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9 protesters arrested on Capitol Hill, including Rep. Joyce Beatty
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus was among nine protesters who were arrested by U.S. Capitol Police after...
Jul 15, 2021
Texas Democrats meet with Manchin on voting rights
uschools/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Roughly a dozen Texas Democrats who fled their state to come to Washington met Thursday in a Capitol Hill basement with the Senate Democrat who holds the key vote in Con...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden touts expanded child tax credit
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the first round of monthly child tax credits hit Americans' bank accounts Thursday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris took a victory lap at ...
Jul 15, 2021
Speculation builds over Matthew McConaughey's political future as he mulls bid for governor of Texas
Gary Miller/Getty Images(AUSTIN) -- While the focus in Texas politics is on state legislators and a stalled special session, the speculation over Matthew McConaughey’s possible run for governor ...
Jul 15, 2021
Biden rallies Democrats behind $3.5 trillion budget plan
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden lunched with Democrats on Capitol Hill Wednesday as the party proceeds with the delicate task of crafting two separate pieces of ...
Jul 14, 2021
Judge blocks Maryland governor from ending federal unemployment benefits early
kuzma/iStock(BALTIMORE) -- A Baltimore judge has shut down efforts by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to put an early end to enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits. Judge Lawrence P. Fletcher-Hill of the C...
Jul 14, 2021
Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people get vaccinated
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Singer and actress Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House Wednesday, adding some star power to the Biden administration to effort to get more young people ...
Jul 14, 2021
Biden administration to begin evacuating Afghans who aided US in late July
OlegAlbinksy/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration will begin evacuation flights in late July for Afghans who have aided the U.S. military and diplomatic missions, according to a senior admin...
Jul 14, 2021
Democratic senators move toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis
Nastasic/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- For the first time in history, some Senate Democrats on Wednesday moved to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level, proposing to the remove cannabis from the federa...
Jul 14, 2021
Americans facing massive passport processing delays, lawmakers urging State Dept. to act
Atstock Productions/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A crush of Americans are seeking to travel overseas again as vaccination rates climb in the U.S., and foreign governments loosen their restrictions. But many ...
Jul 14, 2021
