Jennifer Shutt, Iowa Capital Dispatch President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris moved abortion access to the forefront of their reelection bid Tuesday by making it the centerpiece of their first joint campaign rally of the 2024 election cycle. “With your voice, with your power, with your vote, we …
Read More »Funding Seen As A Last Hurdle To Final U.S. Senate Immigration Deal
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder A bipartisan agreement that would make the most substantial changes to immigration policy in 30 years hinges on funding disputes, key senators said Tuesday. While senators have not finalized the text of the agreement, they are discussing changes to the White House’s use of parole authority …
Read More »Supreme Court Says Texas Can’t Block Federal Agents From The Border
William Melhado, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ordered Texas to allow federal border agents access to the state’s border with Mexico, where Texas officials have deployed miles of concertina wire. The order did not explain justices’ decisions. For now, it effectively upholds longstanding court rulings that …
Read More »On Roe Anniversary, Abortion Opponents Look To White House To Fast-Track National Ban
Sofia Resnick, Michigan Advance Falling snow and flight delays thinned this year’s anti-abortion March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Friday, but did not deter the most impatient activists in the movement, those unsatisfied until the entire U.S. map is red with abortion bans. “I’m not okay with abortion states and non-abortion …
Read More »Biden Says He’s ‘ready to act’ On ‘significant’ Changes At The Border, Including Asylum
by Ariana Figueroa, Florida Phoenix President Joe Biden Friday said he backs “significant policy changes” to asylum law, amid ongoing immigration policy negotiations between the White House and Senate tied to passage of a global security package. “I believe we need significant policy changes at the border, including changes in …
Read More »DeSantis, Seeing No ‘clear path to victory,’ Suspends His Campaign For President
Michael Moline, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination for president on Sunday, saying in a video posted on X that he didn’t see “a clear path to victory” in light of his poor showing in the Iowa caucuses, and endorsed Donald Trump in the …
Read More »House Speaker Mike Johnson Rallies With Anti-Abortion Advocates At March for Life
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged to continue pressing for the core values of the anti-abortion movement during a speech to the March for Life on Friday. The Louisiana Republican didn’t commit to bring any legislation instituting a nationwide ban on abortion to the House floor …
Read More »Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett Is Going Viral – Just The Way She Wants It
Grace Yarrow, The Texas Tribune In summer 2021, about 50 Democrats from the Texas House arrived at the nation’s capital — absconding from Austin in a plot to block Republicans from passing a bill that would impose tighter restrictions on voting access. Buzzing with excitement, the lawmakers took their …
Read More »Biden Visits NC To Tout Rural Internet Investments, Promote 2024 Reelection
Lisa Sorg, NC Newsline The eternally spinning beach ball. The bottomless hourglass. A frozen computer screen. A lethargic internet connection is not merely an aggravation. It can deepen the socio-economic divide, foreclosing on educational and job opportunities — even quality health care — for underserved communities. President Joe Biden spoke …
Read More »Senate Finance Chief Rips GOP’s ‘Backroom Scheme’ to Cut Social Security
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The chair of the Senate Finance Committee said legislation advanced Thursday by the GOP-controlled House Budget Committee is a “backroom scheme” to cut Social Security and Medicare outside of the regular political process, a warning that came as Republicans signaled their intention to attach the bill …
Read More »Biden Administration Cancels Additional $5 Billion in Student Debt for 74,000 Borrowers
Jimmy Williams The Biden administration has announced the cancellation of $5 billion in student debt for 74,000 borrowers, marking a new wave of loan forgiveness. President Joe Biden stated that 44,000 of the approved borrowers, including teachers, nurses, and firefighters, had their education debt wiped clean after a decade of …
Read More »Congress Speeds Through Short-Term Government Funding Bill Before Friday Shutdown Deadline
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder Congress will have until early March to finish work it was supposed to complete last fall — and will avert a partial government shutdown — under a bill both chambers approved with broad bipartisan support Thursday. The 77-18 vote in the Senate and 314-108 vote in the House …
Read More »Senate Republicans Warn House Republicans on Immigration Negotiations
Jimmy Williams Senate Republicans are cautioning their counterparts in the House against playing political games with ongoing immigration negotiations, emphasizing that securing a better deal might not be possible under a potential second Donald Trump presidency. Senator Lindsey Graham expressed to reporters that expecting a better deal under a future …
Read More »Maine Judge Defers on Trump Ballot Decision Until Supreme Court Ruling
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A Maine judge on Wednesday declined to weigh in on former President Donald Trump’s challenge to his recent removal from the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot, citing the looming U.S. Supreme Court decision in a similar case. The U.S. Supreme Court—which has a right-wing supermajority that …
Read More »Senate Moves To Avoid A Partial Government Shutdown, But Time Running Short
Jennifer Shutt, Georgia Recorder The U.S. Senate took a broadly bipartisan vote Tuesday to advance a short-term spending bill, but both chambers of Congress must approve the legislation before a Friday funding deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown. The 68-13 procedural vote moves the bill toward a final vote …
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