Now in its second year, the Biden White House is seeing some personnel changes — second gentleman Doug Emhoff’s chief of staff announced she’ll be leaving the job soon. In a letter to the second gentleman’s office, obtained exclusively by CBS News, chief of staff Julie Mason announced her departure, …
Read More »How each senator voted on Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination
Washington — The Senate voted to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Thursday, making her the first Black woman to serve as a justice on the nation’s highest court. The final vote was 53-47, with three Republicans — Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and …
Read More »Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin announces run for Congress
Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate under Senator John McCain, is running for Congress, shaking up an already unpredictable race for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat. Palin, who shared the news on her Twitter account Friday, now joins a field of at least 40 candidates …
Read More »“Darkness kills,” advocates for permanent daylight saving time tell Congress
Days before most Americans reset their clocks, a congressional committee is mulling changes to daylight saving time. The House Energy Subcommittee on Consumer Protection heard testimony Wednesday from health experts, some of whom urged Congress to pass a new law keeping daylight saving time in effect permanently. The biannual shifting …
Read More »James Inhofe, GOP Oklahoma senator, to retire at end of year
Republican Senator James Inhofe, a Republican from Oklahoma, announced Monday he’ll retire from the Senate at the end of this year. The 87-year old Inhofe has served in the Senate since 1995 and won re-election overwhelmingly in 2020 in the red state, pledging to serve one final term. But he …
Read More »Intel arm of DHS defends office amid GOP senator’s criticism
The Department of Homeland Security’s intelligence arm hit back at Senator Marsha Blackburn’s allegations this week, after she accused DHS of trying to police Americans’ speech and thoughts. “As members of the Intelligence Community, we continue to maintain a special public trust to execute our mission with honor and integrity,” …
Read More »Kayleigh McEnany appears before House January 6 select committee
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany appeared Wednesday before the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The panel’s chairman, Representative Bennie Thompson, told CBS News on Wednesday afternoon the appearance was virtual and had “been going on all day.” McEnany was serving as …
Read More »House and Senate vote to raise debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion
The House and the Senate both voted to raise the debt limit, helping avert a first-time default by the U.S. as the clock ticks down on the government’s ability to pay its bills. This comes after months of fighting between Democrats and Republicans over raising the debt limit and spending …
Read More »Biden’s Supreme Court commission votes to submit report on reforms
Washington — President Biden’s commission on the Supreme Court unanimously voted Tuesday to send its report examining reforms to the high court to his desk, concluding nearly seven months of work that was set against the backdrop of pressure from progressives to expand the number of seats on the court. …
Read More »Defense secretary denies request to exempt Oklahoma National Guard from vaccine requirement
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday denied a request by the Oklahoma governor to exempt members of the state’s National Guard from the Defense Department’s vaccine mandate. Austin told Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt that all members of the Defense Department’s service branches must comply with the vaccine order or jeopardize …
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