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Ginni Thomas reportedly urged Wisconsin lawmakers to overturn 2020 results

Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and a high-profile conservative, reportedly urged Wisconsin lawmakers to challenge President Biden's 2020 election victory, according to newly released emails.

September 1, 2022

Oath Keepers lawyer charged with conspiracy, obstruction in connection with Jan. 6

The Department of Justice has charged a lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers militia group with multiple counts in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, including conspiracy to obstruct Congress' certification of the 2020 election.

September 1, 2022

Biden wants a 4.6% pay raise for federal employees in 2023

President Biden has formally announced plans to give civilian federal employees a pay raise next year, an election-year promise bound to please government workers struggling with high inflation like the rest of the voters.

September 1, 2022

Biden’s student debt bailout expected to cost each taxpayer roughly $2,500

Taxpayers will be on the hook for nearly $400 billion to cover President Biden's student debt write-off, according to a nonpartisan analysis.

August 31, 2022

Shaky start for Biden’s college debt relief, loan servicers in the dark about the plan

Student loan servicers are still awaiting details on how the Department of Education will implement President Biden's write-off of billions of dollars in student debt.

August 31, 2022

Foes of proposed assault weapons ban would need F-15 to ‘fight against the country,’ Biden cracks

President Biden pushed back against opponents of his proposed assault weapons ban on Tuesday saying "right-wing" Americans would need "an F-15" to "fight against the country," in remarks meant to convey there are limits to Second Amendment rights.

August 30, 2022

Biden to ask Congress for $1.1 billion arms deal for Taiwan: Reports

President Biden is planning to ask Congress to approve a $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan, according to reports, as tensions between the U.S. and China surge in the wake of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei earlier this month.

August 30, 2022

Rep. Jordan demands answers from DOJ watchdog on seizure of Rep. Perry’s cellphone

The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is demanding answers about the Department of Justice inspector general's involvement in the FBI's seizure of Rep. Scott Perry's cellphone earlier this month.

August 30, 2022

Biden to crusade for ‘soul of the nation’ in prime time speech Thursday in Philadelphia

President Biden will travel to Philadelphia on Thursday to deliver a speech on his "continued battle for the soul of the nation," as his campaign rhetoric aims to cast Republicans as anti-democratic extremists ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.

August 29, 2022

Fetterman won’t join Biden in Pennsylvania for president’s big tough-on-crime speech

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for Senate, is skipping President Biden's big crime speech Tuesday.

August 29, 2022

Biden to travel to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh for Labor Day

President Biden is expected to travel to Milwaukee and Pittsburgh next week in observance of Labor Day.

August 29, 2022

Pompeo warns U.S. less safe one year after Afghanistan withdrawal

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is warning that the U.S. is more vulnerable to a 9/11-style terrorist attack following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

August 29, 2022

N.H. Gov. Sununu: Biden should apologize for ‘inappropriate’ rhetoric that GOP is ‘semi-fascism’

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday laid into President Biden for saying Republicans are akin to "semi-fascism" and called on the president to apologize.

August 28, 2022

Powell dampens Biden’s rosy view of an improving economy

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome H. Powell is throwing cold water on President Biden's hopes that inflation will fade as a dominant issue in the midterm elections.

August 27, 2022

Biden student loan forgiveness to cost $24 billion a year, White House says

The White House on Friday pegged the cost of President Biden's student loan forgiveness plan at $24 billion per year over the next decade.

August 26, 2022

White House stands by Biden calling the GOP a ‘semi-fascism’ party

The White House on Friday doubled down on President Biden denouncing the Republican Party platform as "semi-fascism."

August 26, 2022

Biden marks one-year anniversary of suicide attack that killed 13 U.S. troops amid Afghan withdrawal

President Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the country by honoring the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack.

August 26, 2022

Biden says easing consumer price data proves that economy is on the right track

President Biden on Friday said July's cooling consumer price figures for the month offer proof that his economic plan is on track.

August 26, 2022

Biden’s college debt bailout comes under fire from Dems and GOP

President Biden's student debt relief plan is being panned by Democrats, Republicans and everyone in between.

August 25, 2022

Biden calls Volodymyr Zelenskyy to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day

President Biden expressed his admiration for the people of Ukraine in a call Thursday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

August 25, 2022