All eyes on Biden’s response to COVID variants, Afghanistan, border crisis, inflation
By Audrey Conklin All eyes are on President Biden as he responds to threats facing the U.S. and other countries, including COVID-19 variants, the Taliban’s growing stronghold over Afghanistan, the…
Analysis: As Taliban advances, China lays groundwork to accept an awkward reality
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) – A series of photos published last month by Chinese state media of Foreign Minister Wang Yi standing shoulder to shoulder with…
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…
Biden admin targets DeSantis ban on mask mandates, offers cash to Florida school districts defying governor
By Brie Stimson The Biden administration this week offered federal financial support to Florida school districts defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ban on mask mandates as the coronavirus surges in the…
Remain-in-Mexico court ruling a win for Texas, Missouri over Biden admin
By Adam Shaw A federal judge on Friday ordered the Biden administration to “enforce and implement” the Trump-era Remain-in-Mexico policy in response to a lawsuit from Texas and Missouri, which…
Texas House sergeant-at-arms visiting homes looking for Democrats who fled
By Houston Keene The Texas House sergeant-at-arms and law enforcement are searching for the state Democrats who fled the state to avoid voting on the state’s election reform bill, according…
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…
China threatens fighter jet action if Biden invites Taiwan’s president to democracy summit
by Tom Rogan, China reacted furiously on Thursday to the possibility that President Joe Biden might invite his Taiwanese counterpart, Tsai Ing-wen, to a virtual pro-democracy summit this December. Testifying…
Abbott rips White House, says Texas can help with oil production if Biden admin will ‘stay out of the way’
By Houston Keene Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, ripped the White House on Wednesday, saying Texas can help reduce the price of gasoline by producing more oil if the…
Texas GOP’s All-In Focus on Culture War Spurs Woke Corporate Backlash
Brendan Walsh and Jeffrey Bair Business and politics are colliding in Texas, where Republican Governor Greg Abbott is facing backlash over a conservative social agenda that companies say will make…
Senate Advances Sweeping Election Reform Bill in Partisan Vote
By Masooma Haq3 The U.S. Senate voted early Wednesday morning along party lines to advance a sweeping election reform bill that would give the federal government power over states and…
Minneapolis DFL chair calls burning of police precinct ‘revolutionary moment,’ ‘act of pure righteousness’
By Jessica Chasmar The chair of the Minneapolis Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party is defending a recent op-ed in which he argued that rioters’ burning of the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct headquarters…