Senate confirms Gina Raimondo as Biden's commerce secretary
The Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden’s secretary of commerce. The vote was 84-15.
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Category: Politics
FBI Director Wray knocks down conspiracy theory that January 6 rioters were 'fake Trump protesters'
FBI Director Chris Wray will finally have to answer questions about the January 6 insurrection when he appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, his first public testimony since the deadly riot occurred nearly two months ago.
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Biden urges Senate Democrats to reject poison pills that could sink relief plan ahead of push for passage
President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with Senate Democrats on Tuesday as the chamber gears up to pass the White House’s top legislative priority: a major pandemic relief plan.
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Trump's surgeon general questions guidance about getting 2 Covid-19 vaccine shots
Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Monday questioned the Biden administration’s current guidance on getting both Covid-19 vaccine shots for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines — which were tested and authorized as a two-dose regimen spaced a few weeks apart — in order to offer at least some protection immediately to more Americans.
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NYC Bar Association joins push to have Giuliani investigated to be disbarred
The New York City Bar Association added its name to the list of groups urging the state court committee that recommends whether to disbar attorneys to investigate complaints against Rudy Giuliani.
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The Point: How this single piece of legislation could change elections forever
Sometime this week, the Democratic-controlled House is expected to pass the “For the People Act,” a sweeping set of electoral reforms that would, among others things, seek to increase voting and election security and aim to stem the flow of special interest money from unknown sources into campaigns.
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FBI chief refutes claims Antifa was at Capitol riot
FBI Director Christopher Wray says he has not seen evidence to suggest leftists were part of the riot, knocking down baseless claims made by some GOP senators.
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Democrats in Congress begin sweeping effort to overhaul election laws
Congress began debate Tuesday on a sweeping ethics and elections package pushed by Democrats that seeks to dramatically overhaul the nation’s rules for voting and funding political campaigns.
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Vernon Jordan, civil rights leader and close ally of Bill Clinton, dies
Vernon Jordan, a civil rights leader and close adviser to former President Bill Clinton, died Monday evening, multiple sources close to the family tell CNN.
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'This is the year to get it done': Democrats move on expanding background checks
Democrats are reintroducing legislation to expand background checks on all commercial gun sales, the first congressional move on significant gun control since Democrats won the White House and the majority in both chambers of Congress.
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