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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed four bills into law on Thursday restricting mask and Covid-19 vaccine mandates in an effort to combat federal rules handed down by President Joe Biden. Flanked by his newly appointed surgeon general and Republican legislators, DeSantis described the bills as a win for personal freedoms …

North Carolina Democratic Congressman G.K Butterfield announced Thursday that he won’t seek re-election and intends to retire at the end of his term in December 2022. “It is time for me to retire and allow the torch to be passed to someone who shares the values of the district and …

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed several bipartisan bills into law that expand benefits for first responders injured in the line of duty and offer more counseling resources to police officers. Biden signed the “Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021,” the “Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support Counseling Act,” and …

The United States government has agreed to pay $5.29 billion for 10 million courses of Pfizer’s experimental COVID 19 antiviral pill as the country rushes to secure new oral treatments to manage the disease. According to Reuters, this deal is for around twice as many treatment courses as those Merck …

Two men convicted in the murder of prolific civil rights activist Malcolm X have been exonerated after an almost two-year investigation. Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam were convicted along with another man named Thomas Hagan in the February 21st, 1965 assassination of Malcolm X during his speech at Audubon …

The Biden Administration is taking steps to help distribute billions of dollars in additional aid to help with heating and utility bills this winter. The funding will come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March of this year. The package provided an additional $4.5 billion for the …

The House on Wednesday voted 223-207 to censure Arizona Republican Paul Gosar and remove him from his committee roles for posting an animated video that depicted him killing New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an action he has refused to acknowledge as inappropriate. Two Republicans joined all Democrats to force Gosar …

The so-called “Qanon Shaman” has been sentenced to almost three and a half years in prison for his role in the January 6 Capitol Insurrection. Jacob Chansley became known as the Shaman for the horned headdress he wore as he stormed the Capitol building with hundreds of others, in an …

The execution date for death row inmate Julius Jones is on Thursday, and the clock is ticking for Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s decision on whether to grant him clemency. The governor has one more full day to make a decision. He will either approve or deny the recommendation from the …

President Joe Biden on Wednesday asked Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan in a letter to immediately “consider whether illegal conduct is costing families at the pump,” as he said there’s “mounting evidence of anti-consumer behavior by oil and gas companies.” “Prices at the pump have continued to rise, …

Wyoming Republican leaders voted this weekend to no longer recognize Rep. Liz Cheney as a member of their party. The resolution, which does not strip Cheney of any tangible power, passed the Wyoming GOP Central Committee by a vote of 31-29 during a Saturday meeting in Buffalo. The symbolic move …

Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) announced on Tuesday that she would not run for re-election, a decision that ends the congressional career of one of the House’s leading women’s rights champions. “It’s time for me to come home. Time for me to be more than a weekend wife, mother and friend,” …

Former U.S. Congressman, 2018 U.S. Senate nominee and 2020 presidential contender, Beto O’Rourke, has officially announced he is running for governor of Texas. O’Rourke announced his campaign in a video posted to YouTube on Monday. In the video, O’Rourke cites the power grid failure during February’s winter storm as one of …

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, 81, announced his retirement after eight terms and nearly five decades in office during a press conference in his home state of Vermont yesterday. “While I will continue to serve Vermont, Marcelle (his wife) and I have reached the conclusion that it is time to put …

On Monday afternoon, President Joe Biden signed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill – The Infrastructure and Jobs Act – into law. “My fellow Americans, today I want you to know: We hear you and we see you,” Biden said at a signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. …