Politics

On Monday, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) explained his inherent contempt bill that would fine Trump and his cronies $100,000 if they defy a congressional subpoena. Video of Rep. Lieu: Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) says that the House can pass inherent contempt legislation that doesn’t need a Senate vote, and they …

President Bidenwas in New Jersey on Monday to champion his efforts to pass legislation investing in early childhood education and passenger rail service. But the backdrop will highlight a still-simmering dispute among Democrats that is hampering Mr. Biden’s legislative agenda: whether to lift the limit on a tax deduction that …

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was noncommittal about running for office next year when questioned about it on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday. “Oh, you think I’m going to make an announcement right here and now?” she told CNN’s Jake Tapper. When …

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo was reportedly asked to leave a meeting with State Senator Tina Polsky (D) after refusing to wear a mask earlier this week. Polsky, who was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in August, claims she told Ladapo that she has “a very serious medical condition” …

SEA ISLAND, Ga. — Russia’s premier intelligence agency has launched another campaign to pierce thousands of U.S. government, corporate and think-tank computer networks, Microsoft officials and cybersecurity experts warned on Sunday, only months after President Biden imposed sanctions on Moscow in response to a series of sophisticated spy operations it …

By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden has sounded increasingly open over the past month to changing the Senate’s filibuster tradition to bypass a Republican roadblock that has imperiled key aspects of the Democratic agenda. After long opposing change, Biden, who spent 36 years in the Senate, …

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) called out Tucker Carlson for using his platform to incite threats and violence. Video of Rep. Swalwell: Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) calls out Tucker Carlson to @Acosta for inciting violence and threats, “This is the Tucker Carlson effect where you see a straight line from Tucker …

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators evaluated for the first time on Friday the safety and efficacy of a coronavirus vaccine for children 5 to 11, saying that the benefits of staving off Covid-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine generally outweighed the risks of the most worrisome possible side effects in that age …

One of the persistent criticisms we tend to hear about the Democratic handling of the human infrastructure bill they are negotiating among themselves is that nobody really knows what’s in it. The Democrats haven’t done a good job, the story goes, of selling the bill by explaining its details and …

GREAT FALLS, Mont. — In the summer of 2020, as pandemic shutdowns closed businesses and racial justice protests erupted on American streets, Rae Grulkowski, a 56-year-old businesswoman who had never been involved in politics but was alarmed about what was happening to the country, found a way to make a …