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 …
Read More »President Biden Announces ‘Historic’ Spending Plan
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 …
Read More »Police Arrest Man Pulled From ‘Suspicious Vehicle’ Outside Supreme Court
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 …
Read More »Senators Grill Facebook Exec In Hearing Over Teen Mental Health
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 …
Read More »Judge sentences Ohio men to 45 days in jail for Capitol riot
A federal judge sentenced two Ohio men to 45 days behind bars Wednesday for their role in the Capitol riot, saying the two men had attempted to undermine one of the country’s “bedrock acts.” Derek Jancart and Erik Rau appeared before U.S. District Judge James Boasberg to be sentenced on …
Read More »Federal Officials Reimburse Florida School District After State Cuts Funds Over Mask Mandates
A Florida school district announced last week that it is the first school district in the nation to receive a federal grant to replace funding that was withheld over its mask mandate. The U.S. Department of Education gave Alachua County Public Schools nearly $148,000 through its Project Safe grant program, …
Read More »Judge Temporarily Blocks New York City Schools Vaccine Mandate
A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed New York City from implementing its vaccine mandate for public school employees. The temporary restraining order was granted by a judge on the federal government’s Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday night. The case will now go to a three-judge federal panel, …
Read More »Stacey Abrams’ Fair Fight Action Launches Freedom to Vote Fall
Fair Fight Action, the voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams, today launched Freedom to Vote Fall, a continuation of the group’s Hot Call Summer campaign to demand federal action to protect the freedom to vote. With Freedom to Vote Fall, Fair Fight Action is doubling down on its nationwide …
Read More »Orlando Residents Asked To Limit Water Usage To Help COVID Patients
The City of Orlando is asking residents to reduce water consumption due to COVID-19. Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) held a news conference asking residents to stop watering their lawns and washing their cars for at least a week. Mayor Dyer said Friday that water …
Read More »Over 5000 Students In Florida County Quarantined Due To COVID-19
Less than a week into the school year, thousands of students in a Florida county are either quarantined or in isolation because of COVID-19. As of Monday, 5,599 students in Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida are either isolated due to a positive case or quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19. …
Read More »Biden Administration Issues New Limited Eviction Moratorium
The Biden administration is issuing a new eviction moratorium in the wake of criticism from liberal lawmakers after a previous ban on evictions was allowed to expire over the weekend. According to details released late Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the new moratorium will be more …
Read More »Florida Daily COVID-19 Cases Hit Record On Saturday
Saturday, the state of Florida reported more new COVID-19 cases to the Centers for Disease Control than any previous day in the coronavirus pandemic: 21,683. That’s a 12.1% jump over the previous record, Jan. 7’s 19,334 cases during the worst month of the pandemic. Daily case counts routinely surpassed 10,000 …
Read More »President Biden Is Raising ‘ridiculously low’ Federal Firefighter Pay
President Joe Biden is raising federal firefighter pay to $15 an hour and giving retention incentives. The raise comes as western states battle with deadly heatwaves and wildfires. “Because of climate change, woodland firefighting is no longer a seasonal endeavor,” a White House fact sheet said. The President met virtually …
Read More »Rudy Giuliani’s Law License Has Been Suspended
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court suspended Rudy Giuliani’s law license on Thursday because he made “demonstrably false and misleading statements.” “For the reasons that follow, we conclude that there is uncontroverted evidence that respondent communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, lawmakers and the public …
Read More »U.S. Announces Plan To Share 55 Million COVID-19 Doses Overseas
The White House announced plans on Monday for the remaining 55 million doses out of the 80 million COVID-19 vaccines they pledged to have allocated by the end of June. President Joe Biden pledged to distribute 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses by the end of the month, but the White …
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