Julia Shapero

Several senators from western states said at a hearing on the federal wildfire response Thursday that the heavy smoke blanketing much of the East Coast this week is bringing attention to what is a common problem in the West. “I think America is waking up, at least on the East Coast, to this problem,” Sen....

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) pressed pause on Wednesday night on his push to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress, after the bureau agreed to grant all committee members access to a document containing an unverified tip about potential wrongdoing by President Biden. The House Oversight committee was previously set to...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) on Wednesday called for LGBTQ information to be included in federally funded surveys, with a particular focus on mental health issues. “I think it’s so important that people are counted,” Baldwin, the first openly LBGTQ person to serve in the U.S. Senate, said at Politico’s Health Summit. Baldwin noted that surveys...

Apple will stop autocorrecting swear words, including the expletive that has often been replaced with ‘ducking’ much to the frustration of users, with new machine learning technology. “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering,...

Former George W. Bush aide Karl Rove suggested on Saturday that voters can learn a lot about candidates by “how they trade blows,” as the feud between former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis heats up ahead of the 2024 GOP primary. “We learn a lot about the candidates by how we see how they trade...

A New Hampshire man was charged on Friday for threatening to kill a U.S. senator, according to federal prosecutors. Brian Landry, 66, was charged with threatening to assault, kidnap or murder a U.S. official, after he allegedly left a threatening voicemail with the senator’s district field office on May 17, according to the U.S. attorney's office...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) signed a bill on Friday banning the manufacture and sale of “ghost guns,” — unserialized firearms that are privately made or put together through gun kits that are generally hard to trace. The new law, which the governor signed on National Gun Violence Awareness Day, also establishes a process for...

President Biden offered his condolences on Saturday to those affected by a deadly train crash in eastern India. “Jill and I are heartbroken by the tragic news of the deadly train crash in India,” he said in a statement. “Our prayers go out to those who have lost loved ones and the many who suffered...

First lady Jill Biden celebrated her birthday among the pyramids in Egypt on Saturday, part of a six-day trip to the Middle East and North Africa. “What a great way to start the day, I was fortunate to visit the magnificent pyramids of Giza,” Biden tweeted. The first lady, who turned 72 on Saturday, flew to...

Several Republican presidential hopefuls slammed former President Trump for his comments praising North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Saturday, after the country received a seat on the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board. Former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis all criticized...