Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks about the events on January 6, referring to it as a "dark day in the history of the United States Capitol." He goes on to say, "there are those in our…
Rep. Good (R-VA) questions Education Secretary Cardona about the 1619 project and if he agrees with the premise that the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery. He also questions S…
President Biden announces that he has reached a deal on infrastructure legislation with a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). The pres…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers a statement announcing the creation of a select committee to investigate the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. She declines to put a timeframe on the …
House Oversight Committee Chair and Carolyn Maloney and Ranking Member James Comer clash at a hearing on paid family and medical leave for federal workers.
Attorney General Merrick Garland outlines the administration's gun crime prevention strategy. The initiative includes a zero tolerance policy for federally licensed firearms dealers who brea…
FBI Director Christopher Wray says the Bureau was aware that large groups of people would be traveling to Washington, D.C. on January 6 to protest the election and that there were some conce…
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the president's budget, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley defends the military's efforts to address racism and extremism and …
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin pushes back against claims that the Pentagon teaches or embraces critical race theory, calling questioning about the matter from Florida Republican Matt Gaetz …
President Biden delivers the eulogy at the funeral service of his former Senate colleague, John Warner, who died in May at the age of 94. President Biden says Senator Warner was part of the …
Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock delivers floor remarks during the debate on S.1., the For the People Act, calling on senators to advance consideration of the bill. "History is wat…
Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski takes to the Senate floor to speak in opposition to S.1. the For the People Act, but says she supports some elements of the bill such as absentee and…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer tells reporters that he has reached an agreement with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) to take up his proposed revised changes to voting rights legislation as …
Dr. Anthony Fauci says the Delta variant now makes up 20.6 percent of COVID-19 infections in the U.S. He says the more transmissible and deadlier variant is doubling every two weeks and will…
The White is not expected to reach President Biden's goal he set on May 4 of vaccinating 70 percent of adults by July 4. However, White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeff Zients s…
During a hearing on crack cocaine sentencing, Senator Richard Durbin, in an exchange with the acting director of National Drug Control Policy, uses two bags of flour to illustrate the ratio …
Speaking on the Senate floor ahead of a test procedural vote on S.1., an elections and voting rights bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) accuses Democrats of trying "to rig t…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in floor remarks ahead of a test vote on elections and voting rights legislation Tuesday, calls out voter suppression efforts by state legislatures aroun…
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says President Biden pushed human rights, including LGBTQ rights with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their summit meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. M…
President Biden announces that 300 million COVID-19 vaccines have now been administered in the first 150 days of his administration.
