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Longtime Texas Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson has announced her intentions to retire after her term ends next year. The 85-year-old Dallas Democrat, who represents Texas’ 30th congressional district, told a crowd of supporters over the weekend that she will be endorsing a candidate in the race to fill her seat. …

President Joe Biden is nominating Jerome Powell to a second four-year term as Federal Reserve Chair, the White House said in a statement on Monday. Biden also said he would nominate Lael Brainard, the lone Democrat on the Fed’s Board of Governors and the person who had been considered a …

On Friday, the first Black US Attorney for the Southern District of New York was sworn into office in a ceremony at the Harlem Armory. Damian Williams, 41, made history at his ceremonial swearing-in and will oversee some of the most high-profile cases in his role. In fact, he inherited …

President Joe Biden has named two new nominees to serve on the Postal Service Board of Governors, replacing former President Donald Trump’s picks to help lead the agency. On Friday, Biden submitted to the Senate his latest nominees to serve on the board: former head of the General Services Administration …

President Joe Biden received a clean bill of health from the White House doctor on Friday after undergoing a routine check-up during which his powers were briefly transferred to Vice President Kamala Harris. “The President remains a healthy, vigorous, 78-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of …

Nov 19, 2021 Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th For a short period on Friday morning, the United States for the first time had a woman formally acting as president. President Joe Biden, who turns 79 on Saturday, briefly transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris, 57, when he …

On Friday, the House voted to pass a historic $1.75 trillion Build Back Better Act that makes unprecedented investments in working people, families, and communities across America. The roll call fell mostly among party lines with a vote of 220-213, with one Democrat, Maine Congressman Jared Goldman, voting against it. “We …

A jury in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, has found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on all counts in the shooting deaths of two men and the injuring of another during protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake last summer. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poli Alert (@polialertcom) …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed four bills into law on Thursday restricting mask and Covid-19 vaccine mandates in an effort to combat federal rules handed down by President Joe Biden. Flanked by his newly appointed surgeon general and Republican legislators, DeSantis described the bills as a win for personal freedoms …

North Carolina Democratic Congressman G.K Butterfield announced Thursday that he won’t seek re-election and intends to retire at the end of his term in December 2022. “It is time for me to retire and allow the torch to be passed to someone who shares the values of the district and …

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed several bipartisan bills into law that expand benefits for first responders injured in the line of duty and offer more counseling resources to police officers. Biden signed the “Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021,” the “Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act,” and …

The United States government has agreed to pay $5.29 billion for 10 million courses of Pfizer’s experimental COVID 19 antiviral pill as the country rushes to secure new oral treatments to manage the disease. According to Reuters, this deal is for around twice as many treatment courses as those Merck …

Two men convicted in the murder of prolific civil rights activist Malcolm X have been exonerated after an almost two-year investigation. Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam were convicted along with another man named Thomas Hagan in the February 21st, 1965 assassination of Malcolm X during his speech at Audubon …

The Biden Administration is taking steps to help distribute billions of dollars in additional aid to help with heating and utility bills this winter. The funding will come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March of this year. The package provided an additional $4.5 billion for the …

The House on Wednesday voted 223-207 to censure Arizona Republican Paul Gosar and remove him from his committee roles for posting an animated video that depicted him killing New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an action he has refused to acknowledge as inappropriate. Two Republicans joined all Democrats to force Gosar …