Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was on the receiving end of an infamous Jan. 2, 2021, phone call in which then-President Donald Trump pleaded with him “to find 11,780 votes,” will testify under oath Thursday before a special grand jury investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. …
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Senators Susan Collins, John Cornyn and John Barrasso traveled to Kyiv to visit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The U.S. Embassy tweeted about the senators’ visit to Ukraine Saturday and posted video of their meeting with Zelenskyy. “Welcome to Ukraine,” the translated tweet addressed …
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Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history as he represented Utah for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88. His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. He launched the Hatch Foundation as he retired in …
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Atlanta — The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9 percent of the American pie white people enjoy. While Black people have made economic and health …
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Upholding a Trump-era environmental policy, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it will not regulate a drinking water contaminant that has been linked to brain damage in infants. The agency said the Trump administration’s decision in 2020 not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water was made with the “best available …
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The White House is marking Equal Pay Day by taking new steps aimed at ending the gender pay gap for federal workers and contractors. President Biden on Tuesday is signing an executive order that encourages the government to consider banning federal contractors from seeking information about job applicants’ prior salary …
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The Federal Reserve will move ahead with raising interest rates at its upcoming meeting, though how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the U.S. economy isn’t certain, Chairman Jerome Powell said Wednesday. The central bank head’s remarks come as the United States faces soaring inflation, with prices increasing at their …
Read More »All of the living former U.S. presidents, with the exception of former President Trump, have issued formal statements condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Republican and Democratic ex-presidents characterized the Kremlin’s assault as “brazen,” “reckless,” “the gravest security crisis on the European continent since World War II” and …
Read More »The National Archives and Records Administration has asked the Justice Department to investigate former President Trump’s handling of White House records, CBS News has learned. A referral does not necessarily mean that there will be an investigation, a source familiar with internal deliberations said. The source said referrals like these …
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Three living former presidents — Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — have recorded a video urging Americans to support the construction of a museum to recognize the bravery of U.S. troops awarded the nation’s highest military award, the Medal of Honor. “Let’s all come together to build …
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