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Trump would beat Biden in 2020 election do-over, new poll shows
U.S. voters may be experiencing buyer's remorse when it comes to President Biden, according to a newly released poll.
Biden administration cancels another $6 billion in student debt
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on Tuesday forgave another $5.8 billion in student debt, announcing the department is forgiving the loans of more than 323 borrowers who have total and permanent disabilities.
House Republican sounds alarm on ATF’s gun control moves
Rep. Richard Hudson, a staunch Second Amendment advocate, is sounding off on what he sees as a new, growing threat to gun ownership posed by the federal government.
House hearing on Afghan chaos to start early next week, Pelosi says
The House Foreign Affairs Committee's hearing on the disaster in Afghanistan will begin early next week with testimony from "the highest level" administration officials, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.
Democrats to hold hearings on Biden’s mishandling of Afghan collapse, evacuation
House and Senate Democrats said they will hold hearings on the Biden administration's mishandling of the government collapse in Afghanistan, a rare inquiry of the president's actions by his own party.
Rising Democrat candidate Kevin Paffrath creates recall headaches for Gavin Newsom
California Democrats have hammered the gubernatorial recall election as the illegitimate spawn of die-hard Trump Republicans, which means the left now has a Kevin Paffrath problem.
GOP senators call for review amid concerns IRS targeting faith-based groups
Thirteen Republican senators, led by Jim Lankford of Oklahoma and Ben Sasse of Nebraska, asked the Internal Revenue Service Tuesday to review how it weighs tax-exemption applications for faith-based nonprofits.
House moderates reject Pelosi’s simultaneous-vote proposal on spending bills
A group of moderate House Democrats rejected Speaker Nancy Pelosi's attempts to fashion a compromise on the timing of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package and a broader $3.5 trillion party line spending bill.
Pro-Trump lawmakers undeterred by lack of election hack proof at Lindell symposium
State legislators attending MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell's three-day cyber symposium remained largely undeterred by his inability to prove, as promised, his theory that China hacked the 2020 election systems and switched votes in favor of President Biden.
62% of Americans want Congress to mask up: Poll
To mask or not to mask? The question is faced by employers, partygoers, nightclubs, law enforcement, schoolchildren, business owners and just about everyone else -- including the U.S. Congress.
Gun owners can now openly carry pistols with permit in S.C.
Anyone with a permit to carry a concealed weapon in South Carolina will no longer have to keep their weapon hidden under clothing starting Sunday.
‘I vote my district’: Blue Dog Democrat Henry Cuellar doesn’t cave to liberal pressure
In today's Democratic Party, Rep. Henry Cuellar is a rarity. The Texas lawmaker is vocal on securing the southern border, an advocate for Second Amendment rights and is the sole openly anti-abortion member left in his caucus.
Capitol Hill lawmakers scoff at bipartisanship, threaten boycott of other party’s bills
Bipartisanship isn't merely difficult in Washington -- it's verboten, according to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. At least, that's what they say.
Census reports increasingly diverse population as country begins redistricting
The nation's non-Hispanic White population shrank for the first time ever, falling to about 58% of the country, according to the new 2020 census statistics released Thursday, revealing what bureau officials called a much more multiracial and diverse population than previously thought.
Liberal groups turn up heat on Biden to press for ending filibuster on voting bill
Liberal activist groups and the brother of the late Rep. John Lewis on Thursday ramped up the heat on President Biden to push Senate Democrats to end the filibuster to pass a bill that would block voting changes enacted by Republican state legislatures.
Census data kicks off effort to reshape U.S. House districts
Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide -- potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade.
Runaway Dems left in D.C. limbo as Congress exits, Texas threatens arrests
The fugitive Texas House Democrats were left stranded Wednesday in Washington, D.C., unable to push for federal voting-rights legislation with Congress on recess and unable to return to the Lone Star State without risking arrest.
Hochul says she and Cuomo ‘have not been close’ as she prepares to become N.Y. governor
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul distanced herself Wednesday from disgraced Gov. Andrew Cuomo and said she will purge her new administration of any state employees who acted unethically to help Mr. Cuomo fight allegations of sexual harassment.
Trump-McConnell rift widens over infrastructure deal
Former President Donald Trump, who for months has belittled Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as "gutless" and an "old owl," has kicked his complaints into overdrive now that the Senate's top Republican helped pass an infrastructure bill through the chamber.
Senate OKs Dems’ $3.5T budget in latest win for Biden
Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion framework for bolstering family services, health, and environment programs through the Senate early Wednesday, advancing President Biden's expansive vision for reshaping federal priorities just hours after handing him a companion triumph on a hefty infrastructure package.
