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The officials said that the review had been completed and that Sherman had informed Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov of the U.S. decision not to return to the 1992 Open Skies Treaty. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. The State Department later announced the move. “The United States regrets that the Treaty on Open Skies […]

President Joe Biden is expected to call on Congress in his budget proposal this week to ditch the 45-year-old ban on abortion funding, after supporting that prohibition throughout his career. But Biden’s recent reversal on the Hyde amendment won’t be enough to overcome the Senate, where moderates like Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) oppose repealing the ban and Democrats ultimately need Republican support to enact spending bills. […]

The bill, dubbed the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act sets aside billions of dollars in new funding for science and technology grants. Its goal is to counter China’s economic rise and develop a strategy to deal with national security challenges emanating from Beijing. “Everyone knows the federal government’s commitment to science and technology has been slipping for decades,” Schumer said. “We’ve been complacent at the top […]

“The House-passed version won’t have 10,” Thune said. The expected blockade will cloud the atmosphere in Washington. Republicans have not blocked any of Democrats’ bills on the Senate floor before Thursday. And Democrats believe they have made major concessions to the GOP on the structure of the commission, with their party’s House leaders even blessing Collins’ changes designed to make the commission more bipartisan. The resulting […]

The new GOP proposal, which was detailed in a memo sent to the White House, allocates $506 billion for roads and bridges, $98 billion for public transit systems, $46 billion for passenger and freight trail, $21 billion for safety, $22 billion for ports and waterways, $56 billion for airports, among other features. While the counteroffer will likely prolong discussions with the White House, the Biden administration […]

It’s not immediately clear why the Senate did an about-face on Wormuth. Spokespeople for Schumer and the Senate Armed Services Committee did not immediately comment on the move. Wednesday’s late-night reversal notwithstanding, Wormuth has been deemed a shoo-in for the post by Republicans and Democrats alike. A former Pentagon policy chief during the Obama administration, Wormuth led Biden’s transition team at the Defense Department after Kathleen […]

“In closed investigations, not acknowledged by the government, public access to materials has historically been limited, and petitioner presents no reason to believe that the significant interests that counsel against such access would not be present in this case,” wrote Howell, a former Senate Judiciary Committee counsel who was appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama. Howell said releasing any materials — which she did […]

The rebukes signal that climate concerns, once confined to environmental activists and barely registering with some Washington lawmakers, have become mainstream thinking in C-suites and on Wall Street, analysts said. The visible effects of climate change, action by governments, and shifting consumer sentiment are transforming the world in which companies do business. The speed of events — taking place in an industry that typically measures change […]

The Willow project, consisting of five wells that collectively could produce up to 160,000 barrels of oil a day, would be one of the first major new oil projects in Alaska in years. The development would include a new gravel mine, airstrip, more than 570 miles of ice roads and nearly 320 miles of pipeline to the Alaskan landscape. The Justice Department, in a court filing […]

“What he is saying is there are certain individuals in the Defense Department who in fact were attacking him and lying about him publicly, using the color of authority of their offices to disparage him and discredit him and were interfering in his ability to seek and obtain gainful employment out in the world,” said Daniel Sheehan, Elizondo’s attorney. “And also threatening his security clearance.” Sheehan, […]

The White House’s flexibility with pushing the deadline would bring the talks into a familiar stage of negotiations in Washington, in which each side tries to deflect blame for being the one that gave up on the deal. Republican Senators are holding a news conference Thursday morning. Should their new offer prove inadequate, the White House could decide simply to stick to its Memorial Day weekend […]

“As of right now there’s been an absolute refusal to let me have a vote,” Crapo said Wednesday afternoon. “We’ve been trying for days.” Crapo spoke up about his objections during the GOP lunch on Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the exchange, and urged his colleagues to vote against cutting off debate on the bill, which requires 60 votes. He and Wyden are their party’s […]

Secretary Jennifer Granholm had been a board member for Proterra, but resigned before being confirmed to head the Department of Energy. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm sold her holdings in electric bus maker Proterra this week, DOE confirmed to POLITICO on Wednesday, following criticism from Republicans that she might be profiting from the administration’s push for electric vehicles. The details: Granholm cleared all […]

