Politics

It was the investigation that never was. After months of talk, the independent commission to investigate the events surrounding January 6 is now on life support, likely to fail in the US Senate as soon as next week when Republicans are expected to filibuster the legislation. Behind the scenes, mistrust, disinterest and raw political considerations

Nearly two months after President Joe Biden laid out his massive plan to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure, White House officials presented a slimmed-down version as a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers who are seeking a much smaller program. The new plan would reduce the size of Biden’s initial proposal, known as the American Jobs Plan, from

When the House on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to counter a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes amid the coronavirus pandemic, 62 GOP members voted against the measure, which was also opposed by one Republican senator when it cleared that chamber last month. The bill, which is likely to be signed by President Joe Biden,

Starting this week, the White House is hoping Americans swipe right for Covid vaccines, partnering with a series of prominent dating apps to offer incentives to customers who’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus. Vaccinated users on Tinder, Hinge, OKCupid, BLK, Chispa, Plenty of Fish, Match, Bumble, and Badoo will gain access to premium content “like

White House officials on Friday presented a counteroffer to Republican lawmakers on their infrastructure and jobs package that reduced the size of the proposal from $2.25 trillion to $1.7 trillion, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. The revised proposal reduced the funding request for broadband to match the offer put forward by Republicans

The Congressionally mandated commission established to recommend how to rename up to nine active-duty military bases and sites associated with the Confederacy will make its first site visit next week to the US Military Academy at West Point in New York. The visit was announced by retired Navy Adm. Admiral Michelle Howard who chairs the

Ralph Puckett Jr. — a United States Army Ranger who led the defense against six Chinese assaults on a frozen hill in the Korean War — was presented with America’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor, by President Joe Biden on Friday. Biden said that Puckett’s initial reaction to receiving the Medal of Honor

The intern who helped save former US Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords in the minutes after she was critically wounded in a 2011 shooting is running to represent her old Arizona district in Congress. Arizona Democratic state Rep. Daniel Hernandez announced his bid Thursday to represent Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. Hernandez joins a growing competitive Democratic

Former President Donald Trump plans to resume his signature campaign-style rallies in a series of battleground states this summer as he inches closer to a decision on whether to mount a comeback presidential bid in 2024. “We’ll be doing one in Florida, we’re going to do one in Ohio, we’re going to do one in

President Joe Biden is set to meet with his South Korean counterpart President Moon Jae-in on Friday, the second in-person meeting with a world leader of his presidency as he seeks to turn his foreign policy focus back to East Asia. The meeting comes as the Biden administration has faced a foreign policy test amid

Supreme Court justices have long criticized each other’s legal reasoning, but they are increasingly impugning their colleagues’ motives and sincerity, in a way that matches the current political climate. The Roberts Court, with three appointees of former President Donald Trump now in place, appears to be entering a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing.

The Labor Department has exhausted its options for continuing to pay an extra $300 a week in federal unemployment benefits to jobless people in the 22 GOP-led states that are ending them early, an administration official told CNN Thursday. Roughly 3.6 million out-of-work Americans will forgo a total of $21.7 billion in benefits as a

President Joe Biden’s ambitious plan to send families with kids thousands more dollars starting in July could slash child poverty in half — but only if the federal government can successfully deliver the money to all eligible households. While the vast majority of eligible families will receive the monthly payments automatically, very low-income households who