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Tweet Whither Joe Manchin? Apparently the slipperiness of his earlier comments has forced Manchin to speak more plainly about the filibuster. Late yesterday, Manchin wrote a Washington Post op-ed that declared he would not support any changes to the filibuster, arguing that every change made to it over the last decade has only made matters worse: It’s no accident that a state as small as West Virginia has the same number of senators as California or Texas. It goes to the heart of what representative government is all about. The Founding Fathers understood that the challenges facing a rur...

Biden speaks about his plan to tackle Covid-19: "Help is on the way" From CNN's Betsy Klein and Veronica Stracqualursi President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 21. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images President Biden unveiled his national strategy on Covid-19 to tackle the coronavirus pandemic during remarks today at the White House. Biden said his strategy was created in response to address the past administration's failure to act with "the urgency and focus and coordination we needed."  "Things are going t...

Alleged Capitol rioter from Florida came back to DC to attend inauguration From CNN's Katelyn Polantz Samuel Camargo from Facebook An alleged Capitol rioter from Florida knew he was wanted from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection and returned to Washington, DC, to attend the inauguration on Wednesday, the Justice Department said in a new court filing. Prosecutors in Washington say that when law enforcement tried to arrest Samuel Camargo at his home in Florida on Tuesday, he had left. Investigators then found him in DC on Wednesday and arrested him there — the same day as the presidential inaug...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is explicitly pointing his finger at President Donald Trump for helping to spur the attack on the Capitol by the president’s supporters.

Read more about McConnell holds Donald Trump's fate as impeachment heads to Senate on Business Standard. McConnell told Republican colleagues in a letter Wednesday he would block starting an impeachment trial before Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20 and control of the Senate shifts to Democrats