She declined to say whether or not she can get nine more Republicans to go along with her — a necessity to pass the bill. But she did say she will vote this week to break a filibuster and that “most people that I talk to believe that this would improve the bill regardless of whether they’re for the commission or not.” If Republicans filibustered the […]

“Our success this morning shows that we can accomplish a lot when we work together and focus on real transportation infrastructure,” said Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) as the markup ended. Even Democrats said it offered fresh momentum to the other committees that need to weigh in on a transportation-centered bill. Those include the Senate Banking Committee, which has to craft a portion dealing with transit, and […]

A Defense Department spokesperson declined to comment before the budget rollout on Friday. Since taking office in January, the Biden administration has been forced to confront a number of historic cyberattacks on federal government networks and the private sector. A crippling ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline this month led to widespread fuel shortages along the East Coast, laying bare the nation’s digital vulnerabilities and the broad […]

“I am stunned at the loss of John Warner,” Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in a statement Wednesday. “Virginia has lost an unmatched leader, and my family has lost a dear friend.” Prior to serving in the Senate, Warner was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War and was secretary of the Navy under former President Richard Nixon. “How fortunate, how blessed I […]

“He believes that he should have a veto over anything that the president of the United States and the majority elected to Congress want to do. It’s wrong,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), an advocate for killing the filibuster to hobble McConnell. “This was his playbook when Obama was president, and he’s dusted it off again.” Some things have changed for McConnell since he spent most […]

Throw in a midterm election environment with Democrats in control of the White House, and it amounts to a difficult reelection test for the first-term senator just as she’s getting her first taste of her party in power in Washington. Cortez Masto is warning Democrats to take her race seriously. “I stepped down as attorney general after term limits in 2014, and I watched that midterm […]

The bill establishing the commission, which passed the House last week, is facing fierce opposition from Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who reiterated concerns about the commission in a private GOP lunch on Tuesday. “It’s a purely political exercise that adds nothing to the sum total of information,” McConnell told reporters after the lunch. Democrats argue the commission is necessary to investigate the events […]

Manchin is the key 50th vote in the evenly divided Senate and he, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and several other moderates are straining to see if a bipartisan approach can work in the upper chamber. He argues the Senate’s agenda proves his viewpoint is pertinent: An American competitiveness bill aimed at boosting domestic research and manufacturing could pass as soon as this week after amendment votes. […]

But the California Republican went on to accuse Speaker Nancy Pelosi of ignoring anti-Semitic sentiment in her own ranks. Democrats passed an anti-hate resolution in 2019 in response to remarks made by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) that were widely seen as anti-Semitic, and multiple top Democrats spoke out against Omar at the time. During this spring’s conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas, however, members […]

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), who is Jewish, said she thought the rhetoric regarding the most recent conflict contributed to the current increase in anti-Semitic incidents, adding that she was “upset and discouraged” by what’s resulted. Biden has been “doing everything he can diplomatically,” Rosen said of the shooting war between Israel and Hamas, but the “rise in anti-Semitic violence has to stop. And so we have […]

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on on May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill. | Greg Nash/Pool via AP The FBI and Capitol Hill police are investigating a suspicious package containing white powder that was delivered to the home of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday, according to a senior adviser to the senator. A large envelope […]

“These airmen and soldiers protected not only the grounds, but the lawmakers working on those grounds, ensuring the people’s business could continue unabated,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Monday. For many lawmakers and aides, the Guard’s goodbye will be the latest sign of the Hill’s return to routine after months of stringent security measures, including a massive fence that still surrounds the Capitol […]

Democrats are publicly grinning through the stress. But they also recognize that their summertime scramble will have enormous implications for the fate of the agenda that got Biden elected. Given the likelihood that next November’s midterm could wrest away the party’s grip on Congress, Democrats are eager for an intense burst of activity before Washington is overtaken by further preelection political paralysis. A “slow, simple summer,” […]

Iran’s hard-line parliament in December approved a bill that would suspend part of U.N. inspections of its nuclear facilities if European signatories did not provide relief from oil and banking sanctions by February. The IAEA struck a three-month deal with Iran in February to have it hold the surveillance images, with Tehran threatening to delete them afterward if no deal had been reached. That three-month deadline […]

