Sen. Joe Manchin, the moderate West Virginia Democrat whose vote the party will almost surely need to pass laws this year, signaled Sunday that he may be open to reforming the filibuster, a procedural rule that requires 60 votes for many measures, effectively dooming most legislation.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing the sprawling apparatus of the federal government to promote voting rights on Sunday, the 56th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama.

Amanda Gorman quickly became a household name after her rousing performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration in January 2021. She recited her spoken word poem, "The Hill We Climb," and completely stole the spotlight. According to CBS News, Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet at age 22.

Chuck Schumer’s job as Senate majority leader is harder than Mitch McConnell’s ever was. He leads a smaller majority than the Kentucky Republican, and one with wildly different ideologies — from Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.).

The concessions to secure final votes were dispiriting and, at times, infuriating.The “vote-a-rama” that kept senators in the chamber overnight, repeatedly voting down Republican messaging amendments, was just dumb.

The Senate has passed President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, with $1,400 direct payments to many Americans, a $300 weekly unemployment benefit until September and hundreds of billions of dollars for state and local governments, reopening schools and a national vaccination program.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate worked through the night and past sunrise Saturday on Democrats’ showpiece $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill after a deal between leaders and moderate Sen. Joe Manchin on emergency jobless benefits broke a logjam that had stalled the package.

Democrats have conceded to Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-W.V) demands on enhanced unemployment insurance, agreeing to smaller benefits for unemployed Americans after a nine-hour stalemate on the Senate floor.Manchin, a key swing vote, abruptly halted the passage of the $1.9 trillion proposal Friday, throwing Democrats into chaos by threatening to vote for a Republican amendment on the bill that would ...

Mrs. Obama describes the emotions she felt on inauguration day.

In the months since President Joe Biden officially assumed office, much has been said about his attempts to unite both the Democratic and Republican parties, for better or for worse. While twice-impeached ex-President Donald Trump did his best during his first (and possibly only) term to institute an ever-widening chasm between the GOP and the Dems, Biden's lack of an automatic fix has been a ...

Meghan McCain complained on “The View” on Friday that pointed criticism from President Joe Biden is leading to more tribalism and making Republicans think “we’re just deplorable Neanderthals.”Biden on Wednesday criticized some GOP governors’ decisions to end mask mandates as “Neanderthal thinking” that would set the nation back in its battle against COVID-19. The comment struck a nerve with ...

Joe Biden plans to hold a full press conference by the end of the month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters in response to questions of why he hasn’t held such an event yet.“We look forward to holding a full press conference in the coming weeks, before the end of the month, and we are working on setting a final date for that, and as soon as we do, we will let you all know,” ...

ReporterChance the Rapper contemplates an internal struggle in the video for his new song “The Heart & the Tongue,” his first new music of 2021“My heart and tongue are fightin’/My mind is undecided/It’s not like Trump and Biden/It’s more like it’s something private/Like when yo cousins fighting/One of ’em get excited/You can’t just jump the gun and pick a side and jump inside it,” Chance raps on ...

In a last-ditch effort to get every single Democrat behind the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, Democrats on Friday made a change to jobless benefits in order to win over moderate senators. But the change has ground the bill to a halt unexpectedly due to concerns from a key moderate Democrat.

There are certain directors who could easily be a character in one of their own movies. Joe Carnahan is one of those filmmakers. He’s got an energy and personality that would feel right at home in his more fast-talking, adrenaline-fueled movies. Of course, Carnahan starred in his first movie, Blood, Guts, Bullets and Octane, and appeared in his bombastic popcorn movie The A-Team, as well as his ...

Netflix has ordered Shadecraft, a forthcoming comic book series created by Lucifer showrunner Joe Henderson and artist Lee Garbett. THR reports the comic book is created in connection with Image comics –– the home of another recent Netflix pick-up, Locke & Key, which is scheduled to release Season 2 very soon. Henderson has signed on to co-write the pilot alongside Georgia Lee, whose credits ...

The general consensus among Twitter users appears to be that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) spectacularly missed the mark with his attempted wisecrack about President Joe Biden and Neanderthals.Biden sparked faux outrage among conservatives on Wednesday when he described as “Neanderthal thinking” the decision to lift mask mandates ― amid the coronavirus pandemic ― in states such as Texas and ...

Jimmy Kimmel was left in disbelief by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), who wasn’t very happy with some of the language he heard from President Joe Biden.Abbott this week ended his state’s mask mandate and eased many of the other coronavirus restrictions.

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Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch believes the ratings hit that Fox News took after the November election is turning around and will continue to over the next four years while they play the role of the “loyal opposition” during Joe Biden’s presidency.