President Biden plans to journey to Georgia on Tuesday to drum up support for a Democratic rewriting of the nation’s election laws and accuse Republicans of curtailing voting rights. A partisan showdown over election laws has become the Democrats’ top priority after the demise last month of Mr. Biden’s $ 1.75 … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...President Biden said Tuesday he will purchase half a billion rapid coronavirus tests that Americans can order for free delivery to their homes, deploy the military to overwhelmed hospitals and stand up federal testing sites as he scrambles to rein in the omicron variant that’s become dominant and exhausting Americans … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged Friday to fight for stalled voting rights and police reform legislation, addressing graduates of South Carolina State University amid the harsh reality that months of talks with lawmakers have failed to move the measures closer to becoming law. Biden spoke at the … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...<p>The GOP reportedly agreed to fund up to $ 1.6 million of former President Trump’s legal bills to fight probes into his business practices in New York, according to the <a href=”https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-party-trump-legal-bills-new-york-probe/2021/12/16/08af4524-5c3f-11ec-9c0e-a955f8a009c1_story.html”>Washington Post</a>.</p> Talking Points Memo
Read More...President Biden called upon more than 100 world leaders gathered for the opening of his “Summit for Democracy” on Thursday to stand together in battling what he described as a “backward slide of rights and democracy” in the face of rising authoritarianism around the world. “We stand at an inflection … The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...Rep. August Pfluger is leading the effort to bring home a former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed from Russia, where he was sentenced to nine years in prison over assertions that he assaulted a police officer. Mr. Pfluger, Texas Republican, has been in contact with Mr. Reed’s family since he first … The Washington Times stories: White House
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