Biden, said one journalist, believes “there is a coup-plotting exception to executive privilege.” President Joe Biden on Friday ordered federal record-keepers to allow the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection to access a cache of former President Donald Trump’s White House documents, denying an attempt by Trump to shield the information through executive privilege. “As a part […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted 50-48 Thursday night to pass an agreement to extend the government’s borrowing authority through early December to avert what could have been the country’s first-ever default on its debts. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced the pact on the Senate floor after negotiations with Republican leader Mitch McConnell. He proposed […]
“Donald Trump’s Big Lie about the 2020 election represents a very real and continued threat to our democracy,” said Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday released an exhaustive report that describes in new detail how then-President Donald Trump and his allies repeatedly pressured the U.S Department of Justice to overturn his 2020 […]
Gov. Brad Little promptly announced he would rescind the lieutenant governor’s order. An executive order issued by Idaho’s far-right lieutenant governor had been announced only minutes earlier when Gov. Brad Little said Tuesday night that he would rescind the directive aimed at banning vaccine mandates. Little’s second-in-command, Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, announced Tuesday on social media that […]