Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has called for a government investigation into why some health insurance plans are charging women for contraception that is supposed to be free under federal law. In all 50 states, the Affordable Care Act guarantees coverage of women’s preventive services, including all Food and Drug Administration-approved birth control methods. In a […]
The shooter who killed five people and injured 19 more at a Colorado Springs nightclub in 2022 was sentenced to 55 life sentences and another 190-year sentence without the possibility of parole. Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to 74 federal hate crime and gun charges on Tuesday as part of a plea deal that allowed […]
MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow said she believes President Joe Biden’s backup plan for the 2024 election is to “run a better campaign” and “fight harder.” The View host Alyssa Farah Griffin prompted the comments when she asked if replacing Biden as the presidential nominee was an option for the Democratic Party. Maddow argued that Biden’s […]
A reporting intern for a broadcast news network passed out and needed medical attention during a White House press briefing on Tuesday amid dangerously hot temperatures in Washington, D.C. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre paused the briefing and rushed to check on the person, who was affected by the heat and is now being […]
Former President Donald Trump is attempting to increase the odds that Republicans control Congress next year as he eyes a return to the White House, aligning himself with GOP leadership with the endorsements he’s doled out in dozens of primaries. The approach, which follows GOP leaders blaming a spate of losses in the midterm elections […]
The White House on Tuesday disputed comments from Israel‘s prime minister that appeared to suggest the United States was delaying multiple weapons shipments for Israel’s war against Hamas. “We generally do not know what he’s talking about,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “There was one particular shipment of munitions that was paused. … There are […]
House Republicans are pressuring Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James to provide records related to her former employee Matthew Colangelo, who helped secure a criminal conviction against former President Donald Trump last month. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) wrote in a letter to James on Tuesday that he will resort to subpoenaing […]
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) is raising questions about why someone who threatened his family isn’t being prosecuted at the federal level. The U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Indiana has declined to prosecute a man who left threatening voicemails to his family. While Aaron Thompson was sentenced to two years of probation by the […]
Voters in Virginia, Georgia, and Oklahoma are heading to the polls to cast their ballots. Polls close in Virginia and Georgia at 7 p.m., while polls close in Oklahoma at 8 p.m. House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good (R-VA) faces a tough race, while Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) will finally know her Democratic challenger, […]
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon will be spending his sentence for contempt of Congress in a low-security prison instead of the comfortable, minimum-security facility he favored. Former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist is set to begin a four-month prison sentence on July 1. A pending criminal case against Bannon in New York is blocking the […]
