Washington — Special counsel John Durham, who scrutinized the origins of the FBI’s investigation into possible links between Russia and former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, testified before a House committee on Wednesday, detailing the “sobering” findings of his controversial report one week after its release. Durham’s appearance before the House Judiciary …
Read More »Biden hopes for “evidence” of possible debt ceiling deal by Friday’s end
President Biden told reporters Friday he hopes they will have evidence by the end of the night of a debt ceiling deal between White House negotiators and House Republicans. “With regard to the debt limit, things are looking good,” the president told reporters on the White House South Lawn. “I’m …
Read More »Hundreds of thousands of Black children who lost a parent could be missing out on Social Security payments
After Dr. Sarah Williams lost her husband Clarence to lung cancer in 2015, her grief was soon accompanied by financial worries about providing for their 9-year-old twins. Affording basics like school supplies and field trips strained Williams’ part-time professor salary in North Carolina for more than a year. Eventually she …
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A former contractor for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) was able to remotely access sensitive WMATA data from a computer in Russia because his supervisor failed to revoke his high-level administrative access, a new watchdog memo says. A memo released Wednesday by the WMATA Office of Inspector General says …
Read More »Can the 14th Amendment be used for the debt ceiling?
As time runs short on the nation’s ability to pay its bills and the threat of the first-ever default looms, President Joe Biden says invoking the 14th Amendment to address the debt ceiling has been raised as an idea. “I have been considering the 14th Amendment,” said Mr. Biden on …
Read More »John Fetterman hospitalized after “feeling lightheaded” during Senate retreat, but did not suffer another stroke, his office says
Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was hospitalized Wednesday after “feeling lightheaded” while on a Senate Democratic retreat in Washington D.C., his office announced. He remained hospitalized Thursday, but his office said an MRI and other tests had ruled out a new stroke. Fetterman was driven by his staff to George …
Read More »Bill Clinton returns to White House to mark 30th anniversary of Family and Medical Leave Act
Washington — President Biden played host to former President Bill Clinton to mark the 30th anniversary of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the first piece of legislation that the 42nd president signed into law after taking office in 1993. In an event Thursday at the White House, Mr. Biden …
Read More »Yellen warns Congress U.S. is projected to hit debt limit on Jan. 19
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned congressional leaders on Friday that the United States is expected to hit the debt limit on Jan. 19 and urged them to raise the debt limit as soon as possible. She said the Treasury Department will start taking necessary steps to keep paying the country’s …
Read More »How Republicans have reacted so far to Trump’s dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes
Some Republicans have condemned former President Donald Trump’s recent dinner with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Kanye West, while other GOP lawmakers have remained silent. After last Tuesday’s dinner was reported in the media on Friday, Trump said that he didn’t know who Fuentes was, nor that West would …
Read More »University of Florida Board of Trustees selects Ben Sasse to lead school
The University of Florida Board of Trustees has voted to select GOP Sen. Ben Sasse to be the university’s next president, the institution announced Tuesday afternoon. Sasse, who has already indicated he would move forward with the role, would have to quit his term four years early if he accepts …
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