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On Tuesday night, New York Attorney General Letitia James said that former President Donald Trump’s family business misrepresented the value of its assets to obtain loans and other financial benefits, claiming her office had found “significant evidence” of fraud committed by the Trump Organization. James made the accusations in a …

The United States Supreme Court Tuesday denied an emergency request asking for a pause to the federal COVID-19 airline mask mandate. The mandate, put in place via executive order by President Joe Biden when he took office last January, was scheduled to expire Tuesday. However, it was extended through March …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th For six months at the tail end of two tumultuous years, parents received direct payments — no strings attached — of as much as $300 per child in their bank accounts. By many accounts, that money delivered long-awaited relief for 61 million children, …

The Biden administration has launched a website where anybody in the U.S. can sign up to have four free COVID-19 tests sent to their home. Sign-ups begin Wednesday, according to the site. The tests have been in short supply for the past several months as COVID cases tied to the …

Vice President Kamala Harris pushed for action on federal voting rights legislation during a virtual appearance at a Georgia event to commemorate what would have been the 93rd birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. The event, which was televised by the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, …

U.S. Rep. John Katko, a Republican who has represented Cayuga County and three other central New York counties in Congress for four terms, announced on Friday that he will not run for reelection this year. Katko said in a statement that he will not run for a fifth term ” …

By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune Jan. 13, 2022 The Travis County district attorney on Thursday found that Attorney General Ken Paxton violated the state’s open records law by not turning over his communications from last January when he visited Washington, D.C., for a pro-Trump rally that preceded the Jan. …

Last week, Senators Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ)introduced legislation to ban members of Congress and their families from trading stocks while in office. In a move widely praised by government groups across the political spectrum, the Ban Congressional Stock Trading Act will require all members of Congress, their …

On a late summer day in 1963, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the National Mall before hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who had gathered to march for freedom, justice, and equality.  On that day, Dr. King shared a dream that has continued to inspire a Nation:  To bring …

On Saturday, Republican Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia’s 74th Governor. He’s the first Republican governor in the state in over a decade. Youngkin defeated former Democratic Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe in November of last year. Just hours after being sworn in, Youngkin signed nine executive orders and two executive …

President Joe Biden on Friday announced his nomination of three Federal Reserve officials as he seeks to reshape the central bank amid bumpy economic recovery. Biden nominated Sarah Bloom Raskin to serve as Vice-Chair for Supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and nominated Lisa Cook …

On Friday, President Joe Biden announced a $27 billion program to repair and upgrade roughly 15,000 bridges across America over the next five years in the biggest investment of its kind since the creation of the interstate highway system in the 1950s. The funding will come from the $1 bipartisan infrastructure …

A federal grand jury has indicted Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby on charges of perjury related to a COVID-19 financial hardship withdrawal and a false statement on a loan application. A federal grand jury returned the indictment Thursday, charging Mosby on federal charges of perjury and making false statements …

Student loan processor Navient has agreed to a nearly $2 billion settlement with 39 state attorneys general, according to reporting from the Wall Street Journal. Navient is one of the largest student loan processors in the U.S. The settlement requires the company to cancel about $1.7 billion in delinquent private student loan …

The Biden administration on Friday launched a new website for Americans to request up to four free COVID-19 rapid tests per household. The administration is buying 1 billion at-home rapid COVID-19 tests, and Americans will be able to begin ordering the tests online on Jan. 19 at COVIDtests.gov. This is part …