President Joe Biden has invited Sen. Shelly Moore Capito back to the White House to discuss infrastructure, the President told reporters Thursday, a week after the West Virginia Republican unveiled a counterproposal to the White House’s $2 trillion package. “I invited her to come with anyone she wants to bring with her to the White
Continue Reading When Mike Pence underwent heart surgery earlier this month, he had alerted only a few family members and aides beforehand. Several onetime Pence aides were caught off guard when he released a statement that after experiencing “symptoms associated with a slow heart rate” for two weeks, the former vice president had a pacemaker implanted at
Continue Reading At least five federal civilian agencies appear to have been breached in the latest hack to hit the US government, a discovery that follows emergency measures to mitigate potential damage from the incident, according to a top official at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Hackers with suspected ties to China repeatedly took advantage of
Continue Reading The Biden administration has been consulting “nonstop” with the Indian government on their priorities as the country grapples with a catastrophic coronavirus surge that has left its healthcare system on the brink of collapse, according to a top US Agency for International Development official. Jeremy Konyndyk, the senior advisor coordinating agency-wide Covid-19 efforts at USAID,
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Federal agents executed search warrants Wednesday at the Manhattan apartment and office of Rudy Giuliani, his attorney said, advancing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors that has been underway for more than two years. Giuliani, who served as former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, has been the focus of an investigation concerning his activities in
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With federal authorities now in possession of Rudy Giuliani’s electronic devices as a result of search warrants executed on his Manhattan residence and office Wednesday, federal officials anticipate a court fight over their potentially privileged contents. Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, raised alarms in the hours after the warrants were served on his client, who previously
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President Joe Biden hit the road on Thursday, traveling to Georgia to promote his sweeping economic proposals the day after making the case for the massive new government programs in his first address to a joint session of Congress. At his first tour stop, a drive-in rally in Duluth, Biden highlighted the accomplishments of his
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden met with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter at the Carters’ Plains, Georgia, home on Thursday. The visit, which lasted about an hour, marked the first time the couples had met in person since Biden became president, since the Carters did not attend
Continue Reading Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn tried Wednesday to portray President Joe Biden’s new $1.8 trillion American Families Plan proposal as an “anti-family” initiative that would reduce Americans’ control over their own lives. “Three-year-old pre-K: they’re going to mandate this. Two years of college whether you like it or not. These are the things that take
Continue Reading President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott that the United States as a nation is not racist, but added that the country has a history of racism that cannot be overlooked. Biden, pressed on if he thought America was racist, told NBC News in an
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The Missouri Senate voted late Wednesday against funding the Medicaid expansion voters approved last year, saying the cost would be too high for the state.
Continue Reading Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocates who want to overhaul the nation’s policing laws — including members of George Floyd’s family — held a series of meetings Thursday searching for legislation that can pass both chambers of Congress, the day after President Joe Biden highlighted the demand for policing reform in his prime-time address. “We
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Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday agreed with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott that the United States is not a racist country, but added that the nation has a history of racism that cannot be overlooked. During a Thursday morning appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Harris was asked to react to comments from Scott
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Federal agencies are investigating at least two possible incidents on US soil, including one near the White House in November of last year, that appear similar to mysterious, invisible attacks that have led to debilitating symptoms for dozens of US personnel abroad. Multiple sources familiar with the matter tell CNN that while the Pentagon and
Continue Reading Lawmakers on Capitol Hill and advocates who want to overhaul the nation’s policing laws — including members of George Floyd’s family — held a series of meetings Thursday searching for legislation that can pass both chambers of Congress, the day after President Joe Biden highlighted the demand for policing reform in his prime-time address. Senate
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With a majority of adult Americans now at least partially vaccinated against coronavirus, roughly a quarter of adults say they will not try to get the shot, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. That vaccine-hesitant 26% is much more willing to return to regular activity, far less confident in the government health
Continue Reading Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw on Thursday participated in his first official House event since undergoing emergency eye surgery earlier this month. Attending a House Commerce hearing virtually, Crenshaw said he “can’t really see y’all,” but hoped to be back to normal in a few months. “Good to be back with y’all. Still can’t see y’all.
Continue Reading The next 100 days of President Joe Biden’s term will test his administration in a critical new way: Convincing those who are not yet vaccinated to do so while making it more convenient for them to get their shot. With an overwhelming majority of seniors now vaccinated, the Biden administration is turning its focus to
Continue Reading The top US military intelligence official said during a congressional hearing on Thursday that the Russian military is an “existential threat” to the United States. “The Russian military is an existential threat to the United States,” Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about
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When President Joe Biden drops by Jimmy Carter’s two-bedroom ranch house in Plains, Georgia, on Thursday — a pilgrimage to visit a man he vocally supported as a young senator decades ago — it will be at least the fourth time he’s spoken with one of his presidential or vice-presidential predecessors this month. He phoned
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