Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder At the federal courthouse in Brunswick Monday, U.S. District Judge Lisa G. Wood used an even-tempered and soft voice to express her indignation for three men convicted in Coastal Georgia’s most notorious hate crime: the racially charged murder of Ahmaud Arbery. “A young man is dead,” …
Read More »Sinema Received Over $500K From Private Equity Before Shielding Industry From Tax Hikes
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Senate Democrats passed a pared-backed reconciliation package on Sunday, but only after a pair of widely supported provisions that would have made it harder for Wall Street tycoons to reduce their tax bills were removed at the behest of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema—the right-wing Arizona Democrat who …
Read More »Former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Largo Home Searched By FBI
Former President Donald Trump announced that FBI agents had conducted a raid of his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, and some House Republicans were quick to take his side. It was not immediately clear what the FBI may have been seeking, though the former president made a point of saying in …
Read More »At CPAC, Conservatives Show Donald Trump Loyalty And Support For Another Presidential Run
William Melhado, The Texas Tribune In the corner of the brightly lit, heavily bannered conference hall for this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, an empty jail cell sets the scene of a Make America Great Again performance art piece. A sign fixed to the exterior of the cell warns “#younext.” …
Read More »‘What the Hell is Wrong With Them’: GOP Senators Kill $35 Cap on Insulin
Senate Republicans on Sunday successfully stripped a proposed $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance from the tax and climate bill making its way through the Senate. The Senate parliamentarian had earlier ruled that the provision, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael …
Read More »After Slow Response, Biden Administration Ramps Up Abortion Access Protections
Mariel Padilla, The 19th After a relatively subdued response to the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Biden administration had a busy week in reproductive rights policy. The executive office made several moves to protect abortion access across the country and delay state restrictions. Some lawmakers continued to …
Read More »Senate Passes Major Health, Tax And Climate Bill In Boost For Democrats
Ariana Figueroa, New Jersey Monitor The U.S. Senate, along party lines, passed a sweeping energy, health care, climate and tax package Sunday afternoon, following an overnight marathon of votes that resulted in just a handful of notable changes to the legislation. The 755-page bill was passed after Vice President Kamala …
Read More »Gen. Michael Langley Becomes First Black 4-Star Marine General
Gen. Michael E. Langley became the first Black four-star Marine General in a ceremony in Washington on Saturday. He will take command of the U.S. Africa Command, based in Germany. “I’m humbled and honored for the opportunity to take on the stewardship of AFRICOM command with the four-star billet, but …
Read More »Transportation Dept. Proposes New Rules Making It Easier For Airline Travelers To Get Refunds
The Department of Transportation(DOT) proposed a rule change last week that would require airlines to refund a customer’s ticket if a domestic flight is delayed by more than three hours. The DOT said the proposed rule change would strengthen the agency’s current directive that requires airlines to refund travelers if …
Read More »Senate Democrats’ Climate, Health And Tax Bill Clears First Hurdle To Passage
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate voted along party lines Saturday night to advance to debate on Democrats’ sweeping energy, health and taxes bill, clearing a major hurdle to passage. The 51-50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking the tie, cleared the chamber to debate and vote on amendments …
Read More »Monkeypox Is Now A National Public Health Emergency In The U.S. – An Epidemiologist Explains What This Means
Kathryn H. Jacobsen, University of Richmond After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos. I assured them that the Aug. 4, 2022, public …
Read More »Indiana Becomes First State To Pass Abortion Ban After Roe v. Wade Reversal
Mariel Padilla, The 19th With the passage of a near-total abortion ban Friday night, Indiana became the first state to pass an abortion restriction after Roe v. Wade, which protected the federal right to abortion, was overturned. Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed Senate Bill 1, which is set to go …
Read More »Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Is Now Busing Migrants To New York City
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas is now busing migrants from the Mexican border to New York City, the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city over the influx at the border. Abbott’s office said the first bus to New …
Read More »Senate Preps Big Tax, Climate And Health Bill After Deal With Sinema
Jacob Fischler, Virginia Mercury U.S. Senate Democrats’ wide-ranging tax, climate and health bill appears set to pass after Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona struck a deal to soften the measure’s corporate tax increase and a second tax hike aimed at wealthy finance-sector workers, Schumer told …
Read More »Jury Awards Parents Of Sandy Hook Shooting Victim $4.1 million In Defamation Case Against Alex Jones
Cecilia Lenzen, The Texas Tribune Aug. 4, 2022 A Texas jury on Thursday ordered conspiracy theorist and media personality Alex Jones to pay $4.1 million to the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim who sued him for defamation after he repeatedly claimed the school shooting was a hoax. Neil Heslin …
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