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Jimmy Williams In a bipartisan move, Congress passed a short-term funding bill on Wednesday to avert a government shutdown, removing a controversial voter ID proposal demanded by former President Donald Trump. The Senate passed the measure 78-18, shortly after the House approved it by a vote of 341-82, with all …

Ashley Murray, Rhode Island Current Stark polarization was on display Tuesday as U.S. senators argued whether the U.S. Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision effectively crowns the president “a king” or aligns with the history of the office. In the first congressional hearing on the court’s July decision, lawmakers on the …

Jimmy Williams President Joe Biden used his final address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to stress the importance of continued U.S. engagement on the global stage. His speech came as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon threaten to explode into a full-scale war, and as …

Jennifer Shutt, Arizona Mirror Senate Democrats attempted to pass a resolution Tuesday addressing abortion access in emergency medical situations, but Republicans blocked it from moving forward. The floor action followed months of unsuccessful attempts by congressional Democrats to approve legislation on various reproductive rights, including access to birth control and …

Jimmy Williams Police are investigating an incident of gunfire damage at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office in Tempe, just days before Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to visit the state for her presidential campaign. The office, which also serves the Arizona Democratic Party and other key political campaigns, was …

Jimmy Williams The U.S. Justice Department filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Visa on Tuesday, accusing the world’s largest payments network of maintaining an illegal monopoly over debit payments through exclusionary agreements that stifled competition and harmed consumers. In its lawsuit, filed in New York, the DOJ claims Visa’s dominance …

Jimmy Williams In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Wisconsin Today,” Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris reiterated her stance on eliminating the Senate filibuster to restore Roe v. Wade and protect abortion rights nationally. Harris expressed her strong belief that the legislative process should be streamlined to …

Jimmy Williams Nebraska state Senator Mike McDonnell has effectively blocked a Republican-led push to change the state’s electoral vote system ahead of the 2024 presidential election, dealing a significant blow to former President Donald Trump and his allies. The effort, which sought to switch Nebraska to a winner-take-all model, would …

Jennifer Shutt, North Dakota Monitor Vice President Kamala Harris is chiding GOP nominee Donald Trump for not agreeing to another presidential debate before voting ends Nov. 5, though he doesn’t appear inclined to change his mind. “Let’s have another debate,” Harris, the Democratic candidate, said Sunday. “There’s more to talk …

Jimmy Williams The FBI’s newly released crime statistics reveal a significant decrease in violent crime across the United States last year, including a dramatic 12% drop in murders—the largest decline in decades. The data also show a 9% reduction in reported rapes and a slight decrease in hate crimes, which …

Jimmy Williams The man accused of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Florida golf course left behind a note expressing his intent to kill Trump and was found with a list of Trump’s appearances, according to a Justice Department filing Monday. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, allegedly had …

Jimmy Williams In a significant shake-up, four top staff members of Mark Robinson’s gubernatorial campaign in North Carolina stepped down on Sunday, as the Republican candidate faces mounting pressure from within his own party to do the same. The resignations follow a CNN report alleging that Robinson made antisemitic and …

Jimmy Williams The House of Representatives is set to vote this week on a three-month stopgap funding bill, which would keep the federal government open until Dec. 20, preventing a looming government shutdown that could occur without congressional action by the end of September. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) announced the …

Jennifer Gerson Originally published by The 19th Vice President Kamala Harris told an Atlanta area audience Friday that “Trump abortion bans” were to blame for the “preventable” deaths of two Georgia women in the news this week, “and those are only the stories we know.” Friday’s event in this key …

Jimmy Williams Former President Donald Trump made a direct appeal to Nebraska lawmakers this week in an effort to change how the state allocates its electoral votes, a move aimed at limiting Vice President Kamala Harris’s path to winning the 2024 presidential election. In a phone call on Wednesday, Trump …