Jan 09 WATCH: State Department says Brazil has ‘full support’ following riots By News Desk and David Biller, Associated Press The statement comes after supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed and trashed the nation’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday. Continue reading
Jan 09 Georgia special grand jury finishes probe of Trump’s 2020 election actions By Kate Brumback, Associated Press The special grand grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has finished its work. Continue reading
Jan 09 WATCH: Biden meets Mexico’s President López Obrador for welcome ceremony By Associated Press President Andres Manuel López Obrador formally welcomed his American counterpart, President Joe Biden, to the Palacio Nacional -- the first time since 2014 that Mexico has hosted a U.S. president. Continue reading
Jan 08 Biden meets border officials in El Paso on first stop of visit to U.S.-Mexico border By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden walked a muddy stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border and inspected a busy port of entry Sunday on his first trip to the region after two years in office, a visit shadowed by the fraught politics of immigration… Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 5:43 Biden visits southern border amid criticism of migration, asylum policy President Biden is making his first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since taking office today, to meet with border officials about migration and drug trafficking. The trip comes days after Biden announced policies designed to discourage migrants from seeking asylum… Continue watching
Jan 08 Ahead of Biden’s U.S.-Mexico border visit, migrants fear new rules By Andres Leighton, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press President Joe Biden is scheduled to arrive in El Paso Sunday afternoon on his first, politically thorny visit to the southern border before traveling on to Mexico City to meet with North American leaders. Continue reading
Jan 07 Watch 6:23 What House Speaker McCarthy’s concessions to get elected mean for the nation By John Yang, Kaisha Young, Harry Zahn After four days of defeats, Republican Kevin McCarthy was finally elected as Speaker of the House on the 15th vote, the most attempts since before the Civil War. His dramatic victory came after a series of concessions that will give… Continue watching
Jan 07 Republican states aim to restrict transgender health care in first bills of 2023 By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press More than two dozen bills seeking to restrict transgender health care access have been introduced across 11 states — Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Virginia — for the legislative sessions beginning in… Continue reading
Jan 07 McCarthy elected House speaker after chaotic votes in late-night session By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions boiling over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. Continue reading
Jan 06 Chaotic scene unfolds as McCarthy fails on 14th ballot for speaker By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press Before the vote, McCarthy had flipped 15 conservative holdouts to become supporters, including the chairman of the chamber's Freedom Caucus, leaving him just a few shy of seizing the gavel for the new Congress. Continue reading