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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg arrives to attend an event on the global supply chain bottlenecks during in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) DCEV407 DCEV407

October 15, 2021 at 2:50 pm

Republicans fault Buttigieg for time off with newborns. Democrats say he’s showing the need for paid parental leave.

The transportation secretary took some time off after he and his husband welcomed a baby boy and girl into their family in August. Democrats, calling...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) arrives for a vote at the Capitol.

October 13, 2021 at 5:53 pm

Graham says tens of thousands of Brazilian immigrants ‘wearing designer clothes and Gucci bags’ are headed for Connecticut

Sen. Lindsey Graham, an outspoken critic of President Joe Biden's immigration policies, said affluent Brazilians were illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and heading to Connecticut...

North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021, in Raleigh, N.C. Robinson is facing calls to resign from elected officials and LGBTQ advocacy groups over comments he made in June in which he criticized teachings in K-12 public schools and likened peoples’ sexual orientation to â€œfilth.â€ (AP Photo/Bryan Anderson, file) NYPS207 NYPS207

October 12, 2021 at 10:34 am

North Carolina’s GOP lieutenant governor rejects Democratic calls to resign after he called LGBTQ community ‘filth’

North Carolina's Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is rejecting Democratic demands for him to resign and dismissing criticism after he was shown in a video...

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talks to reporters as lawmakers rush to the chamber for a confirmation vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA120

October 6, 2021 at 7:37 pm

Sen. Grassley congratulates a Korean American judge on her work ethic. Some Asian Americans say that echoes divisive stereotypes

Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, congratulated a Korean American judicial nominee for the "hard work ethic" of...

August 24, 2021 at 5:12 pm

House passes bill to strengthen Voting Rights Act in face of new restrictions in GOP-led states

The House passed legislation Tuesday that supporters said would restore key parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court struck down in...

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FILE – This Nov. 18, 2016 file photo shows Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., in the Civil Rights Room in the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tenn. Lewis is the subject of a documentary, â€œJohn Lewis: Get in the Way,â€ airing on PBS on Friday. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File) NYET306

August 17, 2021 at 2:14 pm

House Democrats introduce bill named for John Lewis that would restore voting rights

House Democrats introduced a voting-rights bill Tuesday on the site where the future Congressman John Lewis was brutally assaulted in 1965 as he and others...

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during the 17th annual Floyd County GOP Rally at the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021 in Rome, Ga. (Troy Stolt/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP) TNCHA105 TNCHA105

August 10, 2021 at 9:08 am

Marjorie Taylor Greene suspended from Twitter for a week over misleading comments on coronavirus vaccines

Georgia U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended from Twitter (again) because of a post containing coronavirus misinformation. Twitter flagged Greene's comment with a disclaimer...

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August 4, 2021 at 1:50 pm

Alabama congressman seeks immunity from suit accusing him of inciting Jan. 6 insurrection

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., wants to be excused from a suit that says he helped incite the Jan. 6 invasion of the Capitol because,...

July 20, 2021 at 11:54 am

White House, Pelosi staff members test positive for coronavirus

The Pelosi staffer had contact with Texas lawmakers who are in Washington to prevent passage of a voting bill. Six members of that delegation have...

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Oct. 10, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) 14306285W 14306285W

May 5, 2021 at 4:30 pm

Trump, Republicans express outrage over extension of Facebook ban

Former President Trump and other Republicans expressed outrage over the Facebook Oversight Board's decision to extend Trump's ban from the social media platform — and...