Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Bipartisan talks about passing a new federal gun law continued through Memorial Day weekend despite members of Congress being out of session in a weeklong recess that also set a deadline for a possible breakthrough, Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said on Monday. In a tweet, the lead Democrat on the […]

narvikk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with first lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. After laying the wreath in silence, Biden saluted and then made the sign of the […]

narvikk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was headed to Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day to take part in the traditional wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, along with first lady Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. He was then set to speak at the Arlington’s amphitheater as the nation observes […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — In the aftermath of the Texas elementary school shooting, there are “serious” bipartisan negotiations underway on a new gun law intended to reduce future killings, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Sunday. “It’s inconceivable to me that we have not passed significant federal legislation trying to […]

Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrived in Uvalde, Texas, on Sunday to grieve with the community after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting there last week. The Bidens first paid their respects at the memorial site at Robb […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/FILE (NAPA COUNTY, Calif.) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, was arrested in Napa County, California, on Saturday night for allegedly driving under the influence. The 82-year-old was detained around 11:44 p.m. and booked on two misdemeanor counts — driving under the influence and driving with a blood alcohol content level […]

Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After the latest massacre in America — this time in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, in which 19 children and two adults were killed — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., vowed his chamber would again take up legislation to address gun violence despite Republican […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — The week-long Summit of the Americas, slated to start June 8 in Los Angeles, is a big deal for the Western Hemisphere — bringing together leaders from North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. But President Joe Biden’s opportunity to host the high-profile gathering is running into some […]

Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Stacy Abrams, a Black Democrat running for Georgia governor, declined on Tuesday to directly comment on Republican David Perdue saying she should “go back to where she came from.” “No, not at all,” Abrams, said at a news conference in Atlanta, when asked by ABC News whether she […]

Lou Rocco/ABC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Kellyanne Conway, former campaign manager to Donald Trump, sat down with “The View” co-hosts on Tuesday to discuss her new memoir, her husband’s attacks on then-President Trump and a moment with the former president that she says left her heartbroken. When Trump won the 2016 presidential election, Conway, […]