Rep. Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) said the statement “plays into a lot of the antisemitism that we have been seeing in our society today.” | Carlos Osorio/AP Photo By BRIANNA CRUMMY 05/23/2021 01:02 PM EDT Rep. Peter Meijer on Sunday called Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s remarks comparing the House’s coronavirus mask restrictions to what the Jewish people suffered during the Holocaust “beyond comprehensible.” Appearing on CNN’s “State […]

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) speaks during a Feb. 4 Senate hearing. | Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP Sen. Susan Collins on Sunday said she supported the establishment of an independent commission to probe the Jan. 6 insurrection and expressed optimism that Democrats’ House-passed bill to do so could make it through the Senate with some modifications. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” the Maine Republican said she was […]

To start a commission four months after the insurrection would be too soon, Bunt said, pointing to a similar commission that looked into the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington “Even a commission like the 9/11 Commission started at the right time with the information they need,” Blunt said. Appearing earlier in the same show, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who favors the […]

“Safe and reliable infrastructure is something every American can get behind,” West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the committee’s top Republican, said in a statement from the panel Saturday. In contrast, she and other Republicans had quickly rejected the White House’s latest offer on the bigger infrastructure plan Friday. The White House said Biden had agreed to cut his $2.25 trillion infrastructure proposal down to $1.7 […]

In an interview, Leahy said he hadn’t really thought about running again. He held a fundraiser this week for his reelection and raised more than $300,000 in the first quarter of the year. Leahy said he and his wife, Marcelle, typically decide by December before the election year whether he should seek another term. “We go snowshoeing and just talk about it. Because the mistake I’ve […]

“You are a disgrace to what it means to serve in the military at any rank,” Gorka said on Newsmax TV of the soldier, Cpl. Emma Malonelord, calling her out by name. Republicans have a long history of touting their support for the armed forces, from featuring American flags and active-duty service members in campaign videos to advocating for higher defense spending in Congress. But the […]

“What keeps me awake at night is not the challenge of hiring and training more police officers, but keeping the officers we have right now,” Papathanasiou said in a release disseminated after Thursday’s vote. “We have many officers on the fence about whether to stay with this department.” The spending bill would authorize back pay for overtime hours, hazard pay and retention bonuses, in addition to […]

That’s raising concerns among some lawmakers, particularly Democrats, about how to plan a return to normal constituent events this summer — including, for many, their first in-person public gatherings since the deadly Jan. 6 riot. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), who was inside the House chamber during the siege, said she’s noticed a sharp uptick in individuals “accosting members … insisting that the election was stolen,” and […]

Even President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate proposals omit any mention of putting a price on carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas most responsible for heating the planet, though aides say he remains open to it. But states accounting for a quarter of the U.S. population and a third of the U.S. economy have implemented carbon pricing regimes, most through a cap-and-trade program that covers much of the […]

And GOP opposition is hardening by the day. According to interviews with more than a half-dozen Republicans on Thursday, there is almost no path to even opening up debate on the bill — much less passing it. “I don’t think there will be 10 votes on our side for it,” said Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind). “At this stage, I’d be surprised if you’re gonna get even […]

“It is really easy to think about the two separately,” said Dumbacher, a former deputy associate administrator of NASA and engineering professor at Purdue University. “There is an interface there that’s coming and that we need to be ready for as launch rates start to increase. When we talk about building a low-Earth orbit space economy, and we start talking about more and more commercial development […]

“They may have some modifications in it, which we’ll see what they are,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday. “But I would like to have the trust that the Senate wants to find the truth, as well.” Asked about whether she would pursue her own investigation, Pelosi reiterated that Democrats want a bipartisan probe: “I don’t want to weaken that position. Everybody knows what my options are. They […]

Omar said in an interview that she saw failures in “police preparedness and procedures and the lack of political will to engage, to protect the Capitol on January 6, and it is not clear to me how the supplemental addresses that. And I am frankly tired of any time where there is a failure in our system of policing, the first response is for us to […]

“If Minority Leader McCarthy wants to be maskless on the Floor of the House of Representatives, he should get to work vaccinating his Members,” Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammilll said in a statement. A recent CNN analysis found that all House Democrats were vaccinated against the coronavirus, but fewer than half of House Republicans had reported getting the vaccine. While Democrats remained united in their opposition to […]

