Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s father, Abe Schumer, died Wednesday night at the age of 98, the senator said on Twitter. Schumer wrote that his father “personified the greatest generation.” “He took whatever was thrown at him no matter how difficult, did his job, never complained. An amazing husband, parent, …
Read More »Intelligence agencies unlikely to find origins of COVID
New details released Friday by the U.S. intelligence community reaffirm that its agencies are unlikely to determine the origins of COVID-19, absent new information or greater cooperation from China. The 17-page declassified report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence offers a window into the breadth and …
Read More »Navy nuclear engineer and wife charged with trying to sell submarine secrets appear in court
A Maryland-based naval nuclear engineer and his schoolteacher wife who were charged with selling secret nuclear power submarine information to someone they believed was a foreign agent made their first appearance in court on Tuesday. Jonathan and Diana Toebbe appeared separately before a federal magistrate judge in the Northern District …
Read More »Supreme Court weighs case of Guantanamo detainee seeking secret information about his torture
Washington — The Supreme Court grappled Wednesday with whether the federal government should be allowed to shield information from a Guantanamo Bay prisoner, the first detainee in the CIA’s “enhanced interrogation” program, about his treatment, including where his interrogations took place. But arguments in the case of the detainee, Abu …
Read More »Biden attends Congressional Baseball Game with his legislative agenda on the line
President Biden attended the Congressional Baseball Game in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night, with his legislative legacy at stake as negotiations between the White House and Capitol Hill over the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the reconciliation bill, the debt ceiling and government funding continue. Mr. Biden has had Democratic members of …
Read More »John Podesta warns Democrats they won’t get the “full $3.5 trillion investment” and urges them “to unite” in moving forward
In a memo sent to every Democratic congressional office, John Podesta, a former White House chief of staff and member of the Board of Directors at the Center for American Progress think tank, says the party “must unite and act together” to pass the president’s domestic agenda — but at …
Read More »Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock discusses Afghanistan withdrawal on “The Takeout”
Washington Post reporter Craig Whitlock, who helped uncover years of official deception about the Afghanistan war as part of the team that published the Afghanistan Papers, suggests the chaos on the ground in Kabul is the fulfillment of the fears of four presidents. “There was always this fear that …
Read More »Students ask Supreme Court to stop college from implementing vaccine mandate
Eight students are asking the Supreme Court to block a plan by Indiana University to require students and employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. It’s the first time the high court has been asked to weigh in on a vaccine mandate and comes as some corporations, states and cities are …
Read More »Lawmakers added a car safety provision to the infrastructure bill. But some say it still isn’t enough.
Following a six-year CBS News investigation that revealed potential safety dangers in vehicle seats, legislation aimed at increasing the federal strength standard has been included in the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. But its congressional backers say the proposed legislation needs to be stronger. In a series of stories that …
Read More »Arizona Senate’s liaison to ballot audit says he’s stepping down
Ken Bennett, the former Republican secretary of state in Arizona, said Wednesday that he is planning to step down from his role as the state Senate’s liaison to the ongoing audit of Maricopa County’s 2020 election. Bennett has been one of the most public facing officials of the audit since …
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