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Former President Donald Trump regularly asked White House national security officials if China possessed a “hurricane gun” that could fire damaging artificial storms at the US, according to a report in Rolling Stone. According to three unnamed former officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the one-term president wanted …

Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th A bill to codify abortion rights failed to move forward in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers warning that the only way to protect abortion access is to add to their numbers in the November midterm elections. It was the second …

A Florida judge on Wednesday ruled that a congressional map approved by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and drawn by his staff is unconstitutional because it breaks up a district where Black voters can choose their representatives. “I am finding that the enacted map is unconstitutional under the Fair District Amendment …

Orion Rummler Originally published by The 19th Alabama is now the only state in the country in which physicians can be charged with a felony for prescribing or administering puberty-blocking medication or hormone treatment for transgender youth under 19 after a new law took effect this weekend. The ban was …

Dr. Lisa Cook made history after the Senate voted along party lines Tuesday to approve her nomination to the Federal Reserve, where she will be the first Black woman to serve on the Board of Governors. The vote was 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris breaking a tie. Senate Democrats lauded Cook’s credentials, and Republicans cast doubt about her …

President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to make a fight against inflation his top domestic priority while rebuking Republican economic proposals he said miss the mark — zeroing in on Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott. Despite low unemployment numbers and the Federal Reserve steadily raising rates, everyday costs from gas to …

by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch May 9, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signaled Monday he can accept Congress postponing action on billions in COVID-19 funding his administration says is desperately needed in the interests of swiftly moving ahead on a multibillion-dollar Ukraine aid package backed by both parties. …

Elon Musk said on Tuesday that he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former President Donald Trump, confirming what many had expected. Musk said at the Financial Times’ Future of the Car conference that permanent bans lessen users’ trust in Twitter, and banning Trump was a “morally bad decision,” the Wall …

by Greg LaRose, Louisiana Illuminator May 4, 2022 Less than 48 hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling was leaked, indicating the landmark abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade would be overturned, Louisiana lawmakers acted aggressively to bolster state law that bans the procedure.   The House Committee for the Administration …

On Saturday, Vice President Kamala Harris stood before Tennessee State University’s class of 2022, reviewing the past and a future unknown to the graduating students. Before her played a montage of the country’s history of Black Americans, of Emmitt Till’s murder, the Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr., …

The Senate on Monday passed a bipartisan bill that would expand security protections to the family members of Supreme Court justices. The bill,the Supreme Court Police Parity Act, would allow the Supreme Court of the United States Police to provide the families of Supreme Court Justices with around-the-clock security protection. The introduction …

by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent May 9, 2022 WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t ruling out bringing a nationwide abortion ban up for a vote, should the U.S. Supreme Court end the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy and his party regains the chamber in the November elections. …

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will announce Monday that 20 companies, including AT&T Inc., Comcast Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc., have agreed to offer high-speed internet plans that are essentially free to eligible recipients. The Affordable Connectivity Program will provide plans of at least 100 Megabits per …

Chabeli Carrazana Originally published by The 19th In the days since a Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade leaked, corporate America has offered a familiar response: silence. It mirrors the days following Texas’ implementation of its six-week abortion ban last September — silence from the many …

by Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury May 5, 2022 WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders took Amazon to task Thursday at a congressional hearing, bashing the online giant’s leadership for fighting union drives and questioning whether the federal government should continue contracting with the multibillion-dollar company. Amazon executives didn’t attend the …