The department distanced itself from the statement, noting that it “has no way of confirming it was even authored by USCP personnel. The U.S. Capitol Police does NOT take positions on legislation.” The identity of the statement’s author or authors remains unclear. It was distributed by the office of Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), according to an email to House offices obtained by POLITICO. In the note, […]

Further complicating the dynamics for McCarthy, the conservative wing in the House Freedom Caucus informed him on Monday evening they were staunchly opposed to the commission, and former President Donald Trump came out against it Tuesday evening. While an avalanche of defections is now looking less likely, McCarthy still finds himself in a difficult position as he tries to balance the various factions in his conference […]

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told Republicans on Wednesday that he is opposed to an independent commission investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection as envisioned by the House. McConnell had signaled on Tuesday that he was undecided but came down more firmly after another day of deliberations, according to a person with direct knowledge of his remarks. The Kentucky Republican’s stance casts serious doubt on the future […]

“I do not think that the White House should relegate recovery to the judgment of Mitch McConnell, because he will not function in good faith,” said Gillibrand, who made her case recently to Bruce Reed, Biden’s deputy chief of staff. “So, I just think it’s a terrible political misstep.” House progressives sent their own warning shot Tuesday to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck […]

The White House said it would follow up with Republicans by the end of the week. “We’ve reworked our original proposal and they’re just going to look at it in more detail,” Capito said, adding that an agreement on total cost is now fluid. “Their view is still a lot broader than ours in what constitutes infrastructure.” But the clock is ticking on President Joe Biden’s […]

The new move from the Biden administration is likely to draw criticism from lawmakers who have argued that several pipe-laying vessels and entities, including Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO, could be subject to sanctions under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019, known as PEESA. The State Department’s report will call for four companies and four ships that are supporting the pipeline construction […]

Anti-Asian hate crimes reported to police in major U.S. cities spiked by 169 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino. Advocates say the actual number of crimes and hate incidents could be much higher because of chronic under-reporting within […]

The sense of frustration comes just weeks after Waltz and a group of House lawmakers, led by Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), sent a letter urging Biden to expedite the visa approval process and address challenges with the Afghan refugee program. Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee also grilled Zalmay Khalilzad, the special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, about the issue during a Tuesday hearing. Biden has […]

The statement by the California Republican is the latest high-profile, Trump-related fissure among House Republicans. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) was purged from House leadership last week for her refusal to promote the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen. Cheney was replaced as House GOP conference chair by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), who was criticized by some Republicans as insufficiently conservative but remains widely viewed […]

After her high-profile ouster, Cheney now carries an even bigger megaphone and isn’t beholden to the shackles of leadership, whose members are expected to toe the party-line message in public. But what Cheney still lacks is the conservative cavalry she’ll need to chip at Trump’s influence on her party. Depending on whom you ask, Cheney either has a spine of steel or a streak of self-sabotaging […]

His plight encapsulates one of the real-life impacts of Democrats’ failure to make more inroads in state capitals over the past four years, even as they claimed both chambers of Congress and the White House. Dozens of Democratic members from states large and small — including rising stars like Reps. Sharice Davids (D-Kan.) and Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-Ga.) — now find their political survival might be at […]

The final product could pass the Senate before June and would represent the culmination of a two-month effort by Senate committees, at Schumer’s direction, to draw up bipartisan legislation aimed at out-competing China. The nascent agreement is also a bright spot for a chamber that has grown increasingly partisan in recent years. Schumer called the bill a “once-in-a-generation investment in American science and American technology.” “We […]

Speaker Nancy Pelosi has scheduled a vote this week on a deal forged with Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.) establishing a 10-member commission with subpoena power to investigate the Capitol insurrection. Yet House and Senate GOP leaders haven’t signed on. The House is also proceeding with a $2 billion security supplemental bill with uncertain prospects in the Senate. Pelosi’s deal on the commission accommodates long-running Republican demands […]

The rule change comes as U.S. troops are withdrawing from Afghanistan and the military shifts its focus to stand-offs with Russia and China — the kind of conflict where information operations are at the frontlines. It is unclear, however, whether Pentagon officials have used the new fast-track authority to conduct recent operations, and a top member of Congress overseeing the Pentagon said he was unaware of […]

