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U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) speaks during a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images A Republican congressman from Pennsylvania on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to issue an emergency order that would block his state from taking further action to certify its

Bipartisan lawmakers plan to unveil a coronavirus stimulus package Tuesday after months of congressional inaction on curbing the economic damage from the outbreak. Sen. Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat and part of a group in Congress that has discussed a new relief plan, told CNBC the proposal will fall between the $2.2 trillion and $500

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden dance during the Comander-in-Chief’s Inaugural Ball at the Walter Washington Convention Center January 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden’s newly formed inaugural committee will accept donations from both individuals and corporations up to $100,000, but will bar

President Donald Trump acknowledged his vanishing path to overturning the results of the 2020 election in court on Sunday during his first full interview since losing to President-elect Joe Biden earlier this month. “Well, the problem is, it’s hard to get into the Supreme Court,” Trump said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” after host

Kate Bedingfield served as Biden’s campaign communications director and will take on the same role in the White House. And Symone Sanders, a senior advisor on Biden’s presidential campaign, will be senior advisor and chief spokesperson for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. “Our country is facing unprecedented challenges — from the coronavirus pandemic to the economic

Cabania | iStock | Getty Images Plus Every year, Americans know that they must file their taxes on a deadline or face serious consequences. They have the right to expect that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will hold up its end of the bargain by promptly and professionally processing returns and issuing refunds. However, right

Former leaders of the U.S. Agency for Global Media have been meeting with members of Joe Biden’s transition team to discuss what has taken place at the federal media agency under President Donald Trump — and what’s to come for the organization under the new regime. Biden’s USAGM transition team leader is Richard Stengel, an

President Donald Trump Carlos Barria | Reuters A federal appeals court on Friday rejected an attempt from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to keep alive its effort to undo the result of Pennsylvania’s presidential election. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit wrote in a blistering opinion that the

Prominent Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh is seen in Iran, in this undated photo. WANA | via Reuters WASHINGTON — A top Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated near Tehran, Iran’s government confirmed Friday and alleged Israel was behind the killing without presenting evidence so far. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, dubbed the “father of the Iranian bomb,” died from injuries

Trump Campaign Senior Legal Advisor Jenna Ellis speaks as Trump campaign advisor Boris Epshteyn whispers to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, personal attorney to President Donald Trump, during a news conference about the 2020 U.S. presidential election results at Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, November 19, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A

The U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday appealed a federal judge’s decision that kept President Donald Trump as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by the writer E. Jean Carroll, who claims he raped her two decades ago. The judge, Lewis Kaplan, last month barred the Justice Department from having the U.S. government replace the

A lawyer for President Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday revealed that the campaign could be relying on pulling off a complicated — and possibly unprecedented — legal and legislative trick shot to undo President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania and possibly in other states. That far-fetched strategy would require a federal court to invalidate Pennsylvania’s

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on November 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump made brief remarks about the stock market hitting 30,000. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for President-elect Joe Biden‘s electoral victory to be

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris introduce their nominees and appointees to key national security and foreign policy posts at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. Carolyn Kaster | AP WASHINGTON — “Diplomacy is back” and America will be “a country of welcome.” These were just two of the

WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden will begin receiving the classified presidential daily briefing, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence confirmed to NBC News on Tuesday. “Following the statutory direction of the Presidential Transition Act, ODNI will provide requested support to the transition team,” said the spokesman. “This afternoon the White

A cutout of U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured as supporters take part in a protest against the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2020. Chris Aluka Berry | Reuters Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. Nearly every supporter of President Donald Trump thinks otherwise, according to a

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden smiles during a Voter Mobilization Event campaign stop at the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 12, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters General Services Administration chief Emily Murphy on Monday told President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is making federal resources available for his

In this Monday, May 18, 2020 file photo, Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake, holds a copy of the Constitution while speaking during the “American Patriot Rally-Sheriffs speak out” event at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids, Mich. Cory Morse | The Grand Rapids Press | AP The Michigan Senate’s Republican majority