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House committee advances DC statehood bill along party-line vote

A panel of House house-of-representatives advanced legislation Wednesday to make washington-dc” target=”_blank”>Washington, D.C< “Democracy requires much more. D.C. residents demand much more. D.C. residents deserve full voting representation in the Senate and the House and complete control over their local affairs. They deserve statehood.” WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 21: Eleanor Holmes Norton, District …

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Psaki dismisses military, CIA concerns about Afghanistan pullout

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday dismissed concerns raised by top military officials and the CIA about joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< by September, maintaining that terror threats have “evolved,” and military and national security strategy needs to be adjusted to focus on the threats as they stand in 2021. Biden …

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Cheney brings in record fundraising haul despite feud with some in GOP

Rep. Liz Cheney of us-regions, the most high profile of the 10 House senate who voted in January to trump-impeachment-inquiry” target=”_blank”>impeach<, experienced a elections surge the first three months of this year. Cheney, the number three Republican in House GOP leadership, reported raising a record $1.54 million during the January-March first quarter of fundraising …

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Biden announces Sept. 11 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, says it's time for troops 'to come home'

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< from conflicts by Sept. 11 — pushing back a May deadline set by the Trump administration. The U.S. intervened in the country following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The new deadline would fall on the 20 year-mark of the attacks, which were carried out by Al Qaeda by crashing passenger-filled airplanes in New …

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Biden: Parts of US 'backsliding' into Jim Crow days

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<” during remarks Wednesday at the National Action Network’s national convention – one of the largest civil rights conferences in the country. Biden delivered opening remarks focused on the state of civil rights and racial equality in the United States to the virtual convention of the organization, led and …

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Biden's partisan divide as wide as Trump's: poll

The nation’s partisan divide hit record highs during donald-trump”>former President Donald Trump< is in the executive. Biden stands at 54% approval and 41% disapproval in a national poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University. That’s pretty close to Biden’s 55% approval and 40% disapproval in an average of the latest presidential approval ratings …

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