Democratic governors form resistance group against Trump
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker are co-chairing an initiative called Governors Safeguarding Democracy.
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Los Angeles Mayor Pushes for Official Sanctuary City Status Before Trump Assumes Office
‘I imagine that the council will be voting on sanctuary cities hopefully very, very soon,’ Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said on Monday that her city doesn’t have a law officially designating it as a “sanctuary” for illegal immigrants and that this should be changed quickly before President-elect Donald
House Democrats Pin Election Losses on Hakeem Jeffries, Suggesting Defeat ‘Would Never Have Happened’ Under Pelosi
Democratic lawmakers in the House are blaming Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) for their party’s steep election losses, suggesting the defeat “would never have happened” under former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), Axios reported. “I have a feeling people would say this would never have happened under” Pelosi, a House progressive, who spoke
Senate Republicans elect John Thune to lead after 17-year McConnell run
Washington — Senate Republicans elected Sen. John Thune as leader on Wednesday, after Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — the longest serving leader in the Senate history — opted to step down from the post. Thune, the current Whip, won 29 votes on the second round of voting against the former Whip Sen. John Cornyn, who
Biden and Xi to meet in Peru this weekend
Trump’s 2nd term and U.S.-China relations What the new Trump presidency could mean for U.S.-China relations 02:44 President Biden will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima, Peru, on Saturday, senior administration officials told reporters Wednesday. Senior administration officials expect it to be Mr. Biden’s
Former Solicitor General Theodore Olson, conservative lawyer who argued Bush 2000 recount case, dead at 84
Prominent conservative attorney Theodore Olson, who argued the 2000 Florida vote-recount case on behalf of President George W. Bush, has died at 84.
Biden tells Trump “welcome back” during Oval Office meeting
President Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump back to the White House Wednesday as the two meet as part of the transition process, a formality that Trump didn’t extend to Mr. Biden in 2020. At the top of the meeting, with reporters present for only a moment, the two men shook hands. “Well Mr. President-elect and