April 5, 2021, 12:58pm Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says it’s a “big lie” to call the new voting law in Georgia racist and he warned big business to “stay out of politics” after major corporations and even Major League Baseball distanced themselves from the state amid vast public pressure. Read story
April 5, 2021, 12:58pm Politics
WASHINGTON — Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday he will not leave Congress and denied that he “slept with” an underage girl, suggesting that accusations against him by political foes stem from anger that he “loathes the swamp.” Read story
April 5, 2021, 11:23am Latest News
Apr. 5—When state Senate Republican leader John Braun mulled his pick for the Washington State Redistricting Commission this year, he had no shortage of choices. Read story
April 5, 2021, 11:22am Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer killed last week when a man armed with a knife rammed his car into two officers at a barricade outside the Capitol does not appear to have been stabbed, slashed or shot, a police official told The Associated Press on Monday. Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:46am Politics
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed a law allowing him to potentially hold onto power until 2036, a move that formalizes constitutional changes endorsed in a vote last year. Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:33am Politics
WASHINGTON — More Americans disapprove than approve of how President Joe Biden is handling the sharply increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border, and approval of his efforts on larger immigration policy falls short of other top issues — suggesting it could be a weak point for the… Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:33am Politics
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol Police are struggling. Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:26am Politics
Based on the official view from Beijing, the Philippines has no reason to worry about Chinese fishing boats sitting along a disputed reef in the South China Sea. Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:25am Politics
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is thanking naturalized Americans for “choosing us” in his official video message to the nation’s newest citizens. Read story
April 5, 2021, 8:23am Politics
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a case over former President Donald Trump’s efforts to block critics from his personal Twitter account. Read story