Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert paid rent and utility bills with campaign funds in violation of federal campaign finance laws, new filings with the Federal Election Commission show. The filings, submitted to the FEC on Tuesday, also indicate that Boebert reimbursed her campaign for the $6,650 worth of payments. Each …
Read More »Trump Is Suing The New York Times And His Niece, Mary Trump
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a $100 million lawsuit against his estranged niece Mary Trump and The New York Times, alleging they engaged in “an insidious plot” to obtain his tax returns for the paper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation of his finances. The lawsuit says that New York Times …
Read More »House Approves $1 Billion For Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a stand-alone bill to provide Israel with $1 billion to replenish the Iron Dome missile-defense system, following two days of contentious debate within the Democratic Party. The vote passed with an overwhelming 420-9 majority, with two Democrats, Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Hank Johnson, …
Read More »Senator Susan Collins Won’t Back Abortion Rights Bill
Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) says she will not support Democrat’s Women’s Health Protection Act, an abortion rights bill “which would prohibit states from enacting restrictions on abortion through fetal viability,” according to the Los Angeles Times. It comes in response to a controversial Texas law banning abortion once cardiac activity is detected, which …
Read More »Michelle Obama’s ‘When We All Vote’ Kicks Off Week Of Action Ahead Of Midterms
Ahead of the midterms and in celebration of National Voter Registration Day, When We All Vote will host the National Voter Registration Week of Action to mobilize volunteers and current and future voters to head back to the ballot box this fall and in 2022. When We All Vote will kick things off with the, #BacktotheBallotBox …
Read More »Police Reform Bill Talks Fall Apart After Months Of Negotiations
Lawmakers on Wednesday said bipartisan negotiations on a police reform bill have broken down after months of talks. The talks wrapped up as Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., called head Republican negotiator Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. to say the sides could not reach an agreement, NBC News reported. “After months of …
Read More »Florida GOP Lawmaker Files Texas-Style Abortion Bill
A Florida State Representative filed a Texas-style abortion bill on Wednesday prohibiting abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected. The bill, filed by Florida GOP Rep. Webster Barnaby, is deemed the “Florida Heartbeat Act.” It states that once a heartbeat is detected, abortions will not be allowed unless the mother’s …
Read More »Biden doubles US global donation of COVID-19 vaccine shots
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that the U.S. would double its global donation of vaccines and buy another 500 million doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to share with low- and middle-income countries by next year. JUST IN: Pres. Biden announces the U.S. is donating another 500 million doses of …
Read More »Bush, Warren Introduce The Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Cori Bush, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and over three dozen of their colleagues introduced the Keeping Renters Safe Act of 2021 to enact an urgently needed nationwide eviction moratorium. In direct response to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Biden’s initial eviction moratorium on the grounds that …
Read More »House Passes Stopgap Bill To Fund Government; Raise Debt Ceiling
House Democrats on Tuesday voted to approve a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running and suspend the debt ceiling past the 2022 midterms. In a 220-211 vote along party lines, the House passed the measure, setting up a likely clash in the Senate where Republicans threatened to block …
Read More »White House Launches House America Initiative to Address Homelessness Crisis
The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge called on local leaders to join ‘House America‘, a HUD-led initiative to create more homes in America. House America is a federal initiative in which HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) invite mayors, county leaders, Tribal nation leaders, …
Read More »Texas Doctor Sued Under State’s New Abortion Ban
A Texas doctor has been sued under the state’s new six-week abortion ban. Dr. Alan Braid, a longtime physician in obstetrics and gynecology from San Antonio, wrote Sunday in an opinion piece in The Washington Post that he had performed an abortion outside of the legal window permitted in the law, …
Read More »Democrats Unveil Plans To Tie Debt Limit Suspension To Spending Bill
Democratic congressional leaders on Monday unveiled plans to tie the suspension of the nation’s debt limit to a spending bill that would also fund the government through the end of the year after the current budget lapses on September 30. The fate of the plan is unclear since Republicans have vowed …
Read More »Supreme Court To Hear Mississippi Abortion Ban Case In December
The United States Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear a closely watched case against a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in December as part of its upcoming term. The case, Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will be heard on Dec. 1, according to the court’s …
Read More »Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Raised Over $300K For Texas Pro-Choice Groups
Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has raised more than $300,000 for Texas abortion rights groups and health centers. 100 percent of the funds will go toward “organizations providing much-needed resources to folks seeking abortion care in Texas.” “The gutting of Roe v Wade imperils every menstruating person in the US, every person …
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