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On Thursday, Congress averted a government shutdown just a day before the funding deadline was set to expire. After the House voted mostly along party lines to fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18 earlier in the afternoon, the Senate took up the continuing resolution on Thursday night …

Originally published by The 19th The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in a case that could end almost 50 years of guaranteed abortion rights. Audio from the arguments will be streamed on the Supreme Court’s website, beginning at 10 a.m. Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization examines the …

The Department of Defense announced a UFO task force to investigate unidentified flying objects in restricted air space and determine whether or not they pose a threat. Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks announced the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) last week. “The AOIMSG will synchronize efforts across the …

Wisconsin’s two senators, Senators Ron Johnson (R) and Tammy Baldwin (D), teamed up Saturday to urge groups or individuals trying to exploit the Waukesha tragedy to “cease and desist” and let local law enforcement agencies do their job. Coming from different sides of the aisle, the Democrat Baldwin and Republican Johnson, …

Originally published by The 19th Amber Joiner was just a few years into a political career as a lawmaker in Nevada when she announced she would not seek reelection. Joiner, a Democrat, simply could not afford to serve in the legislature. Her take-home pay while she was in office between …

The committee looking into the deadly January 6 riot at the Capitol announced Monday they subpoenaed Roger Stone and Alex Jones. Three others connected to the incident were also subpoenaed. The subpoenas were issued to allies of former President Donald Trump, who the committee believes have relevant information about the rallies …

On Friday morning, the House of Representatives, by a 220 to 213 vote, passed the Build Back Better Act and sent it to the Senate for consideration and amendments. Debate in the Senate is expected to last several weeks. Now that the Build Back Better bill has gone back to …

COVID-19 booster shots are now available to all adults in the United States, after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on the recommendations of an agency advisory panel on Friday. “After critical scientific evaluation, today’s unanimous decision carefully considered the current state of the pandemic, the …

Last week, Newsmax White House reporter Emerald Robinson had her Twitter account temporarily banned when she tweeted about a conspiracy theory that links COVID-19 vaccines and Satan, noting that “the vaccines contain a bioluminescent marker called LUCIFERASE so that you can be tracked.” Newsmax pulled Robinson off the air and …

The Labor Department on Friday said more than a half-million jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October — soundly beating what most analysts had predicted. The department said in its monthly report that 531,000 jobs were added last month. In the run-up to Friday’s report, most economists projected …

Republican Glenn Youngkin has won the Virginia governor’s race, defeating Democrat Terry McAuliffe, and snapping a losing streak for GOP statewide candidates in the commonwealth. The Associated Press projected Youngkin as the race winner after midnight. “Together, we will change the trajectory of this commonwealth,” Youngkin told a crowd of …

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has tested positive for COVID-19, she shared in a statement released to Twitter on Sunday. In the statement, Psaki said that she had decided on Wednesday not to travel with President Joe Biden on his European trip “due to a family emergency, which was members of …

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that he had reached a “historic economic framework” with Democrats in Congress on his social spending plan, the Build Back Better Act. President Biden: "Today, I'm pleased to announce that after months of tough and thoughtful negotiations, I think we have an historic, I …

The United States Capitol Police arrested a man after he illegally parked a “suspicious vehicle” in front of the Supreme Court and refused to leave. In August, the same man came to the Capitol Complex and made concerning statements. The man, who has been identified as 55-year old Dale Paul …

During a hearing on Thursday, Senators questioned a Facebook executive, claiming the company had evidence its products harmed teens, yet repeatedly concealed that information from lawmakers and the public. Facebook’s Head of Global Safety, Antigone Davis, faced questions in an hours-long Capitol Hill hearing that called over damning reports that Facebook’s …