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The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol has issued a subpoena to former White House trade advisor Peter Navarro. The committee is seeking records and deposition testimony from Mr. Navarro, who, according to public reporting, interviews, and his own book, was involved in efforts …

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn, and Congressman Mondaire Jones led over 40 Congressional Black Caucus members in calling on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to aggressively protect voting rights and fight against disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, voter purges, and other forms of voter suppression, vote dilution, and election subversion. “These …

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is scrapping a plan to require people to verify their identities using facial recognition software to access their information on the agency’s website. The IRS previously announced it planned to implement a new verification process that required taxpayers to upload a photo ID and then …

The Florida Senate on Tuesday gave initial approval to a controversial proposal that critics have dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill because it could curtail school discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity. The Republican-dominated Senate Education Committee approved the measure (SB 1834) in a 6-3 vote along party lines, …

Authorities have arrested a Manhattan couple accused of stealing $4.5 billion in bitcoin by hacking a virtual currency exchange, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. In conjunction with the arrests, officials said that law enforcement seized bitcoin currently valued at more than $3.6 billion. The married couple — Ilya Lichtenstein, 34, …

The House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure on Tuesday night to keep the U.S. government up and running through March 11. Current funding is expected to run out Feb. 18, and without a full-year funding bill or this continuing resolution, the government would shut down at midnight on …

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was whisked away by the Secret Service after an apparent “security threat” at Dunbar High School in Washington Tuesday afternoon. Emhoff was in the middle of a presentation when he was escorted out of the room. There was a bomb threat, according to a DC Public …

When former President Donald Trump retreated to his Mar-a-Lago Club in January 2021, he took with him several boxes of official White House documents and memorabilia that should have been given to the National Archives, the Washington Post reported. The National Archives recently had to recover the documents from Trump’s Palm Beach …

Amanda Becker Originally published by The 19th The U.S. House on Monday approved a bill that would ban mandatory arbitration in sexual harassment and assault cases brought by workers, consumers and even nursing home residents, queuing the measure up for Senate passage and President Joe Biden’s signature. Forced arbitration clauses …

A White House task force on labor released a report Monday with the goal of making it easier for federal employees and contractors to join unions. Most Americans are interested in joining unions, the White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment found, but union membership is declining. Compared …

The United States Army announced last week that it would immediately begin separating soldiers from the service who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Last week, the military announced they’re beginning immediate involuntary discharges for vaccine refusers. The army’s announcement makes them the last military branch to hand out dismissal …

A divided North Carolina Supreme Court struck down the state’s new redistricting maps for congressional and General Assembly seats Friday. By a 4-3 decision – with the justices who are registered Democrats making up the majority – the state’s highest court directed the GOP-controlled legislature to redraw the plans by …

Delta Air Lines is asking the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to put airline passengers convicted of disrupting flights on a national no-fly list, barring them from traveling on any commercial flights, according to the letter obtained Friday by several news outlets. In the letter, dated Thursday and first …

President Joe Biden touted a surprisingly strong U.S. jobs report for January, declaring, “America’s job machine is going stronger than ever.” “Our country is taking everything that Covid has to throw at us and we’ve come back stronger,” Biden said, speaking from the White House. Pres. Biden on expectedly strong …

Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Chair of the Higher Education and Workforce Investment Subcommittee, has delivered a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the full investigation of recent threats made against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). “In less than a month, more than one dozen …