The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is advising fully vaccinated individuals to wear masks indoors in public places where transmission rates are high. The agency is also recommending that children, teachers, and staff wear masks in schools this fall. “This pandemic continues to pose a serious threat to …
Read More »Biden Nominates Eight For United States Attorney Roles
The White House announced on Monday that President Joe Biden has selected eight new leaders for United States Attorney roles in Washington State, Washington D.C., New York, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts. The leaders were “chosen for their devotion to enforcing the law, their professionalism, their experiences and credentials in this …
Read More »US To Keep International Travel Restrictions In Place
The White House announced on Monday that International travel restrictions would not be lifted due to the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant worldwide. While the Biden administration recognizes the importance of international travel, COVID-19 cases are rising in the United States, and that’s likely to continue in …
Read More »US Combat Mission In Iraq To Cease By End Of Year
While meeting with Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi on Monday, President Joe Biden announced that the combat mission in the region would cease by the end of the year. “We’re not going to be, by the end of the year, in a combat mission,” President Biden said. Biden on most recent …
Read More »New York Becomes The Sixth State To Ban Child Marriage
New York is now the sixth state to ban child marriage. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill on Thursday to change the legal age of consent to be married in New York to 18. “This administration fought hard to successfully end child marriage in New York and I’m proud to …
Read More »White House Purchases 200 Million More Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines
The Biden Administration has purchased 200 million additional doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to prepare for the possibility of children being eligible to be vaccinated and to administer booster shots to vaccinated Americans, should they be deemed necessary. “The federal government is exercising an option in its contract with Pfizer …
Read More »President Biden Announced Mortgage Relief Program For Homeowners
President Joe Biden announced a new mortgage relief program for homeowners with federal loans on Friday. Homeowners’ monthly mortgage could be reduced by up to 25%. “[M]any homeowners will need deeper assistance due to pandemic-related income loss. For example, due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic, some homeowners …
Read More »Federal Court Deems CDC Eviction Moratorium Unlawful
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded their authority when they temporarily suspended evictions. In a unanimous ruling, a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-based 6th Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that the agency …
Read More »Republicans Are Finally Urging Americans To Get Vaccinated
Republicans are finally urging Americans to get vaccinated as the COVID-19 infection rates go up across the United States. “These shots need to get in everybody’s arm as rapidly as possible, or we’re going to be back in a situation in the fall that we don’t yearn for, that we …
Read More »Former Iowa Rep. Abby Finkenauer Is Running For Senate
Former Iowa Rep. Abby Finkenauer announced in a video on Thursday that she is running for Senate. https://twitter.com/Abby4Iowa/status/1418194238039339010?s=20 Finkenauer represented Iowa’s 1st Congressional district from 2019 to 2021. “The politicians who’ve been there for decades… [t]hey think they own democracy, and they were silent when it was attacked. You see …
Read More »DOJ Launches Gun Trafficking Strike Forces In Five Major US Cities
The Department of Justice launched gun trafficking strike forces in five cities across the United States on Thursday to eradicate the growing gun violence. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco launched the strike forces during a trip to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives …
Read More »Biden Sanctions Cuban Officials Over Human Rights Violations
The Biden Administration on Thursday imposed sanctions against the Cuban Defense Minister and a government special forces unit for human rights violations during a government crackdown on protests this month. Protests have been widespread throughout the country for the past two weeks, due to growing frustrations with the lack of …
Read More »White House Investing In COVID-19 Testing As Rates Of Infections Rise
On Thursday, the White House announced that it is investing $1.6 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan passed in March toward boosting COVID-19 testing and mitigation efforts in schools, prisons, homeless, and domestic violence shelters. “As COVID-19 cases rise among unvaccinated people and where the more transmissible Delta virus …
Read More »McCarthy Pulls GOP Members From January 6 Committee After Pelosi Rejects Two
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pulled out all of the members he selected for the January 6 select committee after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected two of his choices. McCarthy accused Pelosi of an “egregious abuse of power” during a news conference on Wednesday and said that the House Speaker …
Read More »Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Controversial Abortion Bill
A federal judge blocked Arkansas’ controversial abortion bill on Tuesday. The Court wants to consider the challenge to its constitutionality. The bill would have been effective starting Friday. “Since the record at this stage of the proceedings indicates that women seeking abortions in Arkansas face an imminent threat to their …
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