Americans Assaulted In Kabul By Taliban
OAN NewsroomUPDATED 7:40 AM PT – Saturday, August 21, 2021 The U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said American citizens were being beaten by the Taliban in attempt to evacuate Afghanistan.…
House Democrats push voting bill that aims to upend Supreme Court decisions
by Sarah Westwood, House Democrats are poised to pass a sweeping election bill that would reestablish provisions of the Voting Rights Act the Supreme Court has already struck down in…
What’s Inside Democrats’ ‘For the People’ Bill
By Joseph Lord Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) indicated before Congress went on recess that Sen. Jeff Merkley’s (D-Ore.) election reform “For the People” Act would be the top priority for…
White House Press Secretary ‘Out of the Office’ as Biden Remains Silent on Taliban, Afghanistan
By Zachary Stieber President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson is out of the office for a week as the president stays silent on the Taliban overthrowing the government in Afghanistan. White…
Pelosi signals she won’t bend to outnumbered centrists in spending fight
Susan Ferrechio Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn’t swayed after a group of centrist Democrats demanded the House take up a Senate-passed infrastructure measure when they return later this month to consider…
Pelosi Faces Revolt From Moderates That Risks Budget Vote Plan
Emily Wilkins and Billy House Nine moderate House Democrats are threatening to withhold support from a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint until a bipartisan infrastructure package is signed into law, threatening…
Pilot plan to tax drivers per MILE hidden in Biden’s $1.2trillion deal
Elizabeth Elkind, Political Reporter American drivers could soon trade paying taxes on gas at the pump for owing the government annual ‘per-mile user fees,’ under a new pilot program recently…
Senate Edges Toward Passage of $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
The U.S. Senate will try to move toward passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Sunday, as Republicans struggle to heal a rift within their ranks that has inhibited…
GOP Senators Introduce Bill to Crack Down on ‘Foreign Influence Operations’ at US Colleges
BY TOM OZIMEK Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Tuesday introduced legislation targeting gifts and donations to American colleges and universities that come from foreign adversaries like…
Waters urges CDC to ignore Supreme Court ruling, extend eviction ban
By Ronn Blitzer After the CDC could not find legal grounds to extend a moratorium on evictions that began early in the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., is pushing…
GOP Lawmakers Barred From Checking Prison Conditions for Jan. 6 Inmates
BY KEN SILVA Two days after being denied entrance into the Department of Justice and then being chased away by protesters, four Republican lawmakers probing the conditions of the inmates…
White House Announces ‘Bipartisan’ Infrastructure Deal
BY JACK PHILLIPS The White House and several senators announced Wednesday that they’ve reached a deal that would provide $550 billion in new federal investment into U.S. infrastructure, coming after…