A spokesperson for Gaetz did not immediately respond for comment. The Republican lawmaker previously had said that it’s Greenberg who has admitted to the crime, is trying to escape a lengthy prison sentence and has also pleaded guilty to falsely accusing a political rival of being a pedophile. The 84-page plea agreement Greenberg formally signed off on in U.S. District Court does not mention Gaetz or […]

The public has “seen billionaires get richer, corporations get richer during the pandemic, while they’re suffering,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. “So I think that’s what we have to continue to lean into.” Leaning in so sharply isn’t easy, and angst is rising as some Democrats press for a more aggressive message that can cut through GOP attack ads and […]

On Thursday, Gillibrand announced that the legislation — which would remove the decision to prosecute major crimes, such as sexual assault, from military commanders and shift that authority to experienced military prosecutors instead — now has 61 cosponsors. This means that the legislation can clear the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to break a filibuster and secure a vote. The measure could also be tied to the Senate’s […]

Cheney, who was ousted last week from her leadership position within the House GOP for her refusal to subscribe to election-related conspiracy theories, pushed back on Clyde’s description of the Jan. 6 riot and others like it. “It’s indefensible,” she said. “I will never forget seeing the law enforcement officers, the members of the SWAT team, the rapid response forces, seeing them and their exhaustion. And […]

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, said the former president was “toxic” for the GOP. | Brian Witte/AP Photo Removing Rep. Liz Cheney from her role as the House’s No. 3 Republican is “kind of doubling down on failure,” Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday morning. “I think it was a mistake,” Hogan said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “Liz Cheney is a solid conservative […]

Cheney, who was stripped of her position as the party’s House conference chair, went on to say that continuing to support individuals who question the 2020 election results and the democratic process could lead to more incidents like the Jan. 6 attacks. “I think there’s no question” that something like Jan. 6 could happen again, Cheney said. “I mean, you know, we’ve now seen the consequences. […]

He specifically pointed to recent comments made by GOP Reps. Andrew Clyde (Ga.), Jody Hice (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.). The resolution may face headwinds getting a vote on the House floor. “The commission is the place for that,” said a Democratic leadership source in response to news of Cicilline’s resolution, pointing to the 9/11-style bipartisan commission lawmakers are in the process of setting up to […]

Rep. Elise Stefanik smiles as she arrives at a caucus meeting where Republican members will vote on a replacement for Rep. Liz Cheney. | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images Elise Stefanik cruised to victory in a Friday vote to replace Liz Cheney as House Republicans’ third-ranked leader, an unsurprising outcome after the New Yorker’s aggressive campaign for the spot. Stefanik won in a 134-46 secret-ballot vote, defeating her […]

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans had wanted the commission to investigate left-wing violence, but its focus will be limited to the Jan. 6 attack and factors leading up to it. McCarthy told reporters Friday morning that he hadn’t seen details of the agreement, and therefore hasn’t formally signed off. McCarthy reiterated that he doesn’t want the commission to only focus on the Jan. […]

The Senate version, which was introduced by Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), also increases prevention efforts by enhancing training for certain leadership positions, improving security at military installations, and increasing training for military prosecutors investigating these crimes. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) speaks during a Washington Post Live 2020 Candidates series event August 19, 2019 in Washington, D.C. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Turner, who […]

Republicans’ official party position “doesn’t matter to me,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.). “We don’t negotiate on the debt ceiling.” Republican leaders retort that they do not have the votes to pass a clean debt ceiling extension without slashing spending. The Senate GOP recently made it a conference position to pair spending cuts with debt ceiling hikes. As such, Senate Minority Whip John Thune said it’s […]

Pope — a Marine veteran who started with Lamborn as a Wounded Warrior fellow before being promoted to defense policy adviser — claims in the suit that early in the pandemic, he raised safety concerns to a superior. He suggested teleworking or at least some social distancing in the office after hearing from colleagues who were worried about the health risks of in-person work because of […]

Biden was joined in the more than 90 minute meeting by Vice President Kamala Harris, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. There were no other staff in the meeting, according to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.). Republicans will come back early next week with a list of pay-fors they’d be willing to support. The group of Republican senators plan to present a range of […]

