This week the Biden administration resisted calling help for Silicon Valley Bank a bailout as it looks to also ban the Chinese-owned app TikTok.
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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall, spokesman says
The Kentucky Republican, 81, “tripped at a local hotel during a private dinner,” Mitch McConnell’s spokesman, David Popp, told USA TODAY.
The number of Black state-level House speakers just hit a record. Here’s why that matters.
After midterm elections a record number of Black statehouse speakers are ‘changing the face of leadership’ for the Democratic Party, officials say.
Democrat Jennifer McClellan wins special election; first Black woman from Virginia in Congress
Democrat Jennifer McClellan broke a barrier against a pro-Trump Republican as Virginia’s first Black women in Congress.
Former Mexican cabinet member convicted in U.S. for taking drug cartel bribes
García Luna, who led Mexico’s federal police, was convicted of receiving millions in cash to help some of the most violent drug cartels.
Warnock win gives Democrats 51-seat Senate majority in 2022 midterms overtime battle
Georgia voters give Joe Biden and Democrats a critical 51-seat edge in the Senate, which will no longer require a tie break vote to confirm judges.
Obama paints GOP as party of ‘Looney Tunes’ as he campaigns for Warnock ahead of Georgia runoff
The former president returned to Georgia boosting Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock ahead of the rematch against Republican Herschel Walke on Dec. 6.
Takeaways: In sole Ga. Senate debate, Walker and Warnock spar on everything from policy to personal issues
In Georgia’s toss-up Senate contest, Herschel Walker and Raphael Warnock traded jabs over various issues in a debate that at times got personal.
Miss Day 9 of the Jan. 6 hearings? Trump subpoenaed, Secret Service warnings revealed
The panel’s ninth hearing included footage of Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi asking for help as rioters breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Takeaways: North Carolina Senate candidates joust on abortion, marijuana and 2024
Democrat Cheri Beasley and Republican Ted Budd’s debate comes as their race could determine who controls the Senate after the 2022 midterm elections.