Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress is on track to approve a staggering $468 billion in government spending this week, finishing part of the work it was supposed to complete by Oct. 1 — including a big boost intended to shore up the federal WIC nutrition program for women, infants and …
Read More »Democrats File ‘Right to Contraception Act’ In Louisiana
Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator In the face of Republican threats to reproductive health care, Democratic state lawmakers filed legislation Monday that would guarantee access to contraception in Louisiana. Sen. Royce Duplessis and Rep. Delisha Boyd, both New Orleans Democrats, have filed Senate Bill 225 and House Bill 395, respectively. Referred …
Read More »Fulton Judge To Rule In Two Weeks On Fani Willis Disqualification Motion In 2020 Election Case
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A Fulton County judge on Friday said he plans to rule in the next two weeks on whether to remove District Attorney Fani Willis and her team of prosecutors from the high-profile 2020 election interference case that has been sidetracked by a series of contentious court …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris Urges Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Decries ‘Inhumane’ Conditions
Vice President Kamala Harris is urging for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, emphasizing the urgent need to address the dire humanitarian situation. Speaking in Selma, Alabama, Harris called the conditions in Gaza “inhumane” and stressed the importance of a swift resolution. “Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there …
Read More »Who Wants The Supreme Court To Limit Abortion Pill Access? Here’s The List.
Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix Anti-abortion groups, attorneys general from 25 states and more than 140 members of Congress have signed on to dozens of briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court during the past two weeks, encouraging the justices to revert use and prescribing of the medication abortion pill mifepristone to …
Read More »Trump Holds Lead Over Biden in Latest Poll
Jimmy Williams In a recent New York Times/Siena College poll, former President Donald Trump holds a 4 percent advantage over President Joe Biden among likely voters. The survey, conducted from February 25-28, reveals that 48 percent of likely voters would choose Trump if the election were held today, while 44 …
Read More »U.S. Military Initiates Food Airdrop in Gaza Amidst Humanitarian Crisis
Jimmy Williams The U.S. military has taken action to provide humanitarian aid in war-torn Gaza by starting a food airdrop. Three U.S. C-130 aircraft joined efforts by France and Jordan to deliver essential supplies to civilians in Gaza. This move follows President Biden’s announcement of upcoming airdrops, a commitment to …
Read More »Jill Biden Makes Pitch For The President’s Reelection, Highlighting His Record On Issues Important To Women
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Campaign season is officially in full swing in Georgia, where President Joe Biden is expected to pay a visit to the Atlanta area March 9, just over a week after First Lady Jill Biden stopped by downtown Atlanta to launch a nationwide effort to engage with …
Read More »How Media Coverage Of Presidential Primaries Fails Voters And Has Helped Trump
Karyn Amira, College of Charleston It’s common to hear Americans complain about the media throughout presidential elections. Partisans tend to believe the press is biased against their side. These perceptions may lead people to believe the media can affect how people vote. Political scientists have found some evidence that media …
Read More »A Day Ahead Of Shutdown, Congress Advances Stopgap Spending Bills
Jennifer Shutt, Washington State Standard Congress passed a short-term funding extension Thursday intended to give lawmakers a bit more time to wrap up work on the annual spending bills — dodging a shutdown despite election year politics and narrow margins. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution, or …
Read More »Senate Dems Reintroduce Bill to ‘Restore Critical Safeguards’ of Voting Rights Act
Civil and voting rights advocates on Thursday cheered the reintroduction of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, legislation its sponsors say will “update and restore critical safeguards of the original Voting Rights Act.” Introduced by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), …
Read More »Presidential Campaign Moves To The Border, As Biden Urges Trump To Back Immigration Deal
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Thursday afternoon paid competing visits to the nation’s southern border, where Biden called on Congress to reconsider a bipartisan border security deal that Republicans tanked at Trump’s direction. Biden traveled to Brownsville, Texas, while Trump journeyed to …
Read More »Texas Law Allowing Police To Arrest Migrants Suspected Of Being In Country Illegally Blocked By Federal Judge
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal judge in Austin on Thursday halted a new state law that would allow Texas police to arrest people suspected of crossing the Texas-Mexico border illegally. The law, Senate Bill 4, was scheduled to take effect Tuesday. U.S. District Judge David Ezra issued …
Read More »Senate Republican Blocks Legislation Protecting In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Jennifer Shutt, Ohio Capital Journal U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama state Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as …
Read More »Congress Brokers Deal On Government Spending Deadlines, Trying To Avoid Shutdown
Jennifer Shutt, North Dakota Monitor House Republicans and Senate Democrats attempting to avert a partial government shutdown brokered an agreement Wednesday to extend government funding deadlines for a little while longer. The bipartisan deal will give Congress until March 8 to pass six spending bills lawmakers have finalized and until …
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