By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 29, 2022 For the past two years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at …
Read More »President Biden’s Remarks At White House Correspondents’ Dinner (Video)
On Saturday night, President Joe Biden addressed the White House Correspondents’ Association, the first time a president has spoken at the event in six years. The event was canceled during the pandemic, and former president Donald Trump shunned the event while he was in office. Text of Biden’s full remarks and …
Read More »U.S. To Lend And Lease Military Supplies To Ukraine Under Bill Cleared By Congress
by Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to use the framework of a World War II-era program to allow the federal government to lend and lease military equipment to Ukraine as it resists Russian troops. The legislation, called the Ukraine …
Read More »Biden Asks Congress For $33 Billion For Ukraine Aid, Pleads Again For COVID Funds
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday asked Congress to approve $33 billion more in funding to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion that has lasted more than two months and claimed thousands of lives. Biden also asked U.S. lawmakers to make it …
Read More »Florida Gave Voting Rights To People With Felony Convictions. Now Some Face Charges For Voting
by Kira Lerner, Florida Phoenix April 29, 2022 Florida authorities arrested a Black man while he was staying in a homeless shelter and charged him with voting illegally in a case tied to Republicans’ drive to root out election fraud. But Kelvin Bolton’s arrest raises questions about the rollout of …
Read More »Senate Confirms Lael Brainard As Federal Reserve Vice Chair
After weeks of delays due in part to Republican obstructionism, the United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, as the next vice chair of the central bank. In a 52–43 vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday, lawmakers …
Read More »Georgia Gov. Kemp Signs Bill Banning The Teaching of “Divisive Concepts.”
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a series of controversial education bills regulating what public schools can teach and the playing of sports by transgender youth Thursday morning. Some of the bills drew a lot of attention, including a bill aimed at critical race theory. The measure bans nine “divisive concepts” …
Read More »House Panel Looks Into Disinformation Targeted At Communities Of Color
by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix April 28, 2022 WASHINGTON — Experts tracking disinformation efforts online detailed to lawmakers on a U.S. House Administration panel Thursday how communities of color are targets for those disinformation campaigns. Democrats on the Subcommittee on Elections expressed their concern about how communities of color are …
Read More »FDA Moves To Ban Sales Of Menthol Cigarettes, Flavored Cigars
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it has begun the process of banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. “Banning menthol — the last allowable flavor — in cigarettes and banning all flavors in cigars will help save lives, particularly among those disproportionately affected by these deadly products. With these …
Read More »Congress Expands Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site Beyond Kansas
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 26, 2022 The U.S. House cleared a bill Tuesday that would expand the Kansas site honoring the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning school segregation, adding National Park Service sites in other states to commemorate their roles in the decision as well. The bill …
Read More »Dianne Feinstein Faces Pressure To End Her 30 Year Senatorial Career
Lincoln Mitchell, Columbia University On Nov. 27, 1978, Dianne Feinstein – then the 45-year-old president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and two-time failed mayoral candidate – effectively announced her retirement from politics. It was a foggy morning, and Feinstein greeted reporters at City Hall by telling them she …
Read More »Report: Biden Open To Canceling Some Student Loan Debt
President Joe Biden reportedly said he’s considering canceling some student loan debt in a private meeting with House Democrats. Two sources told NBC News that the president received requests from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus members to extend the pause on student loan payments and cancel at least $10,000 in student loan …
Read More »Rep. Madison Cawthorn Cited For Bringing Loaded Gun To Airport…Again
U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, of North Carolina, was caught with a loaded gun at an airport last week, according to police. The incident was reported after TSA agents at the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport alerted police that a firearm had been found in a bag at one of their security screening …
Read More »Report: Texts Show Rep. Perry ‘Key Role’ In Trying To Overturn 2020 Election Results
by John L. Micek, Pennsylvania Capital-Star April 26, 2022 A central Pennsylvania congressman played a “key” role in efforts to topple the 2020 election results, and pushed to get the country’s top intelligence official to investigate baseless conspiracy theories, according to a newly published report. The lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Scott …
Read More »Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Whether Biden Can Toss Trump’s “Remain In Mexico” Policy
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 26, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday morning on whether the Biden administration can scrap a Trump-era policy that forces asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico as their cases make their way through U.S. immigration courts. During two hours of arguments, …
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