Florida Representative Val Demings is planning to run against Florida Senator Marco Rubio for his US Senate seat. The Congresswoman is expected to announce her plans in the coming weeks, a source told CNN. “Val is an impressive and formidable candidate whose potential entrance would make the race against Rubio …

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill on Wednesday that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Women in Texas will only be able to have abortions if no heartbeat is detected or if there is a medical emergency. Fetal heartbeats can be detected as early as six weeks …

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy filed a privileged resolution challenging the mask mandate in the House of Representatives, which failed Wednesday night after being blocked by Democrats. The vote was split among party lines 218-210. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the rules will not change until all members of …

President Joe Biden is working to improve access and quality of legal services for minorities and low-income Americans. The president signed a memorandum directing the Department of Justice to restore the Access to Justice Office and the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable. “The federal government has a critical role …

Despite objections from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the House passed a bill approving the 9/11 style January 6 commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. McCarthy spoke out against creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. The Congressman says …

The son of former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Andrew Giuliani, announced that he is running for the Republican primary in 2022 to become the governor of New York. According to The New York Post, a Republican has not won a statewide race since 2002. Giuliani graduated from Duke University …

In an interview with theGrio, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm discussed President Joe Biden’s interest in investing in Black neighborhoods and Black educational institutions. “My first venture out in this COVID environment was to Howard University… it was to announce a $17 million opportunity to DOE [Department of Energy] offering to …

Joel Greenberg, a former associate of Florida Republican Representative Matt Gaetz and former Seminole County, Florida tax collector, plead guilty to six federal charges in court on Monday morning. Greenberg admitted to a federal judge that he knowingly solicited and paid a 17-year-old girl for sex. Greenberg struck a deal …

Monthly payments for the child tax credit will start processing on July 15. About 39 million households will receive automatic payments. The advance child tax credit program is part of the Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion economic aid package called the American Rescue Plan that was passed in March “The American …

The United States Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an abortion rights case that challenges Roe v. Wade. The Supreme Court Justices will determine whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. The top court announced in an order that it will hear the dispute, Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s …

Democratic lawmakers in both the Senate and House have a 100% vaccination rate, according to a CNN Survey of Capitol Hill. On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the COVID-19 mask guideline — fully vaccinated people do not need to wear a face mask or practice social …

According to reporting from CNN, Neera Tanden will serve as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden. Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. A long-time health policy expert, …

A former associate of Republican Representative Matt Gaetz, Joel Greenberg, has made a deal with federal prosecutors to reduce his criminal case and provide information to investigators. Joel Greenberg, a former Seminole County, Florida, tax commissioner, who was looking at being behind bars for decades on 33 federal counts that ranged …

Republican-led states are ending increased unemployment benefits. West Virginia and Alaska are the latest states to end the supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government. Officials in GOP-led states claim the $300 increased benefits are a disincentive for people to return to work, leading to workforce shortages as businesses …

A federal judge has agreed to keep the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) eviction moratorium in place while the Biden administration appeals the judge’s May 5 decision. U.S District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich said that controlling the spread of COVID-19 is more important than the potential loss of revenue …