Politics

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. Underestimated from the beginning, the Republican who cruised roun...

WASHINGTON — A person pleaded responsible Thursday to assaulting Democratic Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota within the elevator of her Washington residence constructing in February, in accordance with courtroom information. ...

Boris Johnson has despatched "all unredacted WhatsApps” directly to the COVID inquiry ahead of a legal battle between the probe and the government over access to the messages. The former prime minister said he would "love to do the identical" with texts which can be on an previous cell phone he stopped utilizing as a result of safety considerations in May 2021 - that are prone to relate to the three lockdowns ordered in 2020. The transfer means he's bypassing the Cabinet Office, which has launched a authorized problem in opposition to the request from the inquiry handy over the fabric in unredacted kind. The Cabinet Office mentioned there are "important principles at stake" - comparable to the difficulty of privateness.But in a letter to the chair of the COVID inquiry, Baro...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — President Joe Biden quipped that he bought “sandbagged” Thursday after he tripped and fell - however was unhurt - whereas onstage on the U.S. Air Force Academy commencement. ...

CLIVE, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump returned to the Hawkeye State this week greeting voters not from the stage of one among his outsized political rallies, however in a smaller venue for extra private interplay with Iowa’s Republican voters. ...

NEWS AND OPINION: Former President Donald Trump is already making some patriotic plans for the U.S. ought to he win the 2024 election. ...

The White House has lengthy used a stalled fossil gas pipeline as a bargaining chip with Republicans within the administration’s efforts to draw GOP help for supercharging renewables by accelerating the nation’s power allowing legal guidelines. ...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration has stopped U.S. army bases from internet hosting drag reveals after criticism from some Republicans, amid a broader push in conservative-led states focusing on LGBTQ+ celebrations. ...

The authorities has been accused of an tried "cover-up" because it bids to dam the COVID inquiry's request for Boris Johnson's unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks.Bereaved households and opposition events criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the bizarre step of bringing a judicial overview of Baroness Hallett's order to launch the paperwork. It comes after Mr Johnson, the prime minister throughout the pandemic, mentioned he was "more than happy" to stick to the inquiry chairwoman's request and hand over the fabric immediately.Ahead of a deadline of 4pm on Thursday to offer it, the Cabinet Office mentioned it was bringing the judicial overview problem "with regret" and insisted it will "continue to co-operate fully with t...

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer pushed by laws on Thursday waiving the nation’s debt restrict till January 2025, overcoming obstacles put up by protection hawks, conservative spendthrifts, and even environmentalist Democrats. ...