McCarthy claims ’10-15 Democrats’ would vote to censure Waters House Minority Leader reacts to California Democrat’s rhetoric as Derek Chauvin trial goes to jury on ‘Fox News Primetime’ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Monday that when House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., requested anti-police protesters get “more confrontational” if a jury chooses not to convict former Minneapolis Officer […]

Bangladesh hopes the Association of South East Asians (ASEAN) will put pressure on Myanmar in the repatriation of the displaced Rohingya to go back to their home country, according to the foreign minister.   AK Abdul Momen told CNBC's "Streets Signs Asia" on Monday Bangladesh has been bearing the burden the Rohingya Muslims, who have been seeking shelter in the South […]

In his eastern Maryland congressional district, conservative GOP Rep. Andy Harris is vaccinating his constituents against COVID-19. He’s part of a cohort of physicians-turned-lawmakers on Capitol Hill volunteering to give shots to Americans in their communities, as part of the broader effort to bring the country closer to herd immunity. The work of Harris, an anesthesiologist by training, Rep. Brad […]

MINNEAPOLIS — Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was cited. Mondale followed […]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed the SAFE Banking Act, a longtime priority for Coloradans in Congress and local cannabis companies. The House voted 321-101 on the bill, with all Colorado Democrats in favor and two Colorado Republicans opposed. A third Republican, Rep. Lauren Boebert, did not vote. It now moves to the U.S. Senate, which is split 50-50 […]

Two days after an American terrorist visited death and destruction on the heartland, a slight, soft-spoken lawyer in Washington, D.C., was dispatched to run the investigation and prosecution that would bring justice to the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. That lawyer was Merrick Garland. Twenty-six years later, Garland — now the nation’s attorney general — returned to the site […]

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union asked the Supreme Court on Monday to unlock the doors to the nation’s foreign intelligence wiretapping court, arguing that Americans have a First Amendment right to ask its judges to disclose secret rulings affecting their privacy. If the justices take the case, it would be a landmark intervention: Since Congress created the secretive […]

Leaders of six minor parties in the House of Commons are calling on the Speaker to allow a vote on a call for an inquiry into Boris Johnson’s “lack of truthfulness” in parliament. The MPs, including the Green Party’s MP Caroline Lucas and the Liberal Democrat, SNP and Plaid Cymru leaders, are accusing the prime minister of a “consistent failure […]

DENVER — A Colorado judge will resign after being censured for repeatedly saying a racial slur in a conversation with a Black employee, expressing her views on racial justice while on the bench as well as using court employees to work on personal business. The Colorado Supreme Court issued the censure for 18th Judicial District Judge Natalie T. Chase on […]