WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people living in the U.S. without legal status, a massive reversal from the Trump administration’s harsh immigration policies. The legislation puts Biden on track to deliver on a […]

The Department of Justice ended its investigation into a series of stock trades made by Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively clearing the lawmaker of any wrongdoing, according to several reports. The New York Times first reported that federal investigators at the department and the Securities and Exchange Commission had informed Burr they would […]

Without even saying a word, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke volumes today as she arrived to Wednesday's House impeachment vote wearing the same outfit she wore at President Donald Trump's first impeachment. Pelosi's office confirmed to PEOPLE that the outfit worn by Pelosi on Wednesday is the same one worn on Dec. 18, 2019, when she presided over the House […]

President Donald Trump released a statement on Wednesday condemning violence while the House debated impeaching him for provoking last week's deadly Capitol riots. "I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind," Trump said. The House plans to impeach Trump on Wednesday afternoon, charging him with incitement of insurrection. He is poised to […]

On Saturday, President Trump's lawyers and advisors talked him out of pardoning himself, his family members, and Republicans involved in the rally that preceded the Capitol riot, CNN reported. White House counsel Pat Cipollone reportedly told Trump that a self-pardon was unlikely to hold up in court and would make him look guilty, possibly opening him up to more legal […]

Mainstream media treating Biden, Harris like celebrities, offering ‘no scrutiny’: Joe Concha Expect a 180 in press posture after Joe Biden takes office, Fox News contributor Joe Conhca says on Inauguration Day. People of all political stripes should allow some space for generosity and positive statements on Inauguration Day. But over the last few decades, we’ve observed a pattern of […]

On Jan. 6, 147 House and Senate Republicans voted to overturn the presidential election. That was hours after then-President Donald Trump incited a mob of supporters to storm the Capitol and search for lawmakers to kill to stop them from certifying President Joe Biden’s win. They did this because they believed Trump’s lies about widespread election fraud that Republicans in Congress […]

Lawmakers fumed at the news this week that the National Guard — brought in to protect federal buildings in the wake of the deadly insurrection at U.S. Capitol earlier this month — had to sleep in a parking garage once the inaugural ceremonies had ended. Photos of the troops circulated widely on social media and drew quick rebuke from members […]

U.S. Capitol Police on Sunday announced the death of one of its officers, bringing the number of deaths in the unit since Wednesday’s violent Capitol siege to two. Officer Howard Liebengood, 51, died on Saturday when he was off duty, the USCP said in a statement. The department said he joined the Capitol Police in 2005. According to the USCP union, Liebengood was among […]