Politics

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court confirmation battles are typically remembered for a few searing or pithy exchanges — or, just as likely, not at all. The memories of and lessons drawn from Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s successful nomination, though, are likely to be as divided as the political climate that produced them. That […]

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With masks no longer required and mitigation measures seen by some as a thing of the past, a coronavirus resurgence is spreading among the tight circles of the Washington elite. On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the latest high-profile Washington dignitary to test positive for COVID-19. Pelosi, […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. This positive test comes after testing negative earlier in the week, Hammill said. Pelosi on Wednesday tweeted a photo of her next to President Joe Biden. Pelosi, 82, is vaccinated and boosted […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Republicans introduced a House bill on Monday prohibiting “divisive or inherently racist” curriculum and banning instruction that includes sexual orientation and gender identity. The proposal is now facing backlash from local LGBTQ advocates. The bill combines language from Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education law, dubbed by critics as […]

Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold Trump White House officials Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas for records and testimony from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack Both cases will now be sent to the Justice […]

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Wednesday on Day 42: All Russian troops withdrawn from around Kyiv and Chernihiv The […]

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican candidates are shying away from the debate stage as the midterm elections approach. Over a half dozen GOP candidates in crucial state and federal races have either skipped out on or not committed to primary debates. Joe Lombardo, a gubernatorial candidate in Nevada, turned down a chance to […]

Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Oklahoma passed a bill Tuesday that would make performing an abortion a felony, punishable by up to several years in prison. The bill was passed in the state House 70-14 without a single Democratic vote after passing the Senate last year. Just one Republican state representative voted […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is attempting to speed up the nation’s response to long COVID by establishing a new task force to coordinate research efforts across the government. President Joe Biden appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra as the interagency task force leader in a memorandum issued Tuesday. The […]

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin got into a fiery exchange with Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz during a House Armed Services Committee budget hearing Tuesday, as Gaetz accused the Pentagon of strategic failures due to misplaced focus on alleged “wokeism.” Gaetz began by asking Austin why taxpayers should fund lectures supporting socialism […]