Biden’s battle to secure backing of anti-Trump Republicans

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Pieper-Hillside Boys & Girls Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 13, 2024. Sara Stathas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Allies of President Joe Biden are ramping up a charm offensive aimed at getting high-profile Republicans and donors who won’t support Donald Trump to back the Democratic president.  But … Read more

U.S. spy chief ‘cannot rule out’ that China would use TikTok to influence U.S. elections

China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence committee hearing on Tuesday. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images China could use social media app TikTok to influence the 2024 U.S. elections, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a House of Representatives intelligence … Read more

Hike tariffs on Chinese EVs, Senate Democrats urge Biden administration

Three Senate Democrats from auto manufacturing states on Thursday urged the Biden administration to hike import tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles to address national security risks, the latest push by lawmakers to protect the U.S. auto sector. Nathan Howard | Getty Images Three Senate Democrats from auto manufacturing states on Thursday urged the Biden administration … Read more

Dean Phillips drops out of 2024 presidential race

Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed President Joe Biden. “Americans were demanding an alternative, and democracy demands options. But it is clear that alternative is not me,” Phillips wrote on social media platform X on Wednesday. “And it is clear that Joe Biden is OUR candidate and OUR … Read more

U.S. funding bill blocks China from buying oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve

A measure in the U.S. funding legislation unveiled by congressional leaders on Sunday would block China from buying oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, or SPR. The desire for a hard line on China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the deeply divided U.S. Congress, and lawmakers have introduced dozens of bills … Read more

Dems tout New York special election win as a blueprint to beat Trump, GOP

Democratic U.S. House candidate Tom Suozzi celebrates his victory in the special election to replace Republican Rep. George Santos on February 13, 2024 in Woodbury, New York.  Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Democrats aren’t just breathing a sigh of relief after flipping a red seat blue in New York’s special election — they’re taking notes. … Read more

Instagram ‘warning screens’ for illegal content are target of Senate demands for details

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, left, speaks with Chairman Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, as Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill, March 23, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images … Read more

Biden impeachment inquiry vote planned for next week, House GOP says

US House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks during a news conference following the House Republican caucus meeting at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 29, 2023. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images House Republican leaders expect to vote next week to formalize their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, they said Tuesday. … Read more

New York Democrats screen potential Santos replacements

U.S. Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., walks to a series of votes including a vote to expel him from the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1, 2023. Leah Millis | Reuters Democratic Party officials in New York held a meeting Friday evening with at least three potential candidates to replace former … Read more