Sinema is a sponsor of the bill and no one disparaged the legislation during the meeting, those sources said. But her inquiry, which her office did not dispute, highlights the uphill battle ahead for Democrats, who have a major math problem even if they do gain Manchin’s support, since the bill has no chance of getting the 10 GOP votes needed to overcome the Senate’s procedural […]

“I do believe [Stefanik] should have an opponent,” Roy told reporters. “One of my biggest problems is that we’re not taking the time to have this conversation that we ought to have.” “This is [purposefully] trying to jam stuff through, so this is one of the points I want to make tonight” at the candidate forum, he added. Roy, who has been pushing for a delay […]

Rep. Matt Gaetz adjusts a face mask as he attends a House Judiciary committee markup at the Capitol in Washington. | AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite A key person in the investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz who had previously signaled he is likely cooperating with prosecutors is set to plead guilty in federal court on Monday. Joel Greenberg, the disgraced former Seminole County, Fla., tax collector who […]

“This isn’t some fringe protest. It’s a real coalition, and it’s a real fight,” said Tamra Gilbertson, director of climate policy for the Indigenous Environmental Network. “We’re not just going to hope for the best with Biden, and we’re not going to be sidelined or silenced.” It’s not unusual for progressive groups to form circular firing squads over obscure technical disputes, and there are always ideological […]

Stretches of the pipeline running between Houston and Selma, S.C., and Baltimore and its terminus in Linden, N.J., are already operating, the company said. The stretch running between North Carolina and northern Virginia is expected to come online later today, the company said. Colonial’s announcement that it had succeeded in restarting much of the pipeline came the morning after it had begun the process, though drivers […]

“For reasons that I don’t understand leaders in my party have decided to embrace the former president,” Cheney said. Cheney said she was gobsmacked that the minority leader traveled to Trump’s Florida resort less than a month after the deadly insurrection that gripped the Capitol. “Leader McCarthy’s visit to the former president at Mar-a-Lago was really stunning given what the former president did,” she said. “He […]

But whatever the political fallout in the coming months, it won’t simply be laid on Biden and the Democrats, given the bipartisan nature of the opposing blocs: hawkish members of both parties who insist on sticking it out, and noninterventionists on both sides who say it is time for the U.S. to end its longest foreign war. “I’m a combination of hopeful that I’m wrong, but […]

Cheney’s actions at her conference’s policy retreat in Florida, including other interviews where she challenged Trump, did more than make headlines — they broke the dam, releasing pent-up frustrations with the Wyoming Republican. “It was death by a thousand cuts” that ultimately claimed her, said Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), who came to Cheney’s defense earlier this year. This account of Cheney’s demise is based on interviews […]

What they found was a potentially larger phenomenon than they previously understood, spanning multiple continents and involving at least a dozen instances in addition to the events in Havana, which on its own impacted as many as 40 American spies and diplomats. In some cases, one instance involved multiple victims: Investigators classified a cluster of reports from the same time period in the same location, for […]

Fuel holding tanks are seen at Colonial Pipeline’s Linden Junction Tank Farm on May 10 in Woodbridge, New Jersey. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The Colonial Pipeline is restarting the critical gasoline delivery line to the East Coast on Wednesday evening after its shutdown from a cyber attack on Friday, the company said. That resumption of shipments comes after rising panic buying across the Southeast left […]

“I don’t believe there should be a coronation,” Roy told reporters on Wednesday. “I believe that if the leader wants us to be united, then he should take the time to do this the right way.” Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is pictured. | Andrew Harrer/Pool Photo via AP Roy declined to say whether he was considering an official bid for the position, saying “let’s see what […]

“We have seen the danger that he continues to provoke with his language,” Cheney told reporters after Wednesday’s closed-door vote. “We have seen his lack of commitment and dedication to the constitution. And I think it’s very important that we make sure whomever we elect is somebody who will be faithful to the constitution.” Trump has shown little indication that he has accepted that his loss […]

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“If you want leaders who will enable and spread his destructive lies, I’m not your person, you have plenty of others to choose from. That will be their legacy,” Cheney said. “But I promise you this, after today, I will be leading the fight to restore our party and our nation to conservative principles, to defeating socialism, to defending our republic, to making the GOP worthy […]

