U.S. Senate Republicans push for Mayorkas impeachment trial
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 8, 2024. John Moore/Getty Images WASHINGTON — More than 40 U.S. Senate Republicans lobbied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.…
Georgia child welfare agency defensive after Ossoff Senate panel reports neglect and exploitation
Sen. Jon Ossoff holds a press conference in Atlanta about children missing from Georgia DFCS care Oct. 27, 2023. Ossoff’s Senate subcommittee released its full findings into deficiencies at DFCS Tuesday. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder The Georgia Division of Family and Children Services consistently fails to protect children from abuse, and mismanagement at the division is…
Republican National Committee courts election conspiracy theorists to help watch polls
The director of the Republican National Committee’s department for “election integrity” spoke at an online meeting hosted by two Florida activists who are close allies of the pillow entrepreneur and leading election-conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, pictured above. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images As the Republican National Committee ramps up plans to monitor the polls for illegal voting…
Republicans return to D.C. amid dwindling majority, suspense over House speaker post
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Rome, Georgia speaks to reporters outside of the U.S. Capitol Building after a vote on a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown on March 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Greene spoke to reporters about introducing a motion to vacate U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of…
The IRS is testing a free method to directly file taxes. But not everyone is thrilled.
The IRS estimates that 19 million taxpayers are eligible to use a new Direct File program in advance of the April 15 tax filing deadline. Phillip Rubino/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Many U.S. taxpayers in a dozen states for the first time can electronically file their federal returns directly to the Internal Revenue Service for free…
In Maryland appearance, Biden pledges federal support to rebuild collapsed bridge
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Maryland Transportation Authority Police Headquarters, near the site of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge, on April 05, 2024, in Baltimore, Maryland. The bridge collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot cargo ship Dali at 1:30 AM on March 26. President Biden traveled to Baltimore for an aerial…