Dave Boyer

Kamala Harris to address ‘root causes’ of migration on trip to Mexico, Guatemala

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday she will visit Mexico and Guatemala soon to address with their presidents the core causes of surging migration to the U.S. from Central America.

April 14, 2021

Kamala Harris says visiting border isn’t her job in migration crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday she has no plans to visit the U.S. southern border, but she's looking forward to a trip soon to Mexico and Guatemala to address the core causes of surging migration from Central America.

April 14, 2021

GOP asks ‘Where’s Kamala’ as Harris avoids trip to view border crisis

Where's Vice President Kamala D. Harris? She's at a bakery in Chicago, at a yarn shop in Alexandria, at a White House health care roundtable on Tuesday -- anywhere but at the southern border.

April 13, 2021

Kamala Harris says U.S. needs to fix ‘implicit bias’ in policing after Minnesota shooting

Vice President Kamala D. Harris said Tuesday that "folks will keep dying" if the U.S. doesn't stamp out racial bias in law enforcement.

April 13, 2021

GOP senators ask FBI to probe Biden nominee over anti-Trump security disclosures

A group of 18 Republican senators asked FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday to investigate whether President Biden's nominee for a top post at the Pentagon disclosed or solicited classified information during the early days of the Trump administration, soon after leaving a job in the Obama White House.

April 13, 2021

Joe Manchin feels ‘great’ about wife’s nomination to $160,000-a-year federal post

Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, perhaps the most important Democratic vote for the Biden administration, said Monday that he hopes Mr. Biden's nomination of his wife to a $160,000-a-year post "goes through well."

April 12, 2021

Andrew Cuomo says he wants to get New York’s ‘mojo’ back

Embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, facing investigations that he sexually harassed multiple women and covered up COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes, said Monday that he wants to restore the state's "mojo" in a post-pandemic recovery.

April 12, 2021

Mitch McConnell doesn’t take the bait after Trump slams him as ‘dumb’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had nothing to say to reporters who asked for his reaction Monday to former President Donald Trump calling him a "dumb son of a b----."

April 12, 2021

Biden urges calm after fatal police shooting of Black man in Minnesota

President Biden said on Monday that minorities' anger over the fatal police shooting of a Black man in Minnesota doesn't justify violence or rioting after he viewed police body-cam video of the shooting.

April 12, 2021

White House mum on report that Biden will nominate Cindy McCain to ambassadorship

The White House didn't knock down a report Monday that President Biden is preparing to nominate Cindy McCain, widow of the late Sen. John McCain, to a coveted ambassadorship in Europe.

April 12, 2021

White House says U.S. wasn’t involved in attack on Iranian nuclear facility

The White House said Monday that the U.S. had no role in the attack on an Iranian nuclear facility that Tehran has blamed on Israel.

April 12, 2021

CEOs of major business group overwhelmingly oppose Biden’s corporate tax increase for infrastructure

The CEOs of America's largest employers say President Biden's proposed tax increase on corporations for his $2.25 trillion infrastructure spending plan will hurt their ability to hire more workers and will limit wages, according to a new survey released Monday.

April 12, 2021

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama reject union bid, delivering win for company, blow to labor

A majority of workers at Amazon's huge distribution center in Alabama have voted not to unionize, a major win for the company and a blow to Democrats and big labor.

April 9, 2021

Biden announces executive actions to combat ‘crisis’ of gun violence

President Biden on Thursday announced his first major executive actions on gun control since taking office, saying his administration plans to issue new regulations for "ghost" guns and braces, publish model "red flag" laws for states, and prioritize violence intervention programs.

April 8, 2021

Joe Biden to sign gun control executive orders

President Biden is set to announce his first major action on gun control Thursday, issuing a series of executive actions to crack down on "ghost" guns and firearm stabilizing braces and nominating an adviser at the gun control group Giffords to become director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

April 7, 2021

Andrew Cuomo ignored accuser’s warning when he allegedly groped her at governor’s mansion

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told a woman "I don't care" when she protested about him sexually groping her at the governor's mansion, according to a new interview with the woman published Wednesday.

April 7, 2021

Joe Biden to announce executive action on ‘ghost’ guns

President Biden is expected to announce executive actions on guns on Thursday, the White House confirmed.

April 7, 2021

Conservatives rain on Kirsten Gillibrand’s liberal definition of ‘infrastructure’

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's very expansive and liberal definition of "infrastructure" had conservatives howling on social media Wednesday.

April 7, 2021

Two shot, suspect ‘down’ in Frederick, Maryland

Two people have been shot and a suspect is "down" in an active shooter situation Tuesday morning in Frederick, Maryland.

April 6, 2021

Elizabeth MacDonough, Senate parliamentarian, rules Democrats can sidestep two more GOP filibusters

The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Monday that Democrats can use special budgetary rules to avoid Republican filibusters on two more pieces of legislation this year, potentially clearing the way for President Biden's multitrillion-dollar infrastructure proposal to pass in two packages with simple-majority votes.

April 5, 2021