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MSNBC host Jen Psaki urged members of the Democratic Party to “burn” Democratic National Committee (DNC) talking points and to speak “like a human being with a heart.” “People just have to become a little bit more relaxed, let go of the talking points, which — it’s funny, in part …

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger downplayed a fellow Democrat’s text-message scandal, calling it a “poor choice” in a new interview. In 2022, Virginia attorney general candidateJay Jonestexted a colleague that he wished violence against former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children. The private messages sparked outrage from …

Family members of the victims of American Airlines flight 5342 — which collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Washington, D.C., in January — are urging Congress to do more to address the nation’s aging air traffic control system. As the Senate aims to vote on President Trump’s sweeping …

In an unusual move, the Trump administration on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against all 15 federal judges in Maryland over an order blocking the immediate deportation of migrants challenging their removals. At issue is a May order signed by Chief Judge George L. Russell III blocking the administration from immediately …

Washington — Members of Congress will receive security briefings this week after a Minnesota state lawmaker and her husband were killed, and another state lawmaker and his wife wounded in targeted shootings on Saturday.  Senators are set to receive a security briefing from the Senate Sergeant at Arms and the U.S. …

Two leaders of some of the largest labor unions in the country say they are leaving the Democratic National Committee (DNC), citing disagreements with the committee’s leadership over its future. Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, wrote in a June 5 resignation letter to DNC Chair …

Washington — President Trump said Tuesday that his administration wants to “wean” states off assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this year’s hurricane season. The presidents’s remarks came after he received a briefing from top administration officials about wildfire and emergency management. He claimed that FEMA has not …

Staff of the Federal Emergency Management Agency were confused and dispirited on Monday after the acting head of the agency said during a daily briefing that he had not been aware the country has a hurricane season, according to three sources familiar with the meeting. The remark was made by …

Entrepreneur and GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy says he has met the Republican Party’s donor requirements and is confident he’ll poll high enough to be on stage for the party’s first debate next month.  In order to qualify for the debate stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23, candidates must register …

The Biden administration allegedly failed to correctly reappoint more than a dozen top-ranking National Institutes of Health leaders, House Republicans say, raising questions about the legality of billions in federal grants doled out by those officials over the last year.  Their claim, detailed Friday in a letter to Health and …