On Saturday night, President Joe Biden addressed the White House Correspondents’ Association, the first time a president has spoken at the event in six years. The event was canceled during the pandemic, and former president Donald Trump shunned the event while he was in office. Text of Biden’s full remarks and …
Read More »U.S. To Lend And Lease Military Supplies To Ukraine Under Bill Cleared By Congress
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russian troops. The legislation, called the Ukraine …
Read More »Biden Asks Congress For $33 Billion For Ukraine Aid, Pleads Again For COVID Funds
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and claimed thousands of lives. Biden also asked U.S. lawmakers to make it …
Read More »Senate Confirms Lael Brainard As Federal Reserve Vice Chair
After weeks of delays due in part to Republican obstructionism, the United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, as the next vice chair of the central bank. In a 52–43 vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, lawmakers …
Read More »Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs Bill Banning The Teaching of “Divisive Concepts.”
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a series of controversial education bills regulating what public schools can teach and the playing of sports by transgender youth Thursday morning. Some of the bills drew a lot of attention, including a bill aimed at critical race theory. The measure bans nine “divisive concepts” …
Read More »House Panel Looks Into Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color
by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — Experts tracking disinformation efforts online detailed to lawmakers on a U.S. House Administration panel Thursday how communities of color are targets for those disinformation campaigns. Democrats on the Subcommittee on Elections expressed their concern about how communities of color are …
Read More »Dianne Feinstein Faces Pressure To End Her 30 Year Senatorial Career
Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University On Nov. 27, 1978, Dianne Feinstein – then the 45-year-old president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and two-time failed mayoral candidate – effectively announced her retirement from politics. It was a foggy morning, and Feinstein greeted reporters at City Hall by telling them she …
Read More »Report: Biden Open To Canceling Some Student Loan Debt
President Joe Biden reportedly said he’s considering canceling some student loan debt in a private meeting with House Democrats. Two sources told NBC News that the president received requests from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus members to extend the pause on student loan payments and cancel at least $10,000 in student loan …
Read More »Rep. Madison Cawthorn Cited For Bringing Loaded Gun To Airport…Again
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, of North Carolina, was caught with a loaded gun at an airport last week, according to police. The incident was reported after TSA agents at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport alerted police that a firearm had been found in a bag at one of their security screening …
Read More »Report: Texts Show Rep. Perry ‘Key Role’ In Trying To Overturn 2020 Election Results
by John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star April 26, 2022 A central Pennsylvania congressman played a “key” role in efforts to topple the 2020 election results, and pushed to get the country’s top intelligence official to investigate baseless conspiracy theories, according to a newly published report. The lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Scott …
Read More »Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Creating Election Police Task Force
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday establishing a new, first-of-its-kind election police task force to investigate voter fraud allegations as well as other election violations or irregularities. The bill, Senate Bill 524, creates the Office of Election Crimes and Security under the direction of the Department of State. …
Read More »Biden Issues 3 Pardons, 75 Commutations
President Joe Biden on Tuesday issued the first three pardons of his presidency — including one to a Secret Service agent who guarded President John F. Kennedy — and commuted the sentences of 75 others, the White House announced. “Today, I am pardoning three people who have demonstrated their commitment …
Read More »Vice President Kamala Harris Tests Postive For COVID-19
Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday on both rapid and PCR tests, according to a statement from her press secretary. She “has exhibited no symptoms, will isolate and continue to work from the Vice President’s residence,” according to the statement. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden …
Read More »Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Biden Administration From Ending Title 42
by Jacob Fischler, Louisiana Illuminator April 25, 2022 A federal judge in Louisiana said Monday he will block the Biden administration from lifting a public health order that keeps immigrants seeking asylum out of the United States. U.S. District Judge Robert R. Summerhays told Republican state attorneys general and the …
Read More »States Rush To Revise Their Abortion Laws As A Major Supreme Court Decision Nears
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 24, 2022 WASHINGTON — Abortion access throughout the country could soon depend on a patchwork of state laws if a U.S. Supreme Court dominated by conservatives overturns the constitutional right it established nearly 50 years ago. The court’s decision on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion …
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