Speaker Nancy Pelosi is projecting confidence that the House will pass Democrats’ massive coronavirus relief bill…
Day: May 14, 2020
How Burr’s stock scandal shocked the Senate
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday met as usual in a classified room in the Capitol.…
Senate passes FISA renewal bill, sends it back to the House
The FISA renewal bill includes new privacy protections that Attorney General William Barr had helped negotiate…
Why shouldn’t Greta Thunberg speak at CNN’s coronavirus town hall?
Shortly after CNN announced yesterday that 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg would join a panel of…
Feinstein talks with FBI about her husband’s stock trades
Sen. Dianne Feinstein. | Carlos Barria/Pool via AP Sen. Dianne Feinstein has turned over documents to…
Burr to step down as intel panel chairman as stock scandal deepens
Sen. Richard Burr. | Gabriella Demczuk /The New York Times via AP, Pool Sen. Richard Burr…
Graham shoots down Trump’s call for Obama testimony on Russia probe origins
Sen. Lindsey Graham. | Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/Pool via AP By ANDREW DESIDERIO 05/14/2020 12:02 PM…
How Rick Bright grabbed the spotlight and angered the Trump administration
Ousted federal vaccine expert Rick Bright seized Washington’s spotlight for hours on Thursday, warning mask-clad lawmakers…
Senate Democrats push for regulation of ‘ghost guns’
Sen. Richard Blumenthal. | Win McNamee/Getty Images With U.S. gun sales soaring during the coronavirus pandemic,…
Lockdown on the family farm has turned me into a small-scale Attenborough
I’ve moved back to my parents’ farm in Sevenoaks, Kent, after an absence of 10 years.…