On Monday, the United States Department of Education announced that five states are under investigation by their civil rights enforcement arm to determine whether policies banning mask mandates in schools are discriminatory against students with disabilities. The bureau wants to ensure that students with disabilities are provided with equal educational opportunities. …
Read More »Abortion Providers Want Supreme Court To Block Texas Abortion Ban
Advocates and providers for abortions asked the Supreme Court on Monday to block Texas’ abortion ban. The ban prohibits people from terminating pregnancies after six weeks. The law will take effect on Wednesday. The controversial ban allows individuals to file lawsuits against anyone who is providing or seeking abortion services. …
Read More »Lawmakers Criticize House Members Unauthorized Trip To Afghanistan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several lawmakers were not impressed by Representative Seth Moulton and Representative Peter Meijer’s trip to Afghanistan this week. The two Congress members, who are also Iraq War veterans, announced on Tuesday that they flew to Afghanistan “to conduct oversight on the mission to evacuate Americans …
Read More »Federal Judge Sanctions Pro-Trump Lawyers Over Election Lawsuits
On Wednesday, a United States District Court Judge imposed sanctions against Sidney Powell, Lin Wood, and seven other pro-Trump lawyers because of a frivolous election fraud lawsuit the group filed. Emily Newman, Julie Haller, Scott Hagerstrom, and Stefanie Lynn Junttila were also listed in the sanctions. U.S. District Court Judge …
Read More »Man Who Plotted To Kidnap Michigan Governor Sentenced To Prison
A Michigan man who threatened to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was sentenced to six years in prison and fined $2,500 on Wednesday. Ty Garbin and more than a dozen others planned to kidnap the state leader from her lakeside summer home last fall because of her COVID-19 restrictions in …
Read More »Former NFL Player Herschel Walker To Run For U.S. Senate In Georgia
Former football player Herschel Walker launched his campaign for United States Senate in Georgia on Wednesday. “I’m a kid from a small town in Georgia who lived the American Dream, and I’m ready to fight to keep that dream alive for you too,” the former athlete said. “Our country is at …
Read More »Kabul Airport Attack Leaves 13 US Service Members, 60 Afghans Dead
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. Government officials report at least thirteen United States soldiers and 60 Afghans are dead. Explosions went off near the airport at the Abbey gate and a short distance away by Baron hotel. Afghans, Americans, and Britons were …
Read More »Department of Justice Says Missouri Gun Law Is Unconstitutional
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a thirty-seven-page “statement of interest” supporting a legal challenge by the city of St. Louis against the state of Missouri over its new gun law. The Second Amendment Preservation Act (H.B. 85) prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from enforcing federal gun laws. …
Read More »FCC Proposes $5 Million Fine For Voter Suppression Robocalls
An investigation led by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has led to a $5 million fine being proposed against conservative activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for making misleading robocalls to Black voters ahead of the 2020 Presidential election. According to the FCC, the two men made robocalls to cell phones without …
Read More »Dylann Roof’s Conviction And Death Sentence Upheld By Court
Three judges for the United States 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Court decided on Wednesday to uphold the conviction and death sentence of Dylann Roof for the racist killings of nine members of a Black church. Roof killed nine Black people at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina in …
Read More »House Select Committee Issues First Round Of Record Requests
The House Select Committee is digging deeper into its investigations of the deadly January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol by issuing record requests from various federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies, as well as communications within the White House. 🚨BREAKING: The Select Committee has issued its first round of demands …
Read More »Kathy Hochul Sworn In As New York’s First Woman Governor
Kathy Hochul, a Democrat from Buffalo, was publically sworn in as New York’s first woman Governor on Tuesday morning after holding a private ceremony late Monday night. The newly elected official says she wants New Yorkers to “believe in their government again.” Gov. Kathy Hochul is ceremonially sworn in as …
Read More »North Carolina Ordered To Restore Voting Rights To Former Felons
A three-judge panel in North Carolina ruled the state has to restore voting rights for nearly 55,000 people on parole or probation for a felony. “Everyone on felony probation, parole, or post-supervision release can now register and vote, starting today,” Stanton Jones, a lead lawyer for the plaintiffs challenging the …
Read More »House Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution
The House on Tuesday approved by a vote of 220-212 a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that, when passed, will help expand the social safety net in the United States. The vote came after almost two days of negotiations with a group of House moderates who were threatening to withhold their …
Read More »Proud Boy Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced To Five Months In Jail
Proud Boy Leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio was sentenced to 155 days in jail and three years of probation on Monday for burning a stolen Black Lives Matter flag in December. Tarrio was arrested on January 4, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The controversial ringleader was in the city for former President …
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