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Congresswomen Cori Bush and Ayanna Pressley lead 35 Democrats who are urging President Joe Biden to commute all 49 Federal death sentences. The Trump administration ended a 17-year suspension of the federal death penalty. On Martin Luther King J.r’s birthday, the U.S performed the 13th execution. Dustin Higgs‘s death broke a U.S …

The Federal Government is currently investigating GOP lawmakers believed to have involvement in the Jan. 6th Capitol riot. The insurrection left five people dead. As a result, parties involved will be charged for attempting to overthrow the U.S government. Two Democratic lawmakers named a Colorado Republican as a potential suspect. …

According to reports from the Washington Post, nurse Susan Orsega will be chosen to serve as the U.S. Surgeon General. Orsega, who works in the US Public Health Service Corps and is an infectious disease specialist, will be among the first nurses to serve as surgeon general. “The committee is ready …

Donald Trump‘s 2020 presidential election loss is still reverberating throughout the country. The incumbent’s loss has fractured The Grand Old Party; some members secretly believe Trump’s loss was a blessing while others are determined to avenge his defeat, but they both agree the more voters, the less likely they are …

Congress confirmed Janet Yellen as the first woman Treasury Secretary in American history on Monday. The new head of the Treasury will be responsible for overseeing President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan. The notable Treasurer has broken several political barriers. In 2014, she became the first woman to run …

Hearings for President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations continue today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the proceedings take place. …

After becoming the United States‘ first black defense secretary, retired four-star Army Gen. Lloyd Austin has authorized a review into the military’s sexual assault prevention programs following the death of 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen in April 2020. Senior leaders of the new defense attorney have two weeks to inform him …

Amanda Chase (R-Chesterfield), the Virginia senator who was present, sympathetic, and supportive during the Jan. 6 riots, is on her way to becoming one of the first members of congress to be censured in modern times. To be censured is to be formally rebuked without consequences. According to The Virginia …

Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, which starts on February 8, is a big security concern. 5,000 National Guard troops will remain in Washington D.C. through mid-March to protect the Capitol. The troops are remaining in the nation’s capital due to “impeachment security concerns.” Deployments have been extended in several National Guard …

Dominion Voting Systems is fighting back after Donald Trump and his allies spread conspiracy theories tarnishing its reputation. Trump’s former personal attorney Rudy Giuliani is being sued for participating in the defamation claims. According to CNN, Giuliani pushed the “Big Lie” about election fraud on his podcast and several television …

The FBI and the Department of Justice may not charge some of the rioters who participated in the January 6 Capitol insurrection. According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, federal law enforcement officials are privately debating if they shouldn’t charge some of the hundreds of Trump supporters who stormed their way into …

On Monday, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former press secretary for Donald Trump, says she will be running for governor in the state of Arkansas. “With the radical left now in charge of Washington, your governor is your last line of defense. In fact, your governor must be on the front …

A 34-year-old Texas man is behind bars for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot and violent threats, including a call to assassinate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Garrett Miller from Dallas, Texas, is listed in a five-count federal complaint and was arrested Friday, the Associated Press reports. It didn’t take much …

Among the many promises Donald Trump made when he won the presidency was to ‘drain the swamp.’ The tale that the former president spun was that D.C. was a cesspool filled with corruption only he could cleanse. Trump started his decontamination by instituting an ethics policy that included a 5-year …

The internet is forever. Once information is posted, someone has viewed, shared, and archived it. This rule is universal and applies to all, even newly elected Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. In a previously unreported and now deleted interaction, the known QAnon supporter agreed with a 2018 Facebook comment that the …