Washington — Democrats in Congress reached a deal on Tuesday to lower the price of prescription drugs as part of President Biden’s $1.75 trillion social spending plan, overcoming a key sticking point in ongoing negotiations over the president’s domestic policy agenda. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the agreement, and …
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Former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has officially pivoted to a political career, launching his campaign on Wednesday to be Oregon’s next governor. Kristof, 62, grew up on a farm in Yamhill County, southwest of Portland, and has moved back to his family’s farm in recent years. Kristof left …
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As lawmakers work to scale back President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending plan, a proposed extension of the monthly child tax credit payments passed by Democrats in the American Rescue Plan may be cut short. Democrats are trying to trim the Build Back Better bill to roughly $1.75 to $1.9 …
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Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director fired by President Trump’s Justice Department shortly before he was set to receive his pension, has been cleared in a settlement with the Justice Department. McCabe was fired by then Attorney General Jeff Sessions just 26 hours before he was set to retire. …
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Washington — The Justice Department’s decision to sue the state of Texas over its law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy elevated the fight over abortion rights, but the department’s legal challenge will not be free of hurdles, including some that tripped up abortion providers in their quest to …
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Washington — President Biden hailed the Senate’s bipartisan passage of a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on Tuesday, saying its success “proved that democracy can still work” while urging lawmakers to push forward on a second, much larger spending plan. The final vote in the Senate was 69 to 30, with 19 Republicans …
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The Senate convened for a rare weekend session on Saturday, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer encouraging the authors of a bipartisan infrastructure plan to finish writing their bill so that senators can begin offering amendments. Several senators had predicted that the text of the bill would be ready for …
Read More »Vega Alta, Puerto Rico — A contingent of more than 30 Democratic members of Congress will visit Puerto Rico during the opening week of “Hamilton” on the island. Newly minted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to be among them, the father of the Broadway hit’s creator told CBS News, but a …
Read More »Ivanka Trump may have once again found her Instagram feed full of pointed messages from celebrities and influencers she follows. This time, they’re asking the White House adviser and first daughter to take action against family separations at the border. The identical “Dear Ivanka” posts started popping up on the …
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