During the campaign, President Biden said he'd put U.S. diplomacy back in the "hands of genuine professionals," but only one of his ambassadors to a foreign capital has been confirmed.
The president says he will get a third dose of the vaccine as soon as he can. "I'll be getting my booster shot," Biden said at the White House Friday, acknowledging that at 78, he qualifies.
President Biden says U.S. Border Patrol agents' use of horses — and in at least one instance, long reins — to chase Haitian migrants was "outrageous."
The Iowa Republican says that he will run for an eighth term, shooing away calls for his retirement. Grassley made the announcement early Friday morning, a week after his 88th birthday.
A widely discredited GOP-led review of the 2020 election in Arizona's largest county has affirmed the accuracy of the official tally. But the report still raises concerns about the election system.
House leaders on Thursday announced an agreement with the White House on a loose framework for how they will pay for their spending package. No specifics were announced about the framework.
As GOP lawmakers in Arizona reviewed the 2020 election results, the Justice Department cautioned them to follow federal law. It is part of a broader federal effort to protect the right to vote.
The House select committee which is investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has issued subpoenas to four former Trump administration officials. More could be on the way.
The vote is an attempt by Democrats to protect abortion rights as states set increasingly restrictive laws. The bill is expected to pass the House, but faces dim prospects in the Senate.
Increasing the debt ceiling used to be procedurally easy — and hardly newsworthy. That changed when control of Congress flipped to the GOP in 1994 and Newt Gingrich became House Speaker.
