Politics

(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., was attacked in her Washington, D.C., apartment building on Thursday morning, her office said later that day, and police have since arrested a suspect. “This morning around 7:15 a.m., Rep. Craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building,” Nick Coe, Craig’s chief of staff, said in a statement. […]

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Pa., remained hospitalized in Washington on Thursday after he was admitted because he felt lightheaded during a Democratic retreat on Wednesday, his staff said. Fetterman’s spokesman, Joe Calvello, said in a statement that an MRI done on Fetterman at George Washington University Hospital “along with the […]

(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden touted his achievements during his second State of the Union address on Tuesday and seems to be gearing up for an expected 2024 presidential run — but polling shows many Democratic voters aren’t thrilled about this. Nearly six in 10 Democratic-aligned adults don’t want to see Biden renominated, a new […]

(BOSTON) — A Massachusetts legislator said he’s going to change a proposed bill that would have given state inmates reduced sentences if they signed up to donate an organ, following an outcry from several groups. Last month, Democratic Rep. Carlos Gonzalez co-introduced a bill that would establish an individual bone marrow and organ donation program […]

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is sanctioning what is says are seven members of a Russian hacker group who have targeted the hospitals, companies and the U.S. government, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. “Cyber criminals, particularly those based in Russia, seek to attack critical infrastructure, target U.S. businesses, and exploit the international financial system,” Treasury Under […]

(WASHINGTON) — The FBI’s evidence response team has retrieved only a small amount of the Chinese spy balloon shot down Saturday — and doesn’t yet have enough evidence to conclude what China’s intent was. Only an “extremely limited” amount of the Chinese spy balloon was recovered and brought to the FBI’s evidence collection lab at […]

(WASHINGTON) — Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., was attacked in her Washington, D.C., apartment building on Thursday morning, her office said later that day. “This morning around 7:15 a.m., Rep. Craig was assaulted in the elevator of her apartment building,” Nick Coe, Craig’s chief of staff, said in a statement. “Rep. Craig defended herself from the […]

(WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Oversight Committee and the legal team representing President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, have exchanged their first direct communications in the opening salvo of what is expected to be a heated back-and-forth over congressional oversight of the president and his family. Rep. James Comer, the panel’s chairman, confirmed in a […]

Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A State Department official said Thursday that the U.S. is looking into taking action against China for the surveillance balloons sent into American skies. The official said Washington is considering “taking action against PRC (People’s Republic of China) entities linked to the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) that supported the […]

ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Fetterman, D.-Pa., was taken to a Washington hospital on Wednesday “for observation” after feeling lightheaded at a Democratic retreat, his staff said. “He left and called his staff, who picked him up and drove him to The George Washington University Hospital,” Communications Director Joe Calvello said […]