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Ariana Figueroa, West Virginia Watch U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge announced Monday she is stepping down from the agency. In an exclusive interview with USA Today, Fudge said she would leave March 22 to retire after nearly 50 years of public service. Fudge, 71, was …

Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys recently reached a settlement that provides clarity on the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state’s classrooms. This settlement follows the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” law, which prohibited formal instruction on these topics in early grades. The resolution aims to …

Jennifer Shutt, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden released his budget request for the upcoming fiscal year Monday, calling on Congress to stick to the spending agreement brokered last year and to revamp tax laws so that the “wealthy pay their fair share.” The $7.266 trillion budget request doesn’t actually spend …

Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden on Monday urged local officials to lobby their members of Congress to pass the bipartisan border security deal struck in the Senate that Republicans walked away from this year. In a brief speech touting the administration’s accomplishments to more than 2,000 mayors, city …

Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune A federal judge in Texas rejected a lawsuit on Friday filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton against a Biden administration immigration program that allows each year up to 360,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to legally migrate to the U.S. U.S. District …

Jimmy Williams Alabama GOP Senator Katie Britt is under scrutiny for her response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, where she shared a story about a human trafficking victim. Critics argue that the story was misleading, as it did not occur during Biden’s presidency but during George …

Jimmy Williams During an exclusive interview with MSNBC, President Joe Biden spoke about his criticism of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. The president defended his direct criticism of the decision, emphasizing what he believes to be a misinterpretation of the Constitution. Additionally, Biden expressed …

Jill Nolin, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, separated by less than one hundred miles in Georgia, took turns attacking each other in front of friendly crowds Saturday as voting wraps up Tuesday in the battleground state. “You’re the reason we’re going to win,” Biden said …

John Cole, Pennsylvania Capital-Star President Joe Biden returned to Pennsylvania on Friday for his fourth visit of the year and his first campaign event after Thursday’s State of the Union (SOTU) address. “Hello Delco!” the president said Friday, using Delaware County’s nickname. “If you’re tired, you probably watched my address …

Jimmy Williams In a 75-22 vote, the Senate approved a six-bill funding package, totaling $459 billion, just in time to prevent a partial government shutdown after midnight. The legislation addresses budgets for various federal departments and independent agencies, including those handling transportation, energy, housing, agriculture, and veterans programs. The bipartisan …

Julia Conley, Common Dreams Five years after legislation was first introduced to combat the spread of artificial intelligence-generated deepfake images online, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday unveiled a bipartisan proposal to help victims of such “digital forgery,” saying those affected have “waited too long” for federal action to hold …

Jimmy Willimas The House Energy and Commerce Committee has given unanimous approval to a bill requiring ByteDance, the China-based parent company of TikTok, to divest the app or face a ban in the U.S. The “Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act” addresses national security concerns regarding potential access …

Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch In remarks pivotal to his reelection this fall, President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address Thursday night portrayed himself as the defender of democracy, touted the bipartisan deals he’s brokered during his first term in office and appealed to Congress to support …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden is expected to use his State of the Union address Thursday night to announce that the U.S. military will build port infrastructure on the Gaza Strip coast to allow humanitarian aid to arrive by sea. Senior White House officials briefed reporters earlier in …

Jimmy Williams Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has officially endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid for the presidency in 2024, following Trump’s significant victories on Super Tuesday. McConnell, a high-profile Republican, had refrained from endorsing Trump for several months but now acknowledges that Trump has earned substantial support among Republican …