Politics

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is expected to soon wield his veto power for the first time to save a Department of Labor rule related to ESG investments. The rule, which makes it easier for retirement plan managers to consider climate change and other environmental, social and governance principles in their investment […]

Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in before testifying before an oversight hearing to examine the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., March 1, 2023. — Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time since his appointment of two special counsels to oversee investigations into both President Joe Biden and former President Donald […]

Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Tuesday appeared deeply skeptical of the legality of a White House plan to forgive $400 billion in federal student loans during the pandemic, even as the Biden administration vigorously defended its power and attacked the ability of six states to block it. Oral arguments […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans, joined by some Democratic colleagues, may soon send legislation to President Joe Biden’s desk to rescind changes to Washington, D.C.’s criminal code that were opposed by the district’s mayor but overwhelmingly supported by its city council. The Senate legislation, being led in the chamber by Sen. Bill Hagerty, […]

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top U.S. officials on Tuesday began their formal efforts to sound an alarm to Congress on a surveillance program — one they describe as “critical” to protecting national security — that is set to expire at the end of this year. The statute, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence […]

Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s new committee on the U.S. and China will hold its first hearing in prime time on Tuesday night, focusing on the “overall threat” of the ruling Chinese Communist Party. The panel, known as the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and […]

RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — After the foreperson of the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump and a push to overturn the 2020 election spoke out in several headline-making interviews, the judge overseeing the case told ABC News on Monday that jurors “can talk about the final report.” But Judge Robert […]

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WSAHINGTON) — As Black History Month draws to a close, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday evening marked the celebration by delivering remarks at a reception in the White House’s East Room. The pair touted what they called the accomplishments their administration has made for the […]

Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin on Monday announced her candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat from Michigan, a critical battleground state in the 2024 election. “We need a new generation of leaders that thinks differently, works harder, and never forgets that we are public servants,” Slotkin said. Slotkin, who was […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said Sunday that the debate over whether the U.S. should prioritize domestic issues or support for Ukraine created a “false choice.” McCaul, R-Texas, appeared on ABC’s “This Week” where he was asked to respond to some fellow Republican critics, like […]