The Senate voted 69-30 on Tuesday to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, handing a major victory to President Biden and a group of senators that spent months negotiating on the agreement.Why it matters: The monster bill would deliver hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges, waterways and other “hard infrastructure” items. It…
U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik wants New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to “resign and be arrested immediately.” The New York Republican is incensed on behalf of the 11 women who, according to evidence in a report from the state attorney general, he sexually harassed. “These brave women deserve swift and definitive justice,” Stefanik says.How rich is…
Former First Lady Melania Trump ripped into a presidential historian who had criticized the renovations she did on the White House Rose Garden.Michael Beschloss, an NBC contributor and historian who specializes in the US presidency, took to Twitter Saturday to lambast Trump’s changes as an “evisceration” and affront to American history.”Evisceration of White House Rose…
The Taliban say they have taken control of the city of Sheberghan in the northern Afghan province of Jawzjan.An Afghan defence ministry spokesman told the BBC government forces were still in the city and would clear out the Taliban “soon”.This is the second regional capital to fall to the militants, after Zaranj in the south-western…
Dan Bongino called for the impeachment of President Joe Biden over his handling of the southern border situation and the coronavirus pandemic just six months into the Democrat’s administration.The high-profile commentator — who this week was joined by at least one other conservative powerhouse, Mark Levin, in putting pressure on Republican lawmakers to take immediate…
Mark Levin says it is time to start talking about using impeachment or the 25th Amendment against President Joe Biden to remove the “most disastrous president in modern American history” from office.The conservative commentator, who commands a large following on the Right, took aim at Biden’s handling of the border situation and the coronavirus pandemic,…
White House press secretary Jen Psaki delivered harsh critiques Tuesday of Govs. Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott’s decisions to ban mask and vaccine mandates in their respective states.According to President Joe Biden’s coronavirus response team, roughly one-third of all new cases in the country last week came from Florida and Texas.”Seven states have both a…
The Biden administration will continue a controversial Trump-era Centers for Disease Control and Prevention border closure policy, known as Title 42, according to a Monday report from The New York Times.Since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office more than six months ago, their administration’s immigration policies and campaign promises have often…
An attorney for former President Trump told the Wall Street Journal Monday he intends to fight a Department of Justice order to release his tax returns to the Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee.Driving the news: The DOJ said in a memo to the Treasury Department last Friday that the committee had a “legitimate legislative…
The U.S. women’s soccer team lost 1-0 to eighth-ranked Canada in the Olympics semifinals on Monday, ending its chances at winning a gold medal in Tokyo.Why it matters: The loss marks the second straight Olympics the U.S. team will not play in the gold medal match. The team was knocked out by Sweden in the…