Katie Novotny walks along First Street while displaying a sign of protest during a demonstration at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., November 3, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday of New York’s restrictions on carrying concealed guns outside the home as they considered the most significant
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The gubernatorial election in Virginia between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe was too close to call after polls closed Tuesday night, according to NBC News. Youngkin held a slight lead over McAuliffe in the early returns. Polls closed at 7 p.m. ET. McAuliffe, 64, and Youngkin, 54, polled neck and neck in the
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is flanked by U.S. Senators’ Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) as he faces reporters following the Senate Democrats weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, November 2, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that Democrats reached an agreement
US Senator Joe Manchin, D-WV, speaks during a press conference as he talks about his position on US President Joe Bidens sweeping economic agenda on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on November 1, 2021. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday demanded more time to evaluate the
Janet Yellen, U.S. Treasury secretary, during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Stablecoins, a popular type of digital asset pegged to traditional currencies, could transform the way Americans pay for everything from cell phones and gasoline,
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., participates in the House Select Committee to Investigate January 6th Committee markup to vote on adopting the report “Recommending that the House of Representatives Cite Stephen K. Bannon for Criminal Contempt of Congress” on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an
In this article FB U.S. Capitol Police Officer Michael Riley poses for a picture outside of headquarters on D St., NE. Riley was selected Officer of the Month for February 2011 by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images U.S. Capitol Police Officer Michael Riley has
President Joe Biden looks on as AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler speaks during an event in honor of labor unions on September 8, 2021 in the East Room of the White House at Washington, DC. Oliver Contreras | AP Some of the nation’s largest labor unions are pushing the Biden administration to expand its vaccine mandate
New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, speaks during a news conference, to announce criminal justice reform in New York City, May 21, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Friday that she is running for governor in 2022. James’s candidacy, which was expected, sets up a primary contest against
Migrants, mostly Haitians, wait for asylum processing by Mexico’s Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR) outside a soccer stadium, in Tapachula, Mexico October 12, 2021. Jose Torres | Reuters The Biden administration on Friday announced its second attempt to terminate a Trump-era border policy that forces asylum seekers to stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration
Glenn Youngkin, left, and Terry McAuliffe campaigning in Virginia. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images; Win McNamee | Getty Images Virginia gubernatorial candidates Terry McAuliffe and Glenn Youngkin remain neck-and-neck in polls ahead of next week’s highly competitive race for governor, but Democrats lead in early voting. McAuliffe, the former Democratic governor who is seeking a
High-level representatives from Russia, China, Germany, England, France and Iran attended the Joint Commission. Askin Kiyagan | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Iran will resume talks with six world powers before the end of November, its top negotiator said Wednesday, seeking to revive the 2015 nuclear deal that lifted sanctions on the Islamic Republic in
US President Joe Biden speaks about his administration’s social spending plans, from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 28, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he had reached a deal with Senate Democratic holdouts on a $1.75 trillion social
WASHINGTON — As Democratic committee chairs and their aides took up the task Wednesday of writing the legislation to enact President Joe Biden’s mammoth social spending bill, internal divisions over Medicare expansion and paid family leave were among the last remaining hurdles to a final deal, lawmakers said. This followed a day of apparent progress,
In this article DWAC U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a “Trump Won” face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2021. Erin Scott | Reuters Rep. Marjorie Taylor
WASHINGTON — New details of a Democratic plan to enact a 15% minimum corporate tax on declared income of large corporations were released Tuesday by three senators, Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Angus King, I-Maine, and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore. The senators will propose the tax be included as a source of revenue to
In this article DWAC PHUN Former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a rally in Perry, Georgia, U.S. September 25, 2021. Dustin Chambers | Reuters Two stocks linked to Donald Trump fell in trading Tuesday shortly after the ex-president detailed plans for one of the companies, and the other firm said it would sell additional shares
US President Joe Biden gives an update on the Covid-19 response and vaccination program, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 14, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images Worried that President Joe Biden’s Covid vaccine mandate for private companies could cause a mass exodus of employees, business