Politics

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stands with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen before the start of Pelosi’s weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2021. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi reiterated Sunday that she expects the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill to pass this week,

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks during a news conference following Senate Republican policy luncheons at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Congress is running out of time to prevent a shutdown and a default. Senate Republicans on Monday

Men are pictured as Afghanistan’s Taliban-controlled central bank seizes a large amount of money in cash and gold from former top government officials, including former vice president Amrullah Saleh, in Afghanistan, in this handout obtained by Reuters on September 15, 2021. Da Afghanistan Bank | Handout | via Reuters WASHINGTON – The Treasury Department issued

Ana Navarro and Sunny Hostin on the set of ABC’s The View. Jeff Neira | Disney General Entertainment Content | Getty Images Two hosts of ABC’s “The View” tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday moments before a sit-down interview with Vice President Kamala Harris.  Host Sunny Hostin and guest host Ana Navarro are fully vaccinated

A draft report of the Republican-backed review of 2020 election results in Arizona’s largest county — which critics derided as a shambolic stunt aimed to further vote-rigging conspiracies peddled by former President Donald Trump — has in fact confirmed the winners, the county said. The much-delayed report from Cyber Ninjas, a Florida-based firm whose owner

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a news conference about the House vote on H.R. 3755, the “Women’s Health Protection Act” legislation to “establish a federally protected right to abortion access” at the Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters House Democrats on Friday approved wide-ranging legislation to protect abortion

Workers clear debris from the site of a makeshift border migrant camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 24, 2021. Adrees Latif | Reuters No migrants remain at a border camp under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, where thousands, most of them Haitian nationals, had gathered in recent days, Department

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the U.S. Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, calling the behavior of agents on horseback

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot announced Thursday it issued subpoenas to four of former President Donald Trump‘s closest allies, including his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and his onetime close advisor Steve Bannon. The subpoenas, which were also sent to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Daniel

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, center, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrive for a news conference to announce a framework for President Bidens economic plan in the Capitol Visitor Center on Thursday, September 23, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Democrats in Congress

Raindrops are illuminated by a camera flash, as the Hurricane Ida passes over the region, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, September 1, 2021. Tom Brenner | Reuters Six former Treasury secretaries on Wednesday urged Congress to take quick action to raise or suspend the U.S. debt ceiling or else risk “serious economic and national

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks outside the White House with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA). Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images WASHINGTON — After weeks of rising tensions among congressional Democrats, President Joe Biden is stepping in Wednesday to personally attempt to resolve divisions that are threatening to tear

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden defended his decision to end America’s war in Afghanistan in his debut address to the United Nations on Tuesday, saying the move will allow the U.S. to pivot to other global challenges such as the Covid pandemic, climate change and an ambitious China. Biden’s address to the 193-member body, his

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, hugs Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., outside of the Capitol on Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Rep. Bush was preparing to do a tv interview while waiting for official word from the Biden administration on an eviction moratorium renewal. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A group of Democrats

Democratic congressional leaders on Monday said they will try to pass a bill that both prevents a government shutdown and suspends the U.S. debt limit as they try to dodge two possible crises in one swoop. Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the federal government. Separately, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told lawmakers

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) talks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Drew Angerer | Getty Images The U.S. stock market is on track to post its worst day in months. And U.S. politics are in part to blame. With the Dow Jones Industrial

North Carolina State University students wait in line to vote in the primaries at Pullen Community Center on March 15, 2016 in Raleigh, North Carolina. The North Carolina primaries is the state’s first use of the voter ID law, which excludes student ID cards. Sara D. Davis | Getty Images A panel of North Carolina

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin placed 100 National Guard troops on standby to help protect the Capitol ahead of Saturday’s rally supporting people charged in the deadly Jan. 6 pro-Trump insurrection. Hundreds of far-right demonstrators are expected in the District of Columbia for the “Justice For J6” rally, a reference to the Jan. 6