Massachusetts Republican Governor Charlie Baker, is telling allies he will not seek a third term in 2022, according to people with knowledge of the conversations.
CNN suspended host Chris Cuomo indefinitely, after the NY attorney general’s office released documents that showed the journalist was more deeply involved than previously known in helping his brother, former Gov Andrew Cuomo, respond to allegations of sexual harassment.
Former President Trump gave a statement on his blog about Chris Cuomo suspention by CNN
Surgeon and television personality Dr. Mehmet Oz (Dr. Oz) says he’s running as a Republican for a US Senate seat in Pennsylvania
President Biden has chosen to keep Jerome Powell in place for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman - a move that's likely to reassure financial markets, despite opposition from some progressive members of the president's own party.
Biden also nominated Fed governor Lael Brainard to serve as Vice Chair. Brainard had been seen as a leading contender to replace Powell.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday defended the Biden administration’s handling of unaccompanied migrant children at the border against growing criticism, saying he hopes to give families separated under President Donald Trump the option to reunite in the U.S. while blaming the prior administration for having “gutted” the immigration system.
The Trump administration also took on a policy called “zero-tolerance” which resulted in the separation of thousands of migrant parents from their children. Hundreds remain separated to date and — among his first actions on immigration — Biden created a task force chaired by Mayorkas to reunite the separated families.
Sen. Mitt Romney was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital for “a lot of stitches” on his eyebrow and eyelid after a fall over the weekend, he told reporters Monday.
“I’m doing better,” the Utah Republican said on Capitol Hill, telling reporters he “took a fall” while visiting his grandchildren in Boston. He wasn’t kept in the hospital overnight.
Romney wouldn’t say what he was doing when he fell, but he joked about the Conservative Political Action Conference, where former President Donald Trump had singled him out — despite his absence — to criticize him. “Oh my goodness. I went to CPAC. That was a problem,” the senator said.
