With the pandemic and the economic crisis it caused, Congress has a lot to consider under the new Biden administration. But not to be forgotten is the sweeping package of democracy reforms House Democrats unveiled in early 2019 — which includes several measures to open up access to the ballot box — as a signal of what they’d prioritize if Democrats won back the Senate and the White House.
Continue reading “Amid Busy Biden Agenda, Congress Renews Voting Rights Package Push”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday announced the return of public health briefings beginning this week as the country reels from more than 420,000 deaths from COVID-19 thus far. Continue reading “WH Announces The Return Of Public Health Briefings On COVID Pandemic”
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), the new Senate president pro tempore, will preside over President Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.
Continue reading “Leahy To Preside Over Impeachment As President Pro Tempore”
News of Sen. Rob Portman’s (R-OH) retirement could be grounds for the latest reassessment of the historically-purple-but-lately-pretty-red state.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: How Will Ohio Swing Post-Trump?”
With former President Trump booted from Twitter and the White House, several state-level Republicans are rising to the occasion to fill the Trump-sized void by echoing his extreme rhetoric. Continue reading “State Republicans Go Full Trump To Fill The Void”
Efforts to use the Department of Justice to further President Trump’s election reversal scheme are now the subject of two, potentially-explosive investigations.
Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz announced Monday that his office is investigating efforts to have the Justice Department “seek to alter the outcome of the 2020 Presidential Election.”
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is doing little to shield Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from the drumbeat of Republican retribution for her impeachment vote.
Continue reading “McCarthy Leaves Door Open To Cheney Critics As GOP Forms Circular Firing Squad”
The voting machine company Dominion on Monday sued former President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani for defamation, seeking $1.3 billion for what it described as a months-long “Big Lie” about the company.
Continue reading “Dominion Sues Giuliani For $1.3B Over ‘Big Lie’ Defamation Damages”
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) invoked the ironclad “I know you are, but what am I?” defense on Monday with a formal demand for an ethics investigation into the Democratic senators who requested an investigation into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Continue reading “Hawley Accuses Dems Of Being Anti-Democracy After Trying To Throw Out Biden Votes”
In the aftermath of Trump’s presidency, former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and other former Trump aides face a new conundrum without a mercurial commander in chief to attend to: dwindling job prospects following the former president’s exit from the White House and his incitement of the deadly insurrection of the Capitol earlier this month. Continue reading “Meadows’ Job Prospects Are So Dim He Might Just Work For Trump Again”
