Tag: United States Politics and Government
5 Takeaways From the Eighth Hearing of the Jan. 6 Committee
At the eighth in a series of public hearings held by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6…
Jan. 6 Panel Presents Evidence of Trump’s Refusal to Stop the Riot
As a mob of his supporters assaulted the Capitol, former President Donald J. Trump sat in his dining…
Watchdog Informs Secret Service of Criminal Inquiry Into Missing Texts
WASHINGTON — The inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security directed the Secret Service to halt its…
House Passes Bill to Codify Contraception Rights After Dobbs
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to codify access to contraception nationwide, moving over almost unanimous…
Bret Stephens: I Was Wrong About Trump Voters
The worst line I ever wrote as a pundit — yes, I know, it’s a crowded field —…
Liz Cheney, Front and Center in the Jan. 6 Hearings, Pursues a Mission
All of which has made for a strange-bedfellows alliance with Democrats who agree with her on little other…
Jan. 6 Panel to Sum Up Its Case Against Trump: Dereliction of Duty
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol plans to return to prime time on…
Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’
WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Wednesday that he would expand existing federal programs to help Americans cope…
Bipartisan Senate Group Strikes Deal to Rewrite Electoral Count Act
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators proposed new legislation on Wednesday to modernize the 135-year-old Electoral Count…
Delay as the New Denial: The Latest Republican Tactic to Block Climate Action
WASHINGTON — One hundred million Americans from Arizona to Boston are under heat emergency warnings, and the drought…
House Moves to Protect Same-Sex Marriage From Supreme Court Reversal
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages at the federal level,…
Secret Service Says Some Missing Jan. 6 Texts Are Unlikely to Be Recovered
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service said it may not be able to recover a batch of erased text…