Biden to nominate Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chairman
President Joe Biden will renominate Jerome Powell as chairman of the Federal Reserve and Lael Brainard as vice chair, according to a source familiar.
Beto O’Rourke declines to invite Biden to campaign with him in Texas
Beto O'Rourke, who announced his campaign for Texas governor last week, declined to invite President Joe Biden to campaign alongside him, pushing a message of nonpartisan unity in his upcoming bid for the highest office in Texas.
Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont launches bid to succeed Patrick Leahy in US Senate
Vermont Rep. Peter Welch announced Monday he would run for the US Senate seat held by fellow Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy, who announced last week he would not seek reelection in 2022.
Rittenhouse is latest symbol of a nation divided on guns, crime and protest
Three days after his acquittal in a polarizing case in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse is now a teenaged avatar for a nation divided over the nature of justice, the societal role of guns and violence in political discourse.
Buttigieg tamps down narrative that there’s a rivalry with Harris: ‘We’re too busy with a job to do’
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday tried to tamp down the idea that he and Vice President Kamala Harris are starting to quietly compete to be the future standard-bearer of the Democratic Party, saying their focuses are on their roles in the nearly year-old Biden administration.
Schumer says Democrats will negotiate with Manchin and Sinema on Build Back Better plan and wants bill done by Christmas
Senate Democrats will try to negotiate with moderate Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema to address their disagreements on the size and scope of President Joe Biden's economic package as it heads to the chamber, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday.
GOP governor: House Republicans trying to punish colleagues who backed infrastructure bill ‘have their priorities screwed up’
New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday criticized members of his party who are looking to retaliate against 13 GOP House members who voted to pass President Joe Biden's $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, saying they "have their priorities screwed up."
Fact-checking false claims from Minority leader Kevin McCarthy’s marathon House speech
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gave the longest House floor speech in US history on Thursday night and Friday morning -- an 8-hour, 32-minute address that delayed the passage of a $1.9 trillion Democratic bill to expand the social safety net and fight the climate crisis.
Gerrymandering: How it’s being exposed and how it affects your state
Here's how politicians game the system: The same group of people can vote on the same Election Day with very different results.
Statistically, Democrats and Republicans hate each other more than ever
It's nothing new to say that members of the Democratic Party and the Republican Party don't see eye to eye. After all, there's a reason they belong to different political parties.