Politics

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a rare, prime-time address to the nation, President Joe Biden wouldn’t say on Friday if he planned to take the power of the presidency up to Capitol Hill next week, when lawmakers return from recess, to push for gun safety legislation he’s calling for after a string of mass shootings […]

Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — Hedge fund manager David McCormick conceded the Republican Senate primary in Pennsylvania to celebrity TV Dr. Mehmet Oz. McCormick announced the decision on Friday, cutting short a recount process of the May 17 contest. “I am so proud of what we’ve accomplished this campaign,” McCormick said. “We saw a historic […]

Mark Makela/Getty Images (HARRISBURG, Pa.) — John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senate nominee, released on Friday afternoon a clean bill of health in order to soon hit the campaign trail and ultimately perform in the U.S. Senate–dependent on how serious he takes his recovery from a recent stroke due to an previously unreported heart condition. In a […]

Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice will not be prosecuting former Trump officials, chief of staff Mark Meadows and social media director Dan Scavino, for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee, according to sources familiar with the correspondence. The House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A White House event on Wednesday meant to highlight the action President Joe Biden is taking to deal with the nation’s baby formula shortage turned into a political problem when he raised new questions about when he realized just how urgent the situation was — and why he and the […]

Bloomberg Creative Photos via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A spate of deadly gun attacks across the country has reignited the national debate on gun reform in the United States. Lawmakers are arguing over what to do, if anything, to regulate guns. Many are pointing specifically to a 2008 Supreme Court decision that was […]

Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was indicted by a grand jury on contempt of Congress charges Friday for defying subpoenas from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice announced. “Former White House advisor Peter K. Navarro […]

Kremlin Press Office/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One hundred days after Russia invaded Ukraine, the unexpectedly prolonged conflict has created a political headache for President Joe Biden with no end in sight. Historic inflation and sky-high prices at the gas pump in the U.S. have driven Biden’s popularity down ahead of midterm elections […]

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 110 days after Justice Samuel Alito authored a first draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court deliberations over a final ruling have entered a critical phase, four weeks before the justices recess for summer and as an internal probe into a leak of the draft […]

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE (AUSTTIN, Texas) — Gov. Greg Abbott has suggested that schools conduct weekly door checks, among other security measures, in the wake of a deadly mass shooting at a Texas elementary school. Nineteen children and two teachers were killed on May 24, when a gunman walked into Robb Elementary School in […]