Virginia voters on Tuesday elected Democrat Jennifer McClellan, a veteran state legislator from Richmond, to fill an open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where she will be the first Black woman to represent the state in Congress. “We will make this commonwealth and this country a better place …
Read More »Washington — President Biden is set to choose Jeff Zients, his former COVID-19 policy czar, to serve as his next chief of staff, according to two people familiar with the matter. Zients is expected to take the job shortly after the president’s State of the Union address on Feb. 7, …
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Washington — Once stripped of their committee assignments by the Democratic-controlled House over controversial social media posts, Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar has been installed on House panels by GOP leaders for the new Congress. Greene, of Georgia, will serve on the Homeland Security Committee, her office …
Read More »Washington — Congressional negotiators unveiled early Tuesday the details of a $1.7 trillion government spending package that will fund federal agencies through September 2023, setting up a final legislative fight in the waning days of the congressional session. The sweeping measure, which Republican and Democratic leaders are racing to pass …
Read More »A judge refused Friday to quash a subpoena issued to former White House press secretary Jen Psaki that seeks her deposition in a lawsuit filed by Missouri and Louisiana, alleging that the Biden administration conspired to silence conservative voices on social media. Psaki filed a motion in federal court in …
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Many experts thought the 2022 midterm elections would result in a “red wave” of Republican success in numerous races. But according to South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, that “definitely” didn’t happen. CBS News projects that Democrats secured several key seats. On NBC News on Tuesday, Graham was asked by …
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When Jill Biden realized that terrorists had attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001, her husband, Joe, wasn’t the only loved one whose safety she worried about. Biden recalled being “scared to death” that her sister Bonny Jacobs, a United Airlines flight attendant, was on one of the four hijacked airplanes …
Read More »President Biden’s plan to forgive between $10,000 and $20,000 of student loan debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year has incurred criticism from Republicans, some economists — and even some Democrats. The plan, the White House says, will benefit up to 43 million Americans, wiping out billions of …
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Former President Donald Trump is considering filing a court motion which calls for the appointment of a “special master” to review and return evidence collected during last week’s FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate, one of his attorneys said Friday. Appearing on Mark Levin’s radio show, attorney Jim Trusty said …
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Washington — The revelation by former President Donald Trump on Monday that the FBI conducted a search of his South Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, has reignited scrutiny over his handling of presidential records and returned focus to the law that governs the preservation of those documents. Sources confirmed to CBS News …
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