cornyn was clear in February: Congress should establish a 9/11-style outside commission to investigate the January 6 attack, a rare sign of bipartisanship just a month after the deadly Capitol insurrection. “I agree w/Speaker Pelosi — a 911-type investigation is called for to help prevent this from happening again,” Cornyn, a member

Former Trump White House Counsel Don McGahn has agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee after House Democrats and the Justice Department struck a deal paving the way for his closed-door testimony, which is likely to occur next week, according to two sources familiar with the discussions. McGahn’s testimony is coming after a years-long

The shelter at Fort Bliss feels more like a warehouse, according to people who have been there, with rows and rows of bunk cots stacked on top of each other, filling up large white tents where hundreds of migrant children wait. Now, officials are talking about doubling that population — from 5,000 to up to

Florida Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a rising Democratic star who was seriously considering challenging Republican Sen. Marco Rubio next year for his seat, announced Monday that she will forgo a Senate run and instead will seek reelection to her seat in the House. Murphy’s decision comes shortly after fellow Florida Democrat Rep. Val Demings announced she

A Republican-ordered audit of the 2.1 million votes cast last year in Arizona’s Maricopa County resumed Monday amid the escalating intra-party fight between state senators who sought the audit and county officials who have called it a sham. Meanwhile, in Georgia’s Fulton County, another audit is set to move forward after a judge on Friday

The Navy became the first branch in the US military to issue service-wide incentives for sailors to get vaccinated against Covid-19, including increased freedom of movement at port calls and the ending of pre-deployment quarantine for those who have been vaccinated. The updated guidance, issued Monday afternoon, stresses the safety of the vaccines and their

Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has apologized for breaking the state’s public health protocols after a photo surfaced on social media of her at a restaurant Saturday seated at tables that had been pushed together with at least 12 friends. “Throughout the pandemic, I’ve been committed to following public health protocols. On Saturday, I went

A US intelligence report found that several researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill in November 2019 and had to be hospitalized, a new detail about the severity of their symptoms that could fuel further debate about the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, according to two people briefed on the intelligence. A State

President Joe Biden is expected to scale up his administration’s investment in extreme weather preparation when he makes a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters on Monday afternoon. Biden is set to announce a doubling of US investment in extreme weather preparation to $1 billion, a White House official confirmed. The announcement was

Yet another ballot audit is set to move ahead in Georgia’s most populous county after a judge ruled Friday that absentee ballots could be unsealed for parties looking to examine them for evidence of fraud. The review of Fulton County’s absentee ballots, which is not set to begin until the judge reviews the terms of

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