“I tend to focus on policy, not personalities. And I made my [impeachment] decision very clear by giving a long floor speech explaining it. And it’s time to move on to the challenges we’re facing,” Collins said. “Let’s move on.” Getting past Trump and 2020 hasn’t come easily for Cheney. But as much as her fellow Republicans who crossed the former president would prefer to keep […]

The broadside also raises questions about “the mental and physical condition of the Commander in Chief” and sounds the alarm about a host of hot-button issues, such as the border wall. It goes on to accuse congressional leaders of “using the U.S. military as political pawns with thousands of troops deployed around the U.S. Capitol Building.” The group’s website claims that “we are in a fight […]

“We must speak the truth,” she added. “Our election was not stolen, and America has not failed.” Cheney also admonished Trump for provoking “a violent attack on this Capitol in an effort to steal the election” and warned that “he risks inciting further violence” by continuing to push his baseless claims about voter fraud, which many of her Republican colleagues have echoed. “Our freedom only survives […]

“I’ll never vote for another extension as long as I know that with the vaccines, there’s not an excuse for no one to be vaccinated,” the moderate Democrat said. “I understand there’s millions of jobs in America that we can’t fill right now. So we need people back to work. There’s more and more people understanding they’re in trouble.” Manchin has previously expressed hesitation over the […]

Pressing the point further, she said. “It’s not that we have a gasoline shortage. We have a supply crunch.” Still, the coming days “will be challenging,” she said, and she asked people not to hoard gasoline — amid indications that some people are doing exactly that. Granholm said she has also briefed the governors of North Carolina and Virginia, both of whom have declared states of […]

The attacks were first identified in Cuba in 2016 in what became known as “Havana Syndrome.” American diplomats were believed to have been targeted with directed energy from an unknown source. Victims of the suspected attacks have reported symptoms including severe headaches, ringing and pressure in the ears, and even long-term brain damage. Since then the incidents have stumped officials across the U.S. government, where a […]

“We must avoid putting in charge Republicans who campaign as Republicans but then vote for and advance the Democrats’ agenda once sworn in — that is, that we do not make the same mistakes that we did in 2017,” Roy wrote in his memo, which was first obtained by POLITICO. Roy also warned about the speedy effort by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other GOP […]

Schumer used his testimony to raise the stakes of a battle against state-level voting laws that he said “carry the stench of oppression.” He implored the GOP: “Are you going to stamp it out or are you going to allow it to be spread? I plead with my Republicans, think twice. I plead with Leader McConnell: think twice.” McConnell retorted that Democrats wrote their elections bill […]

Fuel suppliers can temporarily sell their stockpiles of lower-grade gasoline that normally could not be sold in those regions through May 18. Any lower-grade fuel in the distribution system on that date can still be distributed and sold after the deadline. Context: EPA typically issues such waivers after natural disasters have damaged refineries or fuel distribution infrastructure, but it can act whenever there is a major […]

“We think this week’s markup in the Senate Rules Committee will be an important inflection point in senators’ understanding of the issue, in public awareness of S. 1,” Steven Law, the president of One Nation, said in an interview, referencing the bill’s official title. “This advocacy blitz, which starts on Tuesday, is designed to amplify all of that.” Democrats have made the bill a top priority […]

The tattooed ex-Marine is willing to challenge party convention at a time when his single vote couldn’t be more valuable to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s narrow majority. And his voting record might look confusing to anyone unfamiliar with Maine’s 2nd district, which stretches from tiny towns just north of Augusta to fishing villages along the coast. Golden has opposed his party on pandemic relief and gun control […]

Politicians with an eye on the White House have built digital-heavy campaign fundraising apparatuses in the past. Vice President Kamala Harris spent heavily on online ads in early 2017 right after she was elected to the Senate. Back then, her team told HuffPost that she was taking advantage of small donors’ enthusiasm for contributing to Democrats after Trump’s election; and, indeed, the roughly $300,000 she spent […]

Republicans’ openness to spending more, and not drawing a red line at their initial offer, comes at a critical moment for the infrastructure talks that have consumed Washington. Progressive Democratic senators are growing impatient with the GOP for undercutting Biden’s $2 trillion-plus proposal, piling pressure on Republicans to either go higher or get left behind by a party-line Democratic bill. Democrats can in theory pass their […]