Politics

Nathan Howard / Stringer / Getty (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators on Sunday announced an agreement had been reached — though in principle only — on new legislation meant to address the country’s ongoing gun violence, including the recent Uvalde, Texas, elementary school shooting. The deal, in the works for weeks, has the […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A filmmaker who witnessed firsthand the clashes between pro-Trump rioters and police officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6 said former President Donald Trump had “enormous power” over the rioters and could have prevented the violence that day. “I believe he had enormous power over that crowd,” documentarian Nick Quested […]

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Editor’s note: This story was originally published in January 2022. A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that Hamse Warfa was the first Somali-American presidential appointee. Other Somali Americans have been appointed to presidential administrations prior to Warfa, including Hani Garabyare, during Barack Obama’s tenure. We regret the error. The […]

Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., is increasing police presence and urging visitors not to bring guns as the city prepares for rallies and Supreme Court rulings on hot-button topics including abortion and gun rights. Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said Friday his department is in a “posture of preparedness” for upcoming events. “We are […]

Stefani Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — This year’s redistricting process reduced electoral competition, giving incumbents bolstered protection. But not every officeholder gets a break, even if members of their own party help draw the maps. Take Rep. Tom Malinowski, the Democrat incumbent of New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District, which he flipped from red to blue in […]

Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Flanked by the leaders of several countries, President Joe Biden announced the Los Angeles Declaration of Migration and Protection on the final day of the Summit of the Americas on Friday. 20 different countries signed on to the declaration, each committing to tackling different components of migration. Biden credited the pandemic, […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thirty-five House Republicans voted in May 2021 in favor of legislation that would have created an independent commission to investigate the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. While that bill never advanced, due to filibusters from Republicans in the Senate, the shadow of the vote has hung over various primary races […]

Anthony Devlin/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Millions more bottles’ worth of critically needed infant formula are set to touch down on U.S. shores later this month, as the Biden administration continues its push to replenish the supply on the nation’s empty shelves. More than 3.2 million bottles’ worth of formula will be airlifted in on […]

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Alaska’s only House member, Rep. Don Young, died in March, it opened the floodgates to replace him. Since Young — the longest serving Republican in the House — was first elected in 1973, this is the first time in nearly half a century that Alaska’s House seat is […]

Chet Strange/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday rebuked his own daughter’s deposition testimony played for millions to hear during the House select committee’s prime-time hearingdetailing its Jan. 6 investigation. Posting to Truth Social — the social media network Trump launched after being kicked off Twitter — Trump continued to repeat […]