President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to increase funding to the Crime Victims Fund, which supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. In a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Biden signed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of …

Amid a nationwide rise in infections and hospitalizations from the surging delta variant of COVID-19, just three states with lower vaccination rates — Florida, Texas, and Missouri — accounted for 40 percent of all cases. One in five cases occurred in Florida alone. An analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows …

Senator Tammy Duckworth and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley introduced legislation to raise awareness about pregnancy loss and establish new paid leave benefits for workers experiencing painful challenges while seeking to grow their families. The Support Through Loss Act would support those experiencing the loss of a pregnancy or other challenges starting …

A former aide of Donald Trump says the former president did actually pay actors to appear in his 2016 presidential campaign announcement. Trump’s 2016 campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, previously denied that people were paid to be featured as supporters in Trump’s 2016 campaign launch. But now, he’s reportedly walking back his …

Exactly one year after the death of revered statesman and civil rights icon Representative John Lewis, the US Navy christened a ship in his honor in San Diego Saturday morning. The champagne bottle was shaken and popped as Oscar-nominated actress Alfre Woodard christened the US Navy’s newest fleet oiler, John …

According to a press release by the United States Department of Justice, Chicago banker Stephen Calk was found guilty on all counts last week in a federal bribery case. Prosecutors said he tried to trade $16 million in loans given to 2016 Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort in exchange for …

House Republicans have introduced legislation to ban federal coronavirus mask mandates on public transportation, arguing it is time to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Rep. Andy Biggs, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, shared his laws first with Fox News. It serves as the House companion bill to Sen. Rand Paul’s mask …

Texas civil rights Lee Merritt announced last week that he’s running against incumbent Republican Ken Paxton for Texas attorney general. I’m Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney and community organizer. I’m running against Ken Paxton to be the next Attorney General of Texas. Are you ready to bring justice to …

An annual report released by the National Urban League has found that racial issues in the United States have grown worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report released on Thursday, titled “State of Black America,” found that high rates of unemployment, lower incomes, and lower net worth left Black …

President Joe Biden said Friday that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is “killing people,” and the White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poli Alert (@polialertcom) “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among …

The U.S. is weighing intervention in the Cuban government’s ongoing crackdown on widespread protests, President Joe Biden said Thursday, amid widespread shortages of food and medicine and attempts by Cuba to limit dissenters’ ability to communicate with one another. “They’ve cut off access to the internet,” Biden said at the …

With a month left until the August 15 deadline, more than two million people have signed up for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act(ACA) during the Biden Administration’s 2021 Special Enrollment Period, according to new enrollment reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The special enrollment period began …

A Judge in Maryland ruled this week that enhanced federal unemployment benefits can continue until September. A judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the state to ensure those qualifying for unemployment to keep getting enhanced federal benefits. Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan and labor official wanted to opt-out of the …

Norwegian Cruise Line is reportedly suing Florida for banning Covid certificates, or “vaccine passports”, in what it has called “an impossible dilemma” if cruises are to return. The company, in a complaint filed in the US district court of Miami, is asking for Florida’s ban on Covid certifications to be invalidated …

A federal judge has issued a decision Friday that blocks new DACA applications, after Texas and several other states filed a lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states in his ruling, agreeing that then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his …