Apr 16 WATCH: Pentagon holds briefing after Austin has first talk with Chinese counterpart since 2022 By News Desk and Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with China's national defense minister Tuesday morning, in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific. Continue reading
Apr 16 Despite Republican objections, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on aid for Ukraine, Israel and other allies By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The approach will require the speaker to cobble together bipartisan majorities with different factions of House Republicans and Democrats on each measure. Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: Biden announces tax plan at campaign event in Scranton, PA By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Biden is looking to gain ground in a key swing state while his opponent spends much of the week in a New York City courtroom for his first criminal trial. Continue reading
Apr 16 Biden administration announces strategy to combat future pandemics with 50 country partnership By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press The Global Health Security Strategy, the president said, aims to protect people worldwide and "will make the United States stronger, safer, and healthier than ever before at this critical moment.”… Continue reading
Apr 16 WATCH: House of Representatives delivers Mayorkas articles of impeachment to the Senate By Mary Clare Jalonick, Stephen Groves, Associated Press The House sent two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing a trial on allegations that he has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce immigration laws. Continue reading
Apr 16 Only 1 in 3 Americans think Trump acted Illegally in hush money case, AP-NORC poll shows By Thomas Beaumont, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press While a New York jury will decide whether to convict Trump of felony charges, public opinion of the trial proceedings could hurt him politically. Continue reading
Apr 16 LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Jan. 6 obstruction charges By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday over the charge of obstruction of an official proceeding that has been brought against 330 people, according to the Justice Department. Continue reading
Apr 16 Biden’s new student debt relief plan moves forward as a proposed regulation By Collin Binkley, Associated Press The proposal was hashed out over the course of several hearings as part of a federal rules process that gathers advice from outside experts. Continue reading
Apr 16 How the Mayorkas impeachment process could be cut short By Lisa Desjardins House Republicans are expected to deliver the articles Tuesday, jump-starting impeachment proceedings that will bring unprecedented questions of process to the Senate. Continue reading
Apr 16 More potential jurors dismissed as second day of Trump’s hush money trial continues By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Jake Offenhartz, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged effort to keep salacious — and, he says, bogus — stories about his sex life from emerging during his 2016 campaign. Continue reading