Rejecting former President Donald Trump‘s demands of executive privilege, President Joe Biden has ordered the release of Trump White House visitor logs to the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attacks at the U.S. Capitol. The records being released to Congress are visitor logs showing appointment information for …
Read More »The ACA Has A Birth Control Guarantee. Senators Are Pushing For Better Enforcement
Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th Democratic lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to strengthen enforcement of a signature component of the Affordable Care Act: the guarantee that privately insured people can get birth control without paying anything out of pocket. The health law’s contraceptive mandate, which dates back …
Read More »Sandy Hook Families Reach $73 Million Settlement With Gun Manufacturer Remington
Nine families whose loved ones were killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting accepted a $73 million settlement from the defunct gunmaker Remington, ending a seven-year wrongful death lawsuit that began as a long shot and became a landmark case. “These families would give that (settlement) up to get their …
Read More »Biden: Russian Invasion of Ukraine ‘Very Much A Possibility’
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke at the White House about the situation in Ukraine and said a Russian attack on the country was “still very much a possibility,” saying Moscow’s claim that it is withdrawing some of its troops from the Ukrainian border still needed to be verified. President …
Read More »Rep. Kathleen Rice Won’t Seek Re-election; 30th House Democrat To Leave After This Year
On Tuesday, New York Congresswoman Kathleen Rice announced that she would not seek reelection at the end of this current term. As I turn to the next chapter of my own personal and professional story, I do so with profound thanks to the community leaders, colleagues and staff who have …
Read More »Biden’s Pick For FDA Commissioner Confirmed By Senate
On Tuesday, Robert Califf was confirmed as the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner in a 50-46 Senate vote in which 6 Republicans supported him, and 5 Democrats voted against his confirmation. Republican Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota voted “present,” in what is called a “live pair” …
Read More »Trump Organization Accounting Firm Quits; Retracts A Decade Of Financial Records
Former President Donald Trump‘s accounting firm, Mazars, has cut ties with his company. It also informed the Trump Organization that it should no longer rely on almost ten years’ worth of financial statements. Mazars wrote in a letter to the Trump Organization chief legal officer last week, informing them to …
Read More »10 Million Households Have Signed Up For Broadband Affordability Program
Vice President Kamala Harris said Monday that 10 million households have signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program, which provides low-income Americans with a subsidy to help pay for broadband service. The subsidy was made possible through the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill Congress passed last year. In remarks at …
Read More »Louisville, Kentucky Candidate For Mayor Shot At Inside Office
A Democratic candidate for mayor in Louisville, Kentucky, Craig Greenberg, was unhurt after someone shot at him in his office at the Butchertown Market Monday morning, police said. “I am blessed. My team is blessed. No one was physically injured today,” Greenberg told reporters during a press conference Monday evening. …
Read More »Biden: NFL Should Exercise ‘Generic Decency’ In Hiring Practices
President Joe Biden called out the National Football League‘s (NFL) hiring practices in an interview that aired Sunday, saying it’s “just some generic human decency” to have more diverse leaders in the league. “The whole idea that a league that is made up of so many athletes of color, as …
Read More »Biden Marks Parkland School Shooting Anniversary With Calls For Gun Control
President Joe Biden marked the fourth anniversary of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, with a message on gun control. Fourteen students and three educators were killed on Feb. 14, 2018, when a former student opened fire on campus with an AR-15 rifle. “On this difficult day, …
Read More »Giuliani In Talks To Cooperate With January 6 Committee
Rudy Giuliani, the attorney and former adviser to President Donald Trump, is in discussions with the House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and may agree to answer their questions, according to a New York Times report published late Saturday. Those negotiations could still fall apart, …
Read More »Texas’ primary election is March 1. Here’s what you need to know to vote.
By Alexa Ura and Mandi Cai, The Texas Tribune Jan. 17, 2022 Texans will head back to the polls — from Feb. 14-25 for early voting and on election day, March 1 — for the 2022 primary election. Here’s an overview of what Texans need to know about casting a …
Read More »Report: Trump Making Millions Off Coffee Table Picture Book
Former President Donald Trump has made tens of millions of dollars from his coffee table picture book that includes captions he personally wrote slamming his political enemies. Sales for Trump’s book ‘Our Journey Together,’ which went on sale in late November, reached $20 million in sales in less than two months, …
Read More »Hundreds of mail-in ballots are being returned to Texas voters because they don’t comply with new voting law
By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune Feb. 10, 2022 Stricter voting rules enacted by Republican lawmakers last year continue to foil Texans trying to vote by mail in the upcoming primary, with hundreds of completed ballots being initially rejected for not meeting the state’s new identification requirements. The bulk of …
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