Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses along with Ranking Member Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) during a hearing on work hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on the Capitol Hill in March February 14, 2024 in Washington, DC Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate…
Robert K. Hur will walk into a Capitol Hill hearing room Tuesday as a unique unifying figure in divided Washington – a man despised by Democrats and Republicans alike. In February, Mr. Hur, the special counsel investigating President Biden, concluded a year-long investigation into Mr. Biden’s retention of sensitive government documents by concluding that criminal…
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks, flanked by U.S. President Joe Biden, during the president’s visit to the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., February 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday dismissed Republican claims that the border can be managed through President Joe Biden’s executive actions…
In a meeting with President Biden on Tuesday, congressional leaders said they were optimistic about averting a partial government shutdown at the end of the week but had no plan to do so before Friday’s deadline. Speaker Mike Johnson, who is under intense pressure from Mr. Biden, Democrats and Senate Republicans to agree to a…
Präsident Biden verglich am Mittwoch die aktuelle Generation der Republikaner im Kongress mit rassistischen Gesetzgebern der Vergangenheit und argumentierte, dass die heutige Wahl „schlechter“ sei, weil sie versucht habe, die Legitimität von Wahlen zu untergraben. „Ich habe mit echten Rassisten gedient“, sagte er bei einer abendlichen Spendenaktion in Kalifornien. „Ich habe bei Strom Thurmond gedient….
President Biden took the border dispute directly to former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday, accusing his predecessor and presumptive challenger of torpedoing a bipartisan immigration deal out of heavy-handed politics at the expense of national security. After months of largely staying out of the fray, Mr. Biden weighed in forcefully, calling on Republicans in…
Congressional Republicans’ decision to torpedo a bipartisan border deal they had demanded has put the fate of aid to Ukraine and Israel in jeopardy and closed what was seen as the best remaining opportunity on Capitol Hill to approve key military aid to American allies. The political paralysis amid pleas for quick action from President…
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he attends the opening of the Biden presidential campaign office in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, on February 3, 2024. Joshua Roberts | Reuters President Joe Biden won a landslide victory in the Democratic primary in South Carolina on Saturday, where voters sent a clear message that they are ready…
