Politics

Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” There, Biden spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — where in 1965 hundreds of civil rights marchers were attacked by police. The violence, which sparked national outrage, marked a turning point in the […]

Michael Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. In an interview with CNN, Buttigieg offered his most vociferous defense to date, seeking to rebut claims that the Biden administration doesn’t […]

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its guarantees of gender equality in the Constitution. “I’m dismayed that in 2023, we still have to fight to be seen […]

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar over existing regulations and precautions for rail companies. “It shouldn’t take a rail disaster to get us working together like that. And that’s what […]

Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will not seek the Republican presidential nomination for 2024. Hogan made clear that he’s not running so he can focus on defeating former President Donald Trump […]

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Thousands of formerly incarcerated people in Minnesota woke up Saturday morning with a right they lacked the day prior. On Friday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed House File 28, which restores the right to vote to convicted felons who complete their term of incarceration. According to the governor’s office, 55,000 individuals […]

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Embattled New York Rep. George Santos said Friday that he will comply “100%” with the House Ethics Committee, which is probing numerous allegations against the freshman Republican. The committee voted unanimously Thursday to establish an “Investigative Subcommittee” to look into the claims made against Santos, which is the panel’s first […]

Col. Paris Davis speaks with ABC News on the day before his Medal of Honor ceremony. President Joe Biden is scheduled to award Davis with the Medal honor March 3, 2023. — ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to a Black Army Special Forces hero from the […]

Getty/Bloomberg/Contributor (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to block an infamous recording from being introduced as evidence in a defamation trial scheduled for next month. E. Jean Carroll, the former Elle columnist who sued Trump for defamation after he denied raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, wants […]

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is seeking to block an infamous recording from being introduced as evidence in a defamation trial scheduled for next month. E. Jean Carroll, the former Elle columnist who sued Trump for defamation after he denied raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s, […]