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Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Senator Lindsey Graham Over Ukraine Comments
(MOSCOW) — Russia’s Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine. In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that was released by Zelensky’s office, Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, noted that “the Russians…
Read MoreHere’s What’s in the Debt Ceiling Deal
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released Sunday evening the legislative text for a bill to lift the nation’s debt ceiling and fund the government for two years in exchange for new limits on federal spending, moving one step closer to ending a partisan standoff that has brought the government to the verge…
Read MoreJoe Biden Finally Gets It: Kamala Harris Is the Key to 2024
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Kamala Harris this week had clearly, finally, and decisively earned a piece of the action. It sure took long enough. After two years on the sidelines, carrying garbage headlines and defending some…
Read MoreWhat to Know About Texas’ Extraordinary Move to Impeach GOP Attorney General Ken Paxton
AUSTIN, Texas — After years of legal and ethical scandals swirling around Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, the state’s GOP-controlled House of Representatives has moved toward an impeachment vote that could quickly throw him from office. The extraordinary and rarely-used maneuver comes in the final days of the state’s legislative session and sets up…
Read MoreRepublicans Tout Progress on Debt Ceiling Negotiations With Time Running Out
House Republican leaders on Thursday signaled that they were making progress toward a bipartisan deal with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling, but warned that a potential agreement would require a level of compromise likely to disappoint both parties. Speaking to reporters at the Capitol, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that negotiators had…
Read MoreFor Marianne Williamson, the Bernie Sanders Lane Looks Wide Open
Four years ago, before Gabriela Orozco was old enough to vote, she knew Bernie Sanders was her candidate to take on Donald Trump. She liked how the Vermont Senator wanted to remake the federal government to help those most in need. Now, the 20-year-old college student finds herself once again looking for an alternative to…
Read MoreIn Historic Choice, Biden Nominates Air Force General For Next Head of Joint Chiefs
President Joe Biden announced Thursday he is nominating Air Force General Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. to become the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an appointment that would make him the second Black officer to hold the highest post in the U.S. military. “General Brown has built a reputation across the force as…
Read MoreExtreme Asylum Claims Aren’t Prioritized in New U.S. Government App
In late May, a migrant woman from Honduras crossed into Dallas, fleeing violent threats from gang members back home and seeking asylum in the U.S. While she waited in Mexico, men from a cartel would rape her every couple of days as part of a “rent payment,” according to her attorney. What happens next to…
Read MoreOath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Sentenced to 18 Years for Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Attack
(WASHINGTON) — The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House after the 2020 election. Stewart Rhodes is the first person…
Read MoreElon Musk Stokes MAGA Unease With His DeSantis Embrace
After Ron DeSantis’s glitch-riddled presidential campaign launch on Wednesday, Donald Trump did something entirely predictable: he mocked him on social media. The former President posted a video with the words “Ron! 2024” superimposed on a SpaceX rocket going up in flames. But the needling was aimed at more than just his most formidable 2024 rival.…
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