Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last week doing away with the permitting restrictions to carrying concealed firearms in the state. Senate Bill 215, which will go into effect in about three months, states people 21 or older can carry a concealed gun without a permit if …
Read More »How to Watch Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation Hearings
The confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, are expected to begin on Monday. The event is scheduled to start on Monday, March 21, at 11 a.m. ET. Watch the hearing in the player below. They are scheduled …
Read More »South Carolina Now Offering Firing Squad As Option For Execution
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson was informed Friday that the department is now able to carry out an execution by firing squad as required by law under S.C. Code 24-3-530, according to a release from the South Carolina Dept. of Corrections. The legislation became law May, 14, 2021. It …
Read More »Ukraine Wants A No-Fly Zone. Would One Make Any Sense In This War?
Christopher Michael Faulkner, US Naval War College and Andrew Stigler, US Naval War College Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy virtually addressed the United States Congress on March 16, 2022, and, as widely expected, requested additional U.S. military assistance for Ukraine. Zelenskyy also asked for the U.S. to create a no-fly zone …
Read More »North Carolina Investigating Mark Meadows’ Voter Registration
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein’s office told The News & Observer of Raleigh on Thursday that an investigation had been opened into whether former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows had committed fraud in his voter registration for the 2020 election. The allegation of voter fraud emerged after …
Read More »House Passes CROWN Act, Banning Race-Based Hair Discrimination
On Friday, the House of Representatives passed H.R.2116, the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. The act would prohibit discrimination based on a person’s hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. Specifically, the bill prohibits …
Read More »Rep. Don Young Of Alaska Dies At 88
Don Young, who was Alaska’s sole congressman for more than three-fourths of his state’s existence, died Friday. “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young, the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be …
Read More »Senate Hearings For Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson To Start Monday
by Jacob Fischler, Missouri Independent March 18, 2022 After more than two weeks of private meetings with nearly half the U.S. Senate, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, will field questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee in highly anticipated public hearings that begin …
Read More »House Votes To Revoke Normal Trade Relations With Russia, Belarus; 8 Republicans Vote No
by Jennifer Shutt, Idaho Capital Sun March 17, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, another step the federal government hopes will end the Russian war in Ukraine. The 424-8 vote sends the measure, which refers to Russian President …
Read More »FBI: Most HBCU Bomb Threats May Be Coming From One Juvenile
by Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent March 17, 2022 WASHINGTON — A top FBI official told members of a U.S. House panel on Thursday that the agency believes a single juvenile is behind most of the bomb threats made to more than 30 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Ryan Young, executive …
Read More »Ashish Jha Named New White House COVID-19 Coordinator
President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he had named Ashish Jha, M.D., the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, to replace Jeff Zients as the country’s COVID-19 coordinator when Zients leaves his post next month. In a statement about Jha’s appointment, Biden highlighted his communication skills …
Read More »Fed Raises Interest Rates for First Time Since 2018
The Federal Reserve announced that it is raising interest rates for the first time in three years to help bring the skyrocketing inflation under control. “With appropriate firming in the stance of monetary policy, the Committee expects inflation to return to its 2 percent objective and the labor market to remain …
Read More »Maryland Primary Election Postponed From June 28 To July 19
The Maryland Court of Appeals on Tuesday issued an order that moves the 2022 Primary Election from June 28 to July 19 as courts weigh challenges to the state’s new legislative and congressional maps. Last month, the deadline for filing certificates of candidacy was extended from Feb. 22 to March …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris Announces Federal Security Grants For HBCUs That Received Bomb Threats
On Wednesday, Vice President Kamala Harris and the U.S. Department of Education announced that Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that have recently experienced bomb threats are eligible to apply for grant funds under the Project School Emergency Response to Violence (Project SERV) program. Project SERV provides short-term immediate funding …
Read More »White House Announces $800 Million In Military Aid To Ukraine
President Joe Biden announced $800 million in emergency security assistance for Ukraine on Wednesday, hours after the country’s embattled President Volodymyr Zelensky made an emotional appeal to a joint session of Congress. The latest aid brings the total U.S. security assistance committed to Ukraine to $1 billion in just the …
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