Mother of Uvalde school shooting victim is running to be the city's mayor
Kimberly Mata-Rubio, the mother of Lexi Rubio, one of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting, is running to be the mayor of the Texas city, she announced Thursday.
2023-07-28 05:53
Special counsel charges third defendant in Trump Mar-a-Lago classified documents case
Special counsel Jack Smith has charged a third defendant, Carlos De Oliveira, in the Trump Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, according to court files.
2023-07-28 05:51
House to leave for August recess without resolving key spending fight, as government shutdown threat looms in fall
The House will leave on Thursday for August recess without resolving a key spending fight that has exposed divisions among Republicans with the threat of a government shutdown looming in the fall.
2023-07-28 03:23
Same old story with aging politicians
Whenever a lawmaker who is advancing in years appears infirm or confused in public, or takes some time to convalesce, there are questions about their fitness for office.
2023-07-28 02:55
Jim Jordan scraps committee contempt vote on Mark Zuckerberg
House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan announced Thursday that he is scrapping his plans to move forward with a contempt vote in light of Facebook turning over more documents to the committee.
2023-07-28 02:52
Hunter Biden plea docs highlight rifts that upended the deal for now
A version of Hunter Biden's proposed agreements with federal prosecutors was made public Wednesday night by Politico, providing further insights into the convoluted legal deals that nearly collapsed under scrutiny from a federal judge at his plea hearing earlier in the day.
2023-07-28 02:26
Feinstein gets confused in Senate Appropriations hearing and has to be prodded to vote
Sen. Dianne Feinstein had to be corrected and told to vote during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Thursday.
2023-07-28 01:52
Biden unveils new measures aimed at addressing extreme heat as US swelters
President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a whole-of-government approach to protecting communities and workers from what he called the "real crisis" of extreme heat amid a recent spate of high temperatures and 150 million Americans are under heat alerts.
2023-07-28 01:22
Supreme Court clears way for Mountain Valley Pipeline construction to proceed
The Supreme Court cleared the way for construction of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline to proceed on Thursday, granting an emergency request from backers of the project that has the support of Congress and the Biden administration.
2023-07-27 22:56
Trump's legal team seeking a meeting with special counsel as federal indictment looms
Donald Trump's legal team is seeking a meeting with special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday, as a potential federal indictment looms, three sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.
2023-07-27 22:22
Michigan Democratic governor signs ban on 'conversion therapy' for minors
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed two bills banning so-called conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice intended to change a person's sexual orientation, for minors in the state, the governor's office announced Wednesday.
2023-07-27 19:53
The 10 Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
In a presidential contest cycle, Senate races don't get the same kind of attention when there's still a year to go until Election Day. But the start of the second fundraising quarter earlier this month brought a host of new candidate names -- some declared and some still biding their time -- that will help shape the race for control of the chamber in 2024 and the ultimate power dynamics for whoever is president in 2025.
2023-07-27 18:49