Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was convicted Tuesday by a federal jury of seditious conspiracy for his leading role in the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump and his “Big Lie” that the 2020 presidential election …
Read More »Same-Sex Marriage Protected Under Bill Passed By Senate With GOP Support
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent The U.S. Senate approved legislation Tuesday that would enshrine protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, codifying many of the rights that would disappear if the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn those landmark decisions the way it overturned the nationwide right to an abortion this summer. …
Read More »With No Child Tax Credit And Inflation On The Rise, Families Are Slipping Back Into Poverty
Rebekah Barber Originally published by The 19th A year ago, the expanded child tax credit ended. Between 2020 and 2021, the credit — which gave monthly payments of up to $300 per child — helped reduce child poverty by more than 40 percent. More than 36 million families received the …
Read More »U.S. House To Intervene In Rail Workers Strike, Heeding Biden Call
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday said the House will take up legislation to ratify an agreement between rail workers and operators in order to avert a nationwide rail strike. “This week, the House will take up a bill adopting the Tentative Agreement — with …
Read More »State Board Certifies Michigan Election Results Despite Protest From Some GOP Candidates
Allison R. Donahue, Michigan Advance The Michigan Board of State Canvassers unanimously voted Monday to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election. The midterm election resulted in victories for the three Democratic incumbents in the top statewide offices. Democrats in Michigan also took control of both the state House …
Read More »Statement From President Joe Biden On Averting A Rail Shutdown
The White House released a statement on Monday from President Joe Biden on averting a rail shutdown. I am calling on Congress to pass legislation immediately to adopt the Tentative Agreement between railroad workers and operators – without any modifications or delay – to avert a potentially crippling national rail …
Read More »Early Voting For U.S. Senate Runoff Sees Long Lines Amid High Turnout
By: GPB News Staff Early voting ahead of the U.S. Senate runoff election between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker began in several Georgia counties over the weekend with a patchwork of start dates and times. Statewide early voting for all 159 counties begins today and ends Friday, Dec. 2 …
Read More »Little Appetite For Manchin Permitting Bill In Congressional Lame-Duck Session
Jacob Fischler, Iowa Capital Dispatch Among the items on Congress’ lengthy to-do list by the end of the year is U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s proposal to speed up the federal government’s permitting process that certifies energy projects do not harm the environment. But the bill, which was a condition of …
Read More »Thousands Of Veterans Deluge VA With Claims For Toxic Exposure Benefits, Health Care
Jennifer Shutt, Indiana Capital Chronicle The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is processing claims at the fastest rate in its history, hoping to avoid a significant backlog as hundreds of thousands of veterans apply for health care and benefits under the landmark toxic exposure law Congress passed earlier this year. …
Read More »Biden Administration Quietly Approves Huge Texas Oil Export Project
Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News The Biden administration has approved plans to build the nation’s largest oil export terminal off the Gulf Coast of Texas, which would add 2 million barrels per day to the U.S. oil export capacity. The approval by the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration was filed …
Read More »Commentary: What The Midterm Results Say About U.S. Voters In 2022
By Robert B. Talisse The results from the U.S. midterm elections came as a shock to many. The sitting president’s party typically suffers significant losses in House, Senate and gubernatorial races in the first midterm election of a president’s term. Several projections leading up to Election Day speculated that a …
Read More »Voting Rights Advocates, Democrats Urge Voters To Cast A Ballot Early And Avoid Mailing It In
Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Democratic-leaning groups are urging Georgians to cast their ballots in person if they can for the Dec. 6 runoff election. “As you know, the mail is slow,” reads a recent email from the Gwinnett County Democratic Party. “If you want the Gwinnett County Elections office to …
Read More »Red Flag Laws And The Colorado LGBTQ Club Shooting – Questions Over Whether State’s Protection Order Could Have Prevented Tragedy
Alex McCourt, Johns Hopkins University The killing of five patrons in a Colorado LGBTQ bar on Nov. 19, 2022, is the latest mass shooting to garner headlines in the U.S. Police have said they have yet to determine a motive. But one thing that has emerged is that the suspect …
Read More »‘Carpetbagger’ Charges Fly as Georgia GOP Senate Candidate Walker’s Texas Tax Break Exposed
Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herschel Walker is the beneficiary of a tax break meant for permanent Texas residents—a possible violation of both Texas law and residency rules for voting and political candidacy in Georgia, CNN reported Wednesday. Records reviewed by the network show Walker benefited from Texas’ homestead tax exemption, …
Read More »Mary Peltola – the first Alaska Native elected to Congress – will keep U.S. House seat
Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, who just two months ago became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, won the general election and will keep her seat in the state’s only U.S. House district for a full two-year term. Peltola’s bipartisan appeal, ability …
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