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Leonard Leo arranged for Virginia ‘Ginni’ Thomas to be paid $25,000 and emphasized ‘no mention of Ginni’ on the paymentsSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailPresident Joe Biden has chosen Neera Tanden, the current White House sta…
Republican proposal mocked as ‘Default on America Act’ at hearing drawing attention to potential cuts to key programsSenate Democrats held a hearing on Thursday to lambaste House Republicans’ proposal to raise the US government’s borrowing limit in exc…
‘In the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be forced to work for starvation wages’, Vermont senator saysBernie Sanders on Thursday announced a proposal to raise the federal minimum wage to $17 an hour, saying the potent inflatio…
Enrique Tarrio’s conviction follows seven-day jury deliberationSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailFollowing vice president Kamala Harris’s meeting today with CEOs of tech companies including Microsoft and Google, Harris said th…
Central bank announces 10th straight increaseSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJim Clyburn, a key Democratic House representative from South Carolina who served as House majority whip, endorsed fellow Democratic representative…
JP Morgan steps in to snap up most of California bankSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailKamala Harris and Joe Biden are set to speak together at the White House imminently in what the administration is billing as “remarks durin…
Decision clears way for incumbent New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand to run for re-election unopposed by congresswomanAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez will not run for a seat in the US Senate next year, according to her office, clearing the way for incumbent …
The worst-kept secret in Washington is out – but at 80, and with low approval ratings, the president faces challenges in his re-election bidLegend has it that when the artist Benjamin West told King George III that George Washington, the first US presi…
President, who could face Donald Trump in 2020 re-run, urges voters to give him four further years to finish what he startedJoe Biden has formally launched his re-election campaign, asking Americans to give him another four years to finish what he star…
Launch would come exactly four years after president announced his 2020 bid, where he warned ‘soul’ of the nation is at stakeJoe Biden is expected to announce his 2024 re-election campaign as early as Tuesday, possibly setting the stage for an extraord…