Austin’s Democratic Mayor Steve Adler blasted Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift the statewide mask mandate, but said that President Biden’s “Neanderthal” comment was “not a word that I would have used.
In his post-Trump administration days, Ken Cuccinelli is taking on an initiative to both restore confidence in election systems and drum up opposition to Democrats’ sweeping HR 1 election bill.
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) wrapped its second full day after addresses from a number of political heavyweights.
After not yet three months in the office, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon is facing a recall effort similar to the one faced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared indoors at a restaurant in a county where indoor dining is not allowed, but the governor’s office has said he did not dine at the restaurant.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., continued the pressure campaign on President Biden to forgive student loan debt of up to $50,000 by executive order.
Nearly 1.1 million signatures have been submitted in the Newsom recall effort, and 670,000 have been verified.
The FBI has arrested a Texas man who tweeted “Assassinate AOC” before taking part in the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol.
President Biden has tapped Miguel Cardona to turn things around at the Education Department, and he’ll soon have the chance to make his case for the job before the Senate during a confirmation hearing.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said that pro-Trump rioters who breached the Capitol on Wednesday “chose their Whiteness over Democracy.
President-elect Joe Biden said on Twitter Saturday that President Trump is “not above the law,” after the House announced it would be bringing forth articles of impeachment on Monday.
Rev. Raphael Warnock, who will take Georgia’s Senate seat in the coming weeks, did not answer one question on the minds of voters throughout the entire campaign cycle: whether or not he would support adding more justices to the Supreme Court.
President Trump said he would travel to Georgia on Saturday to campaign for Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue ahead of their runoff elections.
Former President Barack Obama said he believes President Trump garnered more than 73 million votes this election cycle, not because of policy but because some Republicans promote a narrative of “White men are victims.
Sen. Kamala Harris, in her victory speech as vice president-elect, said that in Tuesday’s election voters had chosen “hope, unity, decency and yes, truth.
Women’s rallies against President Trump and his Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett swept through cities like Los Angeles, Washington and New York on Saturday.
Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday detailed a $500 billion “skinny” relief bill that he said the Senate will vote on this Wednesday.
President Trump on Wednesday praised Kentucky’s Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear for calling in the National Guard just hours before a police officer was shot during protests following the grand jury decision in the Breonna Taylor case.
Joe Biden said he’s worried about President Trump’s talk of “insurrection” after President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to quell racial injustice protests across the country.
President Trump came out swinging Saturday evening at a rally in Nevada.
Firefighters are battling 28 major fires across the state and that more than 3.
New York Attorney General Letitia James will empanel a grand jury in her investigation into the death Daniel Prude in Rochester, she announced Saturday.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned seven Midwestern states this week to be cautious over the Labor Day Weekend for catching coronavirus.
Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said Saturday President Trump is “deliberately killing people” with his rallies amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesters vandalized the home of San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo on Friday in a demonstration against the Wisconsin police shooting of Jacob Blake.
The police union that represents the Kenosha Police Department has said that police responded to the scene of the Jacob Blake shooting because he violated a restraining order related to a sexual assault.
President Trump’s brother Robert died at 71.
Rep. Maxine Waters expressed confidence that a Black woman would be on the Democratic ticket as vice president.
A Democratic candidate for U.S. House in Massachusetts has apologized after three groups of college Democrats accused him of a pattern of using “his platform and taking advantage of his position of power for romantic or sexual gain, specifically toward young students.
Federalist Society co-founder Stephen Calabresi said that President Trump’s tweet suggesting to postpone the election is “fascistic” and “grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment.