Natalia Contreras, Votebeat and The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday vetoed a bipartisan bill that would have expanded vote-by-mail access for people with disabilities — specifically people who are blind or paralyzed and need assistance marking their ballot. Advocates say Abbott’s veto of House Bill 3159 is a …
Read More »DeSantis Anti-Immigrant Law Sparks Mass Worker Exodus in Florida
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams A new Florida law cracking down on undocumented immigrants, signed last month by far-right Gov. Ron DeSantis and set to take effect on July 1, has pushed thousands of workers to flee the state. Now even some capitalists who otherwise support DeSantis and the state’s GOP-controlled …
Read More »Blue State Governors Are Pushing Congress On Child Care As Federal Subsidies Dry Up
Grace Panetta Originally published by The 19th Democratic governors are pushing Congress to make significant investments in child care as the last pandemic-era federal child care subsidies are set to lapse this fall, pushing providers and parents into uncertain territory. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper of North Carolina led a June …
Read More »Damaged Portion Of I95 Will Reopen By The Weekend, Pa. Gov. Shapiro Says
Samuel O’Neal, Pennsylvania Capital-Star A damaged stretch of Interstate 95 in Northeast Philadelphia will be reopened by the weekend, Gov. Josh Shapiro vowed Tuesday. “Based on the tremendous progress we have made over the last 72 hours and the time it takes the remaining steps, I can confidently state right …
Read More »Hunter Biden Reaches Tentative Plea Deal on Tax, Gun Charges
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged Hunter Biden with the illegal possession of a handgun in 2018 and failure to pay roughly $1.2 million in federal taxes in 2017 and 2018. However, President Joe Biden’s son has reached a tentative deal with federal prosecutors to avoid jail time, according …
Read More »Judge Sets Mid-August Date For Trump Trial In Classified Documents Case
Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent Former President Donald Trump is set to face a jury trial on federal charges of mishandling classified information, after the Miami judge overseeing the case signed an order Tuesday scheduling the trial to begin Aug. 14. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whom Trump appointed to …
Read More »China Says Washington and Beijing Must Reverse ‘Downward Spiral’ as Blinken Visits
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with leading Chinese officials, including President Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday in what was portrayed by both sides as an effort to ease increasingly dangerous tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers. Blinken met with Xi for roughly 35 …
Read More »A Year After Dobbs: Congress Takes A Back Seat On Federal Abortion Policy
Jennifer Shutt, New Jersey Monitor One year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, the courts rather than a divided Congress are leading the way on decisions on reproductive rights that would affect the entire nation. Congress has not enacted federal legislation to either preserve …
Read More »In ‘Unprecedented Show of Solidarity,’ Major Labor Unions Endorse Biden for 2024
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams On the eve of a Philadelphia rally hosted by labor leaders, the AFL-CIO and 17 unions on Friday endorsed Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for reelection in 2024. During the 2020 campaign and since taking office, Biden has pledged “to be …
Read More »Senate Dems Revive Bill to Fix Nation’s ‘Broken’ US Childcare System
Brett Wilkins, Common Dreams Stressing “the need to rebuild a stronger, more robust, and more equitable childcare system,” progressive U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Elizabeth Warren on Thursday reintroduced a bill to improve access to quality, affordable childcare—one of multiple childcare bills unveiled in Congress in recent days. The Building …
Read More »Here Are The Top Allegations That Led To Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Impeachment
James Barragán, The Texas Tribune On a late-September Wednesday in 2020, several of Attorney General Ken Paxton’s highest-ranking deputies walked into the FBI’s Austin office to make an explosive accusation: Their boss, one of the state’s most influential Republicans, appeared to be dirty. Paxton, they said, had personally directed his …
Read More »Justice Department Finds Civil Rights Violations by the Minneapolis Police Department and the City of Minneapolis
The Justice Department on Friday announced that the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) and the City of Minneapolis (City) engage in a pattern or practice of conduct in violation of the U.S. Constitution and federal law. Specifically, the Justice Department finds that the MPD: Uses excessive force, including unjustified deadly force …
Read More »Swelling Crowd Of Top Military Nominees Blocked From Senate Vote By Sen. Tuberville
Ashley Murray, Arizona Mirror Despite top U.S. military retirements beginning in less than a month, Sen. Tommy Tuberville refuses to budge on his blockade of hundreds of armed services promotions in protest of the Pentagon’s reproductive care policy instituted after the reversal of Roe v. Wade. The first-term Alabama Republican …
Read More »Tougher Ethics Rules For U.S. Supreme Court Justices Advocated In Senate Hearing
Ashley Murray, Florida Phoenix Senate Democrats for the third time this year made their case that U.S. Supreme Court justices must follow stronger ethics rules, including recusing themselves from cases where they have a financial stake or other connection to a case. The series of hearings by the Senate Committee …
Read More »Biden Pushes End To ‘Junk Fees’
President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that several ticketing and travel companies in the United States are taking steps to eliminate hidden fees for buyers. This move is part of Biden’s plan to ban additional charges, known as “junk fees,” that are often added to travel, ticket, and banking transactions. …
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