First Look As Congress stalls, Biden makes gun safety a priority with new office With Republican support for gun restrictions slipping, President Joe Biden is creating the first-ever federal office of gun violence prevention, headed by Vice President Kamala Harris. Firearms have killed over 1,200 children in the U.S. so far this year. | View…
Pressed on abortion, Republican candidates adapt | View caption Hide caption Now, almost a year out from the presidential election, many Republicans are beginning to worry about a 2022 repeat in 2024, as abortion rights seem likely to again be a central concern for voters. Polls show a close race between President Joe Biden and…
Republican presidential field: One party, many brands | View caption Hide caption The 2024 Republicans don’t have that problem. From the debate stage to the campaign trail, whether they’re talking about Ukraine or abortion or the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, these candidates’ pitches have been so jarringly different from one another that…
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday pushed back against GOP attacks on both her ability to serve as commander in chief if needed and President Joe Biden’s age in the early race for the White House. Republican presidential candidates — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former New Jersey…
WASHINGTON — As Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., keeps hundreds of military promotions in limbo for a sixth straight month, his Republican colleagues are trying to deflect criticism by pointing the finger at a familiar GOP foe: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “I think the majority leader should take the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of…
Wisconsin Republicans are already thinking of impeachment for the state’s newest Supreme Court justice, Insider reported. Janet Protasiewicz handily won her seat in April on a platform heavily focused on abortion rights, giving the court a 4-3 liberal majority after a long period of conservative control. But it’s her criticism of the state’s legislative maps…
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Wednesday that federal health officials had delivered “a scheduling recommendation for marijuana” to the Drug Enforcement Administration, and Senate Democrats confirmed that HHS’s advice was to ease up. President Biden had asked HHS to review marijuana’s legal classification last October, at the same time he pardoned thousands…
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled the first 10 drugs subject to Medicare price negotiations, promising billions of dollars in savings for the federal government and the nine million Medicare beneficiaries taking at least one of the popular medications. Medicare has been banned from directly negotiating lower drug prices since 2003, but the Inflation Reduction…
Why Haley and Ramaswamy dominated Republican debate | View caption Hide caption Vivek Ramaswamy, a wealthy entrepreneur rising in the polls, was a youthful stand-in for Mr. Trump. Barely old enough to run for president, Mr. Ramaswamy managed to compare himself to both former President Barack Obama and Mr. Trump. An American-born son of Indian…
A congressional committee investigating pandemic relief fraud is demanding that the Justice Department provide documents and information describing the extent to which international criminal groups plundered those programs, according to a letter obtained exclusively by NBC News. The letter, from the Republican-controlled House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, asks Attorney General Merrick Garland to…