Phoenix — Arizona Republicans on Saturday selected former state treasurer and Donald Trump aide Jeff DeWit to be the party’s next chairman, turning to a familiar face with relationships across the fractured party after its worst election in decades. DeWit replaces firebrand Trump ally Kelli Ward, who helped the former …
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Washington — President Biden and former President Donald Trump are spending the final days of the midterm election cycle stumping for candidates from their respective parties running for federal and state office, issuing stark warnings to their supporters of what is at stake this election year. On the final full day …
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The break-in at the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, was captured by security cameras outside the house that were installed by the U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) and that send live video feeds to its command center in Washington, D.C. But Capitol Police …
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A Texas doctor connected to a massive Medicare fraud uncovered by a CBS News investigation has pleaded guilty to federal charges. According to court documents, Daniel Canchola, 49, fraudulently billed Medicare for over $54 million worth of services, including for genetic tests that CBS News found preyed on seniors’ cancer fears. “The …
Read More »Washington — Staffers in Democratic Rep. Andy Levin’s office have voted to form a union, becoming the first in Congress to do so, according to the Congressional Workers Union. The vote last week was the first union election in a congressional office in U.S. history, the Congressional Workers Union said …
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The independent arbiter tasked with inspecting documents seized in an FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida home said Tuesday he intends to push briskly through the review process and appeared skeptical of the Trump team’s reluctance to say whether it believed the records had been declassified. “We’re going …
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When Illinois high schoolers go back to school this month, they’ll have new coursework that lawmakers and Stanford researchers hope will prepare students to better detect misinformation and search for ulterior motives before trusting online news, social media and information sources. In 2019, Stanford researchers showed more than 3,000 American …
Read More »The Senate parliamentarian on Saturday dealt a blow to Democrats’ plan for curbing drug prices but left the rest of their sprawling economic bill largely intact as party leaders prepared for the first votes on a package containing many of President Joe Biden’s top domestic goals. Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s …
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Washington — President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Monday, according to the White House physician, as he continues to experience a rebound infection that can occur in patients taking the Paxlovid antiviral treatment. Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Mr. Biden’s physician, said in a letter distributed by the White House that …
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Washington — By a wide bipartisan margin, the House approved on a bill on Tuesday to bolster security for Supreme Court justices and their families, a move that took on added urgency after a California man allegedly armed with a knife and handgun was arrested last week outside the Maryland …
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