Tag: Political organizations
Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties...
Democrats seizing growing power to run for statewide offices
ATLANTA — For more than a decade, Georgia Democrats struggled to lure highly qualified, big-name candidates to run for statewide office. With Republicans firmly...
Sales pitch summer? Dems aim to showcase virus relief effort
MAIDENS, Va. — When Sherry Brockenbrough and her family opened a distillery on a leafy vista overlooking the James River on March 5, 2020,...
For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pursuing “multiple paths forward” as he looks to muscle his big infrastructure package through Congress — dialing...
Homicides are up, but GOP misleads with claims about blame
WASHINGTON — “SKYROCKETING MURDER RATES,” claimed the National Fraternal Order of Police. “An explosion of violent crime," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “Democrat-run...
Jewish House Democrats, Rep. Omar tangle anew over Israel
WASHINGTON — A group of Jewish House Democrats have accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban...
Committee weighs GOP lawmaker role in Oregon Capitol breach
SALEM, Ore. — A half-year after a Republican legislator let violent, far-right protesters into the Oregon State Capitol, a special committee will examine his...
Leak of billionaires’ tax data draws GOP outcry over privacy
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are alarmed by the leak of confidential IRS data to the investigative news organization ProPublica, enabling it to reveal...
EXPLAINER: The differences between Democrats’ 2 voting bills
DENVER — The Democratic Party's hopes of passing a massive overhaul of elections may have suffered a fatal blow when West Virginia Sen....
Early states’ GOP opposes Nevada as 1st presidential primary
LAS VEGAS — Republicans in the four early presidential nominating states on Tuesday jointly opposed a Democratic push in Nevada to make the Western...