While GOP representatives accused him of the ‘weaponization’ of the Justice Department, Garland responded: ‘Our job is not to take orders from the president, from Congress, or from anyone else, about who or what to criminally investigate’
In New York City alone, thousands of migrants have arrived over the past year. Mayor Eric Adams has increasingly sounded alarms, while Gov. Kathy Hochul is floating the idea of state-issued work permits
Today’s geopolitical relations are marked by demands for a change to the world order, historical revisionism and reproaches against the West
The hearing is expected to focus on ‘constitutional and legal questions’ that surround the allegations of Biden’s involvement in his son Hunter’s overseas businesses
Joe Biden has had little to say about his son’s legal woes — which now include a felony indictment — beyond that Hunter did nothing wrong and he loves his son
‘I ask you this: If we abandon the core principles of the United States to appease an aggressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected?’ Biden said in his address before the United Nations General Assembly
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said that Ukrainian aid must be considered as a stand-alone bill. But the Senate is on a path of combining it with other priorities, possibly as part of the short-term spending bill to keep the government funded
The child, whose biological parents died in a U.S. raid, remains in the custody of an American military family, despite the fact that a court declared the adoption void and her relatives are asking for her return
The extreme right is paralyzing Washington and is likely to stop Biden from passing any new laws
The former president has increased his lead since the first event and is already more than 40 points ahead of Ron DeSantis
The CEOs of the automakers earn between 281 and 365 times what an average employee makes in a year
GM warned that 2,000 UAW-represented workers at an assembly plant in Kansas City are ‘expected to be idled as soon as early this week’ because of a shortage of supplies from another plant near St. Louis, where workers walked off on Friday
The president’s son is arguing that two agents violated his right to privacy when they publicly aired his tax information as they pressed claims that a federal investigation into his business dealings had been improperly handled
While both parties engage in gerrymandering, the dynamics in North Carolina and Wisconsin go beyond mere redistricting fights and offer a vivid illustration of how Republicans are attempting to maintain power regardless of their level of support among voters
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani was the first to acknowledge the swap would take place Monday
The White House said in a statement that Jake Sullivan and Chinese envoy Wang Yi had “candid, substantive and constructive discussions”. The two officials spent about 12 hours together over two days in Malta
Republicans are using Joe Biden’s son’s business and legal troubles to smear the Democrat’s image
Republican presidential candidates, including Donald Trump, campaign on shrinking and remaking the federal workforce
The Iranian semi-official ISNA news agency reported that the country’s foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian dismissed the sanctions as a joke
The United Auto Workers announced a targeted strike at three factories after talks broke down with General Motors, Ford and Stellantis
Democrats and Republicans are maneuvering to win over young voters before next year’s presidential election
About half of Americans have little or no confidence that the Justice Department is handling its investigation into Hunter Biden in a fair and nonpartisan way, according to the survey released Thursday
Thursday’s indictment comes as congressional Republicans pursue an impeachment inquiry into the Democratic president, partly over his son’s business dealings
With a government shutdown looming, McCarthy is confronting the same stubborn problem that has driven Republicans before him from the speaker’s job: trying to lead a ruptured GOP majority
The decision does not affect those already enrolled in the program, but it does prevent new applicants from registering
Some GOP lawmakers are pushing for it to move quickly rather than drag into the 2024 election year
The United Auto Workers is threatening to strike against the nation’s big three automakers, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, if tentative contact agreements aren’t reached by 11:59 p.m. on Thursday