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When former President Donald Trump retreated to his Mar-a-Lago Club in January 2021, he took with him several boxes of official White House documents and memorabilia that should have been given to the National Archives, the Washington Post reported. The National Archives recently had to recover the documents from Trump’s Palm Beach …

Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th The U.S. House on Monday approved a bill that would ban mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment and assault cases brought by workers, consumers and even nursing home residents, queuing the measure up for Senate passage and President Joe Biden’s signature. Forced arbitration clauses …

A White House task force on labor released a report Monday with the goal of making it easier for federal employees and contractors to join unions. Most Americans are interested in joining unions, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment found, but union membership is declining. Compared …

The United States Army announced last week that it would immediately begin separating soldiers from the service who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Last week, the military announced they’re beginning immediate involuntary discharges for vaccine refusers. The army’s announcement makes them the last military branch to hand out dismissal …

A divided North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s new redistricting maps for congressional and General Assembly seats Friday. By a 4-3 decision – with the justices who are registered Democrats making up the majority – the state’s highest court directed the GOP-controlled legislature to redraw the plans by …

Delta Air Lines is asking the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to put airline passengers convicted of disrupting flights on a national no-fly list, barring them from traveling on any commercial flights, according to the letter obtained Friday by several news outlets. In the letter, dated Thursday and first …

President Joe Biden touted a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report for January, declaring, “America’s job machine is going stronger than ever.” “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come back stronger,” Biden said, speaking from the White House. Pres. Biden on expectedly strong …

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, has delivered a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the full investigation of recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “In less than a month, more than one dozen …

The House of Representatives passed the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (America COMPETES) Act of 2022 (H.R. 4521) on Friday by a vote of 222-210 predominantly along party lines. The bill aims to invest in domestic research and manufacturing to enhance the country’s global …

A bill that is making its way through the Missouri state legislature has sparked outrage for its possible consequences, which, critics say, would all but make murder legal in the state. Missouri Senate Bill 666 is being described by its Republican sponsor as an effort to loosen gun laws in …

Pamela Moses, a Black Lives Matter activist from Memphis, Tennessee, has been sentenced to six years in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019. Moses, 44, was sentenced earlier this week in Shelby County Criminal Court by Judge Mark Ward. Ward sentenced Moses to six years and one day …

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced additional actions to reduce gun crime and make communities safer. “The plan builds on the steps President Biden has taken since the beginning of his Administration to stop the flow of guns being used in crimes, bolster federal, state, and local law enforcement, invest …

The Pentagon has accused Russia of planning an elaborate hoax as a pretext to invade Ukraine. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Washington has credible intelligence about an elaborate Russian plot amid heightened tensions. “We believe that Russia would produce a very graphic propaganda video, which would include corpses and actors that …

The leader of the Islamic State (ISIS) group killed himself along with his wife and children when he detonated an explosive device during an overnight raid by U.S. special operations forces in northwestern Syria on Wednesday. President Joe Biden first announced on Thursday that U.S. troops had killed Abu Ibrahim …

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Congressional Black Caucus Chairwoman Joyce Beatty and HBCU Caucus Founder and Co-Chair Alma Adams issued the following joint statement in response to this week’s bomb threats at over a dozen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “The continued bomb threats against HBCUs are hate crimes that must …