November 29, 2022, 2:24pm Latest News
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was convicted Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for a violent plot to overturn Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential win, handing the Justice Department a major victory in its massive prosecution of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Read story
November 25, 2022, 8:14am Politics
The Biden administration is grappling with how to deal with a new Israeli government that will be the most right-wing in that country’s history and may stand in the way of core U.S. goals for the Middle East. Read story
November 24, 2022, 5:34pm Nation & World
President Joe Biden spoke Thursday with the owners of an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colo., where five people were killed in a mass shooting, offering a sign of support as he pushes to ban assault weapons. Read story
November 22, 2022, 8:14am Politics
Privacy advocates and industry groups are urging lawmakers to get a bipartisan federal data privacy bill passed soon: either early in the new Congress or even in the remaining weeks of the lame duck session. Read story
November 21, 2022, 10:28am Politics
Members of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia on trial for seditious conspiracy “didn’t touch or push open a single door, or break any windows” as the U.S. Capitol was overrun by a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters, a defense lawyer told jurors on Monday. Read story
November 19, 2022, 1:33pm Latest News
Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power next year to investigate the Biden administration and, in particular, the president’s son. Read story
November 17, 2022, 4:31pm Latest News
The Biden administration plans to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate the president’s student debt cancellation plan, according to a Thursday legal filing warning that Americans will face financial strain if the plan remains stalled in court when loan payments are scheduled to restart in January. Read story
November 16, 2022, 2:20pm Politics
With the elections (mostly) in the rearview mirror, Congress returned to Washington on Monday to address some of its unfinished business in the weeks remaining in the current session. One agenda item that still stands a chance is an update to the Electoral Count Act. Read story
November 15, 2022, 2:27pm Politics
In the days and weeks before the midterm election, President Joe Biden trumpeted his plan to cancel billions in student loans as he rallied young people to support Democrats. Read story
November 14, 2022, 3:52pm Politics
The Senate will begin debate this week on legislation protecting same-sex marriage, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, after the bill’s sponsors made changes aimed at drawing enough Republican votes to win passage. Read story
