The House on Thursday passed a measure that would require the detention of any migrant who commits theft or burglary. The bill, which passed with the support of all House Republicans in attendance plus 37 Democrats, is named after nursing student Laken Riley, who was found dead last month after going out for a run in Athens, Ga. Police believe ...
If you have not been paying attention to the effort by House Republicans to build a case for impeaching President Biden, here is a quick recap. The impeachment inquiry was announced in September as then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was fending off pressure from his conference’s right-most flank. By that point, Republicans had been in control of House committees for ...
As political leaders and guests shuffled into the U.S. Capitol for President Biden’s high-stakes State of the Union address Thursday night, overhead views of the chamber revealed a sea of white. Dozens of Democratic congresswomen donned the color in what they said was a statement about reproductive rights. (They also wore pins saying “fighting for reproductive freedom.”) The show of ...
A State of the Union address generally is a product of many hands and is carefully vetted. But State of the Union addresses are political speeches, an argument for the president’s policies, so context is sometimes missing. Here’s a roundup of a dozen claims in Tuesday night’s speech that caught our attention, listed in the order Biden made them. As ...
President Biden will travel to at least four states in a week on the heels of his State of the Union address, with stops in Pennsylvania, Georgia, New Hampshire and Michigan to mark what his campaign is calling a March “Month of Action.” Biden is expected to continue the fierce attacks he began Thursday in prime time on his predecessor ...
The Supreme Court quickly and unanimously resolved a case this week that had divided legal scholars for months, clearing a path for Donald Trump to remain on the ballot for president nationwide. But in doing so, the justices unleashed new questions that could confront Congress and the courts after the November election. The decision reversed a finding by Colorado’s top ...