Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance Republicans, hoping to flip control of Congress in the November elections, appear to have decided against campaigning on a unified abortion platform that would specify exactly what conservatives plan to do if given control of the U.S. House and Senate. Yet Republicans in Congress have written …
Read More »House Panel Advances Assault Weapons Ban On Party-Line Vote
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder The U.S. House Judiciary Committee last week passed legislation that would ban certain semi-automatic weapons, in a renewed push to ban the guns most commonly used in recent mass shootings. The party-line 25-18 vote followed recent mass shootings in which AR-15 style rifles were used — …
Read More »WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Public Health Emergency
The World Health Organization on Saturday formally classified monkeypox as a “public health emergency of international concern,” warning that the viral disease is spreading rapidly across the globe. The WHO’s decision came after a panel of advisers failed to reach a consensus position on whether monkeypox constitutes a global health …
Read More »Biden: ‘I’m feeling much better than I sound’ After COVID Diagnosis
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent President Joe Biden has begun using an albuterol inhaler intermittently to treat symptoms related to COVID-19, but is feeling well, according to White House officials and the president on Friday. “I’m feeling much better than I sound,” Biden said during a virtual meeting on gas prices …
Read More »Kamala Harris Wants To Be Seen — And Let Voters Know She Sees Them. Can It Work?
Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris is back on the road, something she’s been eager to do after spending the first part of her tenure largely in Washington. In the past week alone, Harris has traveled to the battleground states of Florida, Pennsylvania and North …
Read More »Steve Bannon Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A federal jury on Friday found Steve Bannon—who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist—guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. “The subpoena …
Read More »FCC Orders Phone Companies To Block Auto Warranty Robocalls
On Friday, the Federal Communications Commission‘s( FCC) Robocall Response Team announced that the Enforcement Bureau has ordered phone companies to stop carrying traffic regarding a known robocall scam marketing auto warranties. The agency mandated U.S. providers to stop carrying traffic originating from the Sumco Panama company and the two people …
Read More »Trump ‘chose not to act’ As U.S. Capitol Underwent Attack, Jan. 6 Panel Says
Jacob Fischler, Virginia Mercury Donald Trump ignored White House staff, family members and outside advisers who urged the president to call off the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, according to testimony before the U.S. House panel investigating the insurrection at its eighth and final hearing of …
Read More »Alabama Man Charged With Threatening To Kill President Biden
An Alabama man is facing criminal charges after he allegedly threatened to kill President Joe Biden. John Andrew Bazor, Jr., 37, is accused of calling the White House on July 10 and telling a switchboard operator, “I am coming to assassinate the president. I can’t wait to see your faces …
Read More »Nearly Every House Republican Votes Against Codifying Right to Contraception
With many lawmakers expressing disbelief that a law codifying the right to use birth control is needed in the U.S. in 2022, House Democrats passed the Right to Contraception Act on Thursday—joined by just eight Republicans as the party denied access to contraception is under attack. All 220 Democrats voted …
Read More »President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, the White House announced Thursday morning. Biden, 79, is fully vaccinated against the virus and has twice received booster doses, according to the statement. He is taking Paxlovid, an antiviral prescription medication that …
Read More »Appeals Court Allows Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban To Take Effect
A federal appeals court judge ruled Wednesday afternoon that Georgia’s heartbeat abortion law is allowed to take effect and vacated a stay in place, allowing the law to take effect immediately. The move comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Wednesday’s ruling said abortions after about …
Read More »Jan. 6 Panel To Detail Trump’s 187 Minutes Of Delay As Insurrection Grew
Jacob Fischler, Michigan Advance The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan.6 attack and Donald Trump’s role in it will focus in a Thursday evening hearing on the former president’s refusal for more than three hours to call off the rioters storming the U.S. Capitol, committee aides said Wednesday. The hearing …
Read More »U.S. Senate Bills Would Ban Fake Electors, Clear Up Electoral College Procedures
Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury A bipartisan group of U.S. senators released legislation Wednesday that aims to clarify the 1887 law that governs how Congress counts Electoral College votes following a presidential election. The legislation caps off months of negotiations between Republican and Democratic senators, who hope to remove the vagueness …
Read More »Judge J. Michelle Childs Is Confirmed To D.C. Appeals Court
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Judge J. Michelle Childs, who was on the short list to replace former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday to sit on Washington, D.C.’s prestigious federal appellate court. She will be one of two women of color …
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