‘A harsher, colder place’: How January 6 changed Congress and some members forever
On January 6, 2021, Rep. Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Michigan, was prepared for a long day.
House Democrats lean into January 6-focused strategy ahead of midterms
House Democrats' campaign arm is leaning into a strategy of linking Republicans to the January 6 insurrection amid the one-year anniversary of the US Capitol riot, even as some in the Democratic Party debate how much to talk about the deadly attack on the campaign trail.
Rep. Jamie Raskin recounts ‘lifeline’ he received after son’s death and January 6 attack
Rep. Jamie Raskin said that becoming the lead House impeachment manager in former President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial last year served as a "lifeline" in the aftermath of his son's death and the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
Separate climate bill not being seriously considered in Senate, despite Manchin’s support of the measures
Senate climate hawks got a new shot of optimism this week as West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin gave perhaps his most full-throated endorsement yet of the climate change and clean energy portions of the Build Back Better package, Biden's economic and social safety net bill.
‘This wasn’t Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’: Judge sentences pair of Capitol rioters to 30 days behind bars
Two friends who entered the US Capitol together on January 6, one of whom boasted about breaking in and smoking a joint, were sentenced to 30 days in jail each for unlawfully parading in the building.
Manchin thinks the child tax credit is too generous — but Republicans are responsible for that
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has lots of issues with the Democrats' expanded child tax credit, which is a main reason why his party's plan to extend it for another year is on ice.
Biden administration launching additional testing sites in six states
The Biden administration is opening additional federally run free Covid-19 testing sites in six states across the country -- Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Delaware, Texas and Washington -- as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge in the US.
Lawmakers discuss additional Covid relief amid Omicron, but talks stall
A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers discussed the possibility of another economic stimulus package last year amid the Omicron wave of coronavirus, but talks failed to move forward.
Biden announces US will double its order of Pfizer’s antiviral pill to treat Covid-19
President Joe Biden will receive a briefing from his Covid-19 response team and deliver remarks on the Omicron variant Tuesday afternoon, as the US reached more than 100,000 hospitalizations due to to the illness for the first time in four months.
Two differing views of the Covid pandemic on display at Supreme Court
The two visions of pandemic America have arrived at the US Supreme Court.