The House passed its second major immigration crackdown bill of the year on Thursday, approving legislation that expands the grounds for deporting migrants who commit sex offenses. Source link
Viewer audiences for the first weekend of the NFL playoffs were down 9.3% from last year, a bigger decline than what the league experienced during the regular season. Source link
Washington — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, according to her spokesperson. Pelosi led House Democrats during the first Trump administration and attended his inauguration in 2017. She became one of Trump’s chief antagonists, overseeing both impeachments against him as speaker. A spokesperson did not provide a…
House Oversight Chairman James Comer is announcing new legislation Thursday to force the federal government to shut down its generous pandemic-era telework policies and get workers back into their offices. Source link
Lorne Michaels, the creator of the long-running sketch comedy television show “Saturday Night Live” has donated his career archive to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, the center announced Wednesday. Source link
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to consider dropping the federal charges against Donald Trump’s former co-defendants in the classified documents case, Walt Nauta and Carlos de Oliveira, to ensure that the Justice Department can release the rest of special counsel Jack Smith‘s final report about Trump’s alleged crimes. …
President Biden, looking to put a friendlier spin on his White House legacy, defended his record in a prime-time address Wednesday night, arguing that he is leaving the country in better shape than he found it. Source link
MSNBC President Rashida Jones says she is stepping down after four years leading the liberal news network, her move coming on the eve of a second Trump administration and after changes in corporate ownership. Source link
President-elect Donald Trump won’t have to walk beneath a plaque honoring Jan. 6 heroes when he takes the oath of office on the west front of the Capitol Monday. That’s because more than four years after the Capitol riot, a new dispute is emerging over a plaque to honor the heroes and victims of the…
The United States reaffirms its solidarity with people in Hong Kong in the face of Beijing’s steady assault on the rights and freedoms guaranteed to Hong Kong under the Basic Law and the Sino-British Joint Declaration. The United States is providing Hong Kongers who remain concerned about returning to Hong Kong with temporary safe haven…
