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The cost of living is increasing at its fastest pace in almost 40 years right now, with data out on Friday showing the country’s inflation rate hit 6.8 percent last month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that higher costs for gasoline, shelter, food and new and used …

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is seeking to crack down on assault weapons in the state by calling for new gun laws modeled on Texas’ abortion ban that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons or ghost guns. “I am outraged by yesterday’s U.S. …

A California man was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife in Santa Cruz, California.  Ole Hougen, 45, of Santa Cruz, California, was convicted of the crime on April 9. According to evidence presented at trial, …

Dozens of people are dead, and search efforts are ongoing after a historic tornado outbreak and rounds of severe weather ripped through several states Friday and Saturday. Bodies were pulled from a candle factory destroyed in Kentucky, and deaths were confirmed at an Amazon facility that was ripped apart in …

The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rachael S. Rollins as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Rollins was the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney in Massachusetts and she becomes the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. “I …

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued an additional six subpoenas to aides and others connected to former President Donald Trump on Friday, including Ohio congressional candidate Max Miller. The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is seeking records and testimony …

Originally published by The 19th The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a legal challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion law to continue — potentially opening the door for lower courts to once again halt enforcement of the law, but also leaving open an avenue for future abortion restrictions and limiting the …

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday to reject former President Donald Trump‘s bid to block the National Archives from turning over his administration’s records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The three-judge panel unanimously rejected the arguments by the former president’s lawyers that their client …

16 and 17-year-olds can receive a booster shot for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved the additional dose Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration gave emergency authorization for 16- and 17-year-olds to receive a third dose of the Pfizer …

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Thursday that she is suspending her campaign for New York governor and will run for re-election instead. I have come to the conclusion that I must continue my work as attorney general. There are a number of important investigations and cases that …

On Wednesday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), along with several of her House colleagues, announced a resolution to remove Representative Lauren Boebert (CO-03) from her committee assignments. Joining Rep. Pressley on the resolution are Representatives Jamaal Bowman (NY-16), Cori Bush (MO-01), Judy Chu (CA-27), Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04), Jimmy Gomez (CA-34), …

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy issued a new Surgeon General’s Advisory to highlight the urgent need to address the nation’s youth mental health crisis. As the nation continues the work to protect the health and safety of America’s youth during this pandemic with the pediatric vaccine push amid concerns …

The number of Americans who quit their jobs in October remained high, decreasing only slightly to 4.2 million, down from a record 4.4 million in September, according to the Labor Department’s Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report that came out on Wednesday. In addition, the number of job …

On Tuesday, by a vote of 363 to 70, the House of Representatives passed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The bill authorizes $768 billion in spending for the Defense Department in fiscal year 2022, $25 billion more than requested by President Joe Biden. The big increase split Democrats, …

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Mississippi announced Monday that it had closed its investigation into a witness’s alleged recantation of her account of the events leading up to the murder of Emmett Till. The investigation was …