The Department of Homeland Security announced Monday that it is proposing a rule that would “preserve and fortify” the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. DACA, which was created in 2012 through executive action by then-President Barack Obama, has allowed about 600,000 immigrants, most of whom were brought to …
Read More »US Clears Encampment Of Haitian Migrants In Del Rio, Texas
There are no more migrants crowded under the Del Rio bridge in South Texas, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Friday, days after viral images of Border Patrol agents using reins against Haitian migrants drew widespread condemnation. “As of this morning, there are no longer any migrants in the camp …
Read More »Arizona GOP ‘Audit’ Shows Wider Biden Victory In 2020
A widely criticized, GOP-led “audit” of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona, concluded that Joe Biden received more votes for president than Donald Trump. In fact, according to the review, Biden exceeded the county’s tally by 99 votes, while Trump received 261 fewer votes in a hand recount compared to …
Read More »Texas Bows To Trump; Announces 2020 Election Audit
Texas has announced it is conducting an audit of the 2020 general election in four counties. In a brief statement on Thursday, the office of the state’s Secretary of State said they had the authority to conduct “a full and comprehensive forensic audit of any election” and has begun doing …
Read More »Pelosi: ‘Must Pass’ Spending, Infrastructure And Funding Bill This Week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi outlined a “time of intensity” this week, saying her caucus “must pass” President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better Act, a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, and a bill to keep the government open as it will run out of money on Thursday, September 30. The …
Read More »Federal Officials Reimburse Florida School District After State Cuts Funds Over Mask Mandates
A Florida school district announced last week that it is the first school district in the nation to receive a federal grant to replace funding that was withheld over its mask mandate. The U.S. Department of Education gave Alachua County Public Schools nearly $148,000 through its Project Safe grant program, …
Read More »Judge Temporarily Blocks New York City Schools Vaccine Mandate
A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed New York City from implementing its vaccine mandate for public school employees. The temporary restraining order was granted by a judge on the federal government’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday night. The case will now go to a three-judge federal panel, …
Read More »CDC Authorizes COVID-19 Booster Shots For Millions Of Americans
Yesterday, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and also recommended a booster dose for those in high risk occupational and institutional settings. “I believe we can best serve the nation’s public …
Read More »House Select Committee On January 6 Subpoenas Trump Aides
The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol has issued its first subpoenas, demanding records and testimony from four of former President Donald Trump’s close advisers and associates, including those who were in contact with him before the attack or on the day of it. …
Read More »House Passes Legislation To Protect Abortion Rights
The House passed the Women’s Health Protection Act on Friday as part of the Democrats’ efforts to protect abortion rights established under the 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade. As a federal law, the bill would overrule and pre-empt restrictive abortion-related laws at the state level, such as Texas’ …
Read More »Lauren Boebert Used Campaign Funds For Rent And Expenses, FEC filings show
Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert paid rent and utility bills with campaign funds in violation of federal campaign finance laws, new filings with the Federal Election Commission show. The filings, submitted to the FEC on Tuesday, also indicate that Boebert reimbursed her campaign for the $6,650 worth of payments. Each …
Read More »Trump Is Suing The New York Times And His Niece, Mary Trump
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged in “an insidious plot” to obtain his tax returns for the paper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of his finances. The lawsuit says that New York Times …
Read More »House Approves $1 Billion For Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion to replenish the Iron Dome missile-defense system, following two days of contentious debate within the Democratic Party. The vote passed with an overwhelming 420-9 majority, with two Democrats, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hank Johnson, …
Read More »Senator Susan Collins Won’t Back Abortion Rights Bill
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she will not support Democrat’s Women’s Health Protection Act, an abortion rights bill “which would prohibit states from enacting restrictions on abortion through fetal viability,” according to the Los Angeles Times. It comes in response to a controversial Texas law banning abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which …
Read More »Michelle Obama’s ‘When We All Vote’ Kicks Off Week Of Action Ahead Of Midterms
Ahead of the midterms and in celebration of National Voter Registration Day, When We All Vote will host the National Voter Registration Week of Action to mobilize volunteers and current and future voters to head back to the ballot box this fall and in 2022. When We All Vote will kick things off with the, #BacktotheBallotBox …
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