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Abraham Kenmore, SC Daily Gazette Vice President Kamala Harris told a crowd gathered outside the South Carolina Statehouse that the freedoms Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for six decades ago are under attack, and voters must fight back at the ballot box. King “dedicated his life, and in the end …

Jon Queally, Common Dreams Whichever Republican emerges victorious in the party’s Iowa caucus on Monday and ultimately becomes the GOP nominee, defenders of Social Security want the voting public to know that not a single one of them can be trusted to defend what is considered the greatest anti-poverty program …

Robin Opsahl, Iowa Capital Dispatch Temperatures reached -16 degrees Fahrenheit in Iowa Sunday as presidential candidates rallied to encourage supporters to make it to their precinct caucus locations Monday night. Blizzards and wind chill have created dangerous conditions in the first-in-the-nation state in the days before the 2024 Iowa Republican …

Ashley Murray, Pennsylvania Capital-Star Republican U.S. House lawmakers, led by Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin, conducted a hearing Thursday to examine the possibility that “wokeness” hurts U.S. military readiness and effectiveness. The winding, over two-hour hearing by a subpanel of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability broached topics including, …

Nadra Nittle Originally published by The 19th In the digital age — when the meaning of any unfamiliar word can be found with the click of a button — printed dictionaries have suffered a steep decline in usage. But the waning popularity of reference books hasn’t spared them from the …

Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson committed Friday to following the topline spending agreement he struck with Democrats less than a week ago, following a day of speculation that he was preparing to walk away from the deal. “Our top line agreement remains,” Johnson said in a …

Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden announced Friday that some federal student loan borrowers will have their loans cancelled under the Department of Education’s new repayment plan. Starting next month, people who took out under $12,000 in federal student loans and have been repaying those loans for 10 years …

Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Country music star Jason “Jelly Roll” DeFord stepped out of the recording studio and into a Capitol Hill hearing room on Thursday to urge Congress to take action to curb both the supply of illicit fentanyl and the demand for it. “I could sit here and …

Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix There was national outrage last summer when the Florida Board of Education issued a new set of standards for African American history. It included a section on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” Criticism rained down on …

Jimmy Williams In a record-breaking year, approximately 20 million people have enrolled in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, according to an announcement by the Biden administration. This figure represents a 25% increase compared to the previous year when 16.3 million individuals enrolled. The announcement comes just …

Robin Opsahl, Florida Phoenix With five days until the Iowa Republican caucuses, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley competed Wednesday night in a CNN-hosted debate, while at a separate Iowa event former President Donald Trump called for mass deportations and dismissed accusations that he represents a …

Jimmy Williams House Republicans took a significant step toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he skipped a closed-door deposition last month. The House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee voted along party lines to recommend contempt charges against the son of President Joe Biden, paving the way for …

Jennifer Shutt, South Dakota Searchlight Congress on Wednesday appeared to be on track to pass a third deadline extension for at least some of the government funding bills that were supposed to become law more than three months ago — putting off a potential government shutdown. The move, while not …

Nya Etienne In a notable move aimed at diversifying the federal judiciary, President Joe Biden has announced his intention to nominate six highly qualified individuals to federal district courts. Among these nominees is District Court Judge Melissa R. Dubose, whose confirmation by the U.S. Senate would mark her as the …

Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Former President Donald Trump appeared in federal court Tuesday seeking immunity from charges that he schemed to overturn the 2020 presidential election results and knowingly fed lies to supporters who turned violent on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump, who is leading polls in the 2024 Republican presidential …