Days after Joe Biden took office in January 2021, two of his top immigration advisors outlined bold plans, including a major immigration reform bill, a 100-day deportation moratorium, and a strategy to restore protections for asylum seekers that were degr ...
Candidate for Georgia governor calls for election police unit
David Perdue, a Republican candidate for Georgia governor, on Thursday called for the establishment of a police unit to investigate voter fraud, underscoring his campaign strategy of promoting wrongdoing in the 2020 election.Perdue, who has been endorsed ...
FBI raid home of Texas Democratic congressman Cuellar
FBI agents on Wednesday searched the home in Texas of prominent Democratic Representative Henry Cuellar, media reported, with the bureau confirming it had conducted “court-authorized law enforcement activity” in the area.Cuellar said in a statement that h ...
Supreme Court weighs Senator Cruz’s campaign finance challenge
The latest conservative attack on a major campaign finance law goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday in Senator Ted Cruz’s bid to undo a provision limiting the amount of money candidates can be reimbursed for personal loans to their own campaign ...
Biden hosts 30 reporters for back and forth solo interview in an attempt to address skepticism
Joe Biden is likely to face a flurry of questions on relations with Russia, the country’s bumpy COVID-19 response, and the future of American democracy as his first year in office comes to a close Wednesday.Biden is expected to host 30 reporters in the Ea ...
How the White House hopes to save Biden’s spending bill
The White House is preparing an alternative to its $1.75 trillion spending bill that will keep climate change measures but pare down or cut items like the child tax credit and paid family leave, hoping to appeal to U.S. Senator Joe Manchin and other Democ ...
Democrats start voting rights showdown with no clear path to victory…
Joe Biden’s Democrats will bring their push to protect U.S. voting rights to the floor of the Senate this week, where it is roundly expected to fail in the face of united Republican opposition.The vote, which could come in days or weeks, may be the last c ...
Another midterm worry for Biden: probes and impeachment attempts
The U.S. midterm elections are some 10 months away, but Joe Biden’s administration and allies already foresee a possible scenario in which Republicans take the House of Representatives, the Senate, or both, and launch a series of investigations and attemp ...
Edging towards war, Democrats will unveil new Russia sanctions bill
Sweeping sanctions would be imposed on top Russian military and government officials, including President Vladimir Putin and key banking institutions, if Moscow engages in hostilities against Ukraine, according to new U.S. legislation set to be unveiled o ...
Biden says he supports whatever rule change is needed to pass voting rights
Joe Biden said on Tuesday the United States must find ways to pass voting rights bills even if it means getting rid of filibuster rules that currently require 60 senators to support most legislation.“To protect our democracy, I support changing the Senate ...