Politics

J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw will face a Senate panel on Thursday as Washington lawmakers hold their first hearing on railroad safety about a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. “I am deeply sorry for the impact this derailment has had on the people of […]

Getty Images/Richard Sharrocks (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Senate on Wednesday voted by a lopsided margin to halt much debated changes to Washington, D.C.’s, century-old criminal code, a move supported by President Joe Biden but criticized by some local activists. The Senate voted 81-14, with Georgia Democrat Raphael Warnock voting present, to shut down the proposed […]

Getty Images/ANDREY DENISYUK (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — First lady Jill Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday hosted the 17th annual International Women of Courage Awards — and for the first time, the ceremony took place at the White House, on “the biggest stage we could,” Biden said. The pair honored 11 global women […]

Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of a federal agency’s new assessment that COVID-19 “mostly likely” emerged from a lab leak rather than natural human exposure, a special panel formed by House Republicans to investigate the origins of the virus will hold its first hearing on Wednesday. The House Select […]

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic (WASHINGTON) — Fox Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch privately bashed then-President Donald Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, following the 2020 election, according to court records made public on Tuesday as part of Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Murdoch wrote that Trump and Giuliani were “both increasingly mad” — using […]

Shannon Finney/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is standing by his decision to grant Fox News host Tucker Carlson access to the raw security footage from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, telling reporters on Tuesday night that he has no regrets but repeatedly refusing to answer questions about what Carlson said on […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Republicans filed legislation to impose a six-week abortion ban on Tuesday, during the first moments of the state Legislature’s 2023 session — a bill that Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would sign should it be sent to his desk. “We’re for pro-life. I urge the legislature to […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — This week is a busy one for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with the state Legislature convening for their 2023 session and DeSantis traveling to the early presidential nominating state of Iowa — though he’s played down chatter about a White House bid. During the two-month-long legislative session, Florida politicians are […]

Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate intends to move forward with a vote this week to revoke much-debated changes to Washington, D.C.’s criminal code even as the city council’s chairman sought Monday to withdraw the original legislation so that it could be revised and resubmitted. The latest episode in the evolving controversy over the […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is “well on his way to recovery” a little more than two weeks after he first checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Monday. Adam Jentleson shared the health update in a tweet along with […]