Police identify suspect taken from ‘suspicious vehicle’ in front of Supreme Court
US Capitol Police are investigating a "suspicious vehicle" in front of the Supreme Court and have closed roads in the area, the agency said on Twitter.
Trump’s ex-press secretary says former administration’s handling of Covid-19 was ‘tragic’
One of former President Donald Trump's top ex-aides said Tuesday that the Republican's "vanity got in the way" of his administration's response to Covid-19.
Big changes are coming to the ‘broken’ Public Service Loan Forgiveness program
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is set to announce big changes this week to a federal student loan forgiveness program that aims to provide government and nonprofit workers significant relief but has caused widespread confusion, leaving many people with thousands of dollars of debt.
Republicans use debt ceiling and infrastructure as cudgels to derail Democratic agenda
Republicans don't want the nation to default on its debts and they support more funding for roads and bridges. Yet they're fully prepared to oppose bills that would achieve both those goals.
Manchin breaks with party leaders over strategy on debt ceiling and Biden’s economic package
Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday pushed back on several politically sensitive positions his party leaders are taking at a crucial time for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.
Why the Senate doesn’t work anymore
Anger is peaking among a wide range of Democrats toward Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema over their resistance to President Joe Biden's economic agenda, but the Democrats' struggle to pass Biden's sweeping plan is rooted in more than the personal idiosyncrasies and electoral calculations of two individual senators.
Outgoing State Department official says US border policy is illegal and inhumane
A top State Department legal adviser leaving his post told his colleagues in a memo over the weekend that the Biden administration's deportations of Haitians from the US-Mexico border are illegal and inhumane.
Florida is only state not to submit school Covid-19 relief funding plan, US Education Department says
Florida is the only state that has not yet submitted a plan to the US Department of Education for how it will use federal Covid-19 relief funds for schools, according to a new letter from the agency -- the latest in a series of escalating stances against the Biden administration.
19 states passed this year laws to restrict voting, new tally finds
Nineteen states have passed 33 news laws this year that make it harder to vote, according to an updated analysis released Monday by the liberal Brennan Center for Justice.
Stephanie Grisham: President Trump loved the chaos
Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham went on "Good Morning America" to talk about her time working in Donald Trump's White House and for the First Lady, as well as her upcoming book. CNN's Kate Bennett joins New Day to discuss.