The House debates a Continuing Resolution to fund the government through February 18. The deadline for averting a government shutdown is Friday at midnight. The measure later passed 221-212.…
Senator Mitt Romney speaks on the floor in support of a vote on the Uighur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which would prevent Chinese goods made with forced labor from entering the U.S. The me…
Following a speech outlining his strategy for fighting COVID-19 over the winter months, President Biden responds to a question about whether there will be a government shutdown this weekend.…
Connecticut Democratic Senator Christopher Murphy calls out Republicans for not helping to pass gun safety measures that he says have the support of the majority of Americans and says they s…
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirms another Omicron case in Minnesota. The individual was fully vaccinated and had recently traveled to a conference in New York City. She says the…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will take up and vote on the temporary government funding bill later today and send it over to the Senate. The measure funds the government until February…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announces he has reached a deal with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on a temporary CR that will fund the government through mid-February. He sa…
At a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Stockholm, Sweden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken renews the U.S. commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine and warns …
Dr. Anthony Fauci tells reporters that the CDC has confirmed the first COVID-19 infection caused by the new Omicron variant in California. The individual, who traveled from South Africa on N…
Justice Brett Kavanaugh questions Julie Rikelman, the senior director of the Center for Reproductive Rights about past cases where the Court has overcome stare decisis and overturned precede…
Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) plays a voicemail, which she received following recent comments by Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) that she was part of the "Jihad Squad." She also crit…
President Biden speaks about the deadly shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan. Three students were fatally wounded and at least six others injured in the shooting. The gunman, believed …
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says the "government will not default" on its debt and that he and Majority Leader Schumer have been having "useful discussions" on raising the debt …
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says supply-chain problems have been behind the uptick in prices and that he expects inflation to "linger well into next year." However, he says that as t…
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sharply criticizes Republicans for blocking consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) over claims that they were being denied an opp…
In a speech in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, President Biden tells the American people that the newly detected Omicron variant of the cornonavirus "is a cause for concern, not a cau…
Wanda Cooper-Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, reacts to the conviction of three men for the murder of her son. "I never thought this day would come--but God is good," she says, adding tha…
Travis McMichael, his father Greg, and William "Roddie" Bryan are found guilty in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery.
Keir Starmer, the leader of the British Labour Party, criticizes Prime Minister Boris Johnson for failing to deliver on a number of campaign promises, including on health care and transporta…
As Americans hit the road for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, President Biden announces a number of steps his administration is taking to help ease high gas prices, including tapping the S…
