President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks with visits to each of the three sites where hijacked planes crashed in 2001, honoring the victims of the assault. Biden began the day in New York, where he and first lady Jill Biden attended a ceremony at the …
Read More »Jan. 6 Committee Receives ‘Thousands’ Of Documents Before Deadline
The House Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan 6 insurrection received thousands of documents hours before a Friday deadline. “With several hours to go before today’s deadline, the Select Committee had received thousands of pages of documents in response to our first set of requests, and our investigative team is …
Read More »Unvaccinated Individuals Are 11 Times More Likely To Die From COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared results from a study on Friday that found that unvaccinated individuals are eleven times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to vaccinated people. The study also found that unvaccinated individuals are ten times more likely to be hospitalized and are …
Read More »Los Angeles Is Requiring Students To Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
The Los Angeles Unified School Board voted on Thursday to require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend in-person classes. The Los Angeles Unified School District is the first school district in the United States to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for students. The mandate applies to students twelve …
Read More »20 States Are Challenging South Carolina Abortion Ban
Attorneys General in 20 states and Washington D.C. on Wednesday filed an amicus brief in support of a legal challenge against South Carolina’s controversial abortion ban. The Attorneys General says that the fetal heartbeat law is unconstitutional and harms women. “The unlawful efforts by South Carolina and other states to …
Read More »United Airlines to Put Unvaccinated Workers With Religious Exemptions on Unpaid Leave
United Airlines workers who sought to be exempt from taking the COVID-19 vaccine for religious or medical reasons will be required to take a temporary leave of absence beginning next month. Those whose exemption requests are denied will have until September 27, 2021, to get their first vaccine shot. Those …
Read More »President Biden Withdraws ATF Chief Nomination For David Chipman
President Joe Biden on Thursday withdrew his nomination for David Chipman to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). Chipman has been ensnared in a battle with gun rights groups and Congress members and failed to capture the votes he needed. “He would have been exemplary Director …
Read More »President Biden Announces New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced sweeping new mandates to compel public and private employees to get the COVID-19 vaccine, affecting as many as 100 million Americans. Biden made his message clear from the White House: The minority of Americans who won’t get the shot is keeping the country from …
Read More »DOJ Sues Texas Over Controversial Six-Week Abortion Ban
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that it is pursuing a lawsuit against Texas over its newly implemented six-week abortion ban. The agency says that the law is unconstitutional. “It is settled constitutional law that ‘a State may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to …
Read More »Democratic Lawmakers Move To Lower Medicare Eligibility Age To 60
Democratic lawmakers are pushing to pass legislation to lower the Medicare eligibility age to sixty. The current eligibility age is sixty-five. The Improving Medicare Coverage Act — led by Reps. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash.; Conor Lamb, D-Pa.; Joe Neguse, D-Colo.; and Susan Wild, D-Pa.; Haley Stevens, D-Mich.; and Debbie Dingell, D-Mich. — would …
Read More »Robert E. Lee Statue In Richmond, Virginia, Removed; Cut Into Pieces
History was made in Richmond Wednesday when one of the country’s largest Confederate monuments, a 21-foot-tall bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on a horse, was taken down on the city’s famous Monument Avenue more than 130 years after it was erected in the former capital of the Confederacy. View …
Read More »7.5 Million Jobless Americans Now Without Unemployment Benefits
Over the weekend, enhanced unemployment benefits expired – including $300 weekly bonus checks – as well as coverage for freelancers and the long-term employed, affecting more than 11 million people, with roughly 7.5 million who’ve lost their benefits entirely. According to estimates by The Century Foundation, 7.5 million people are no …
Read More »Judge Rules Against Governor DeSantis; Allows Schools Mandate Masks
A Florida judge ruled against Gov. Ron DeSantis and allowed schools in the state to mandate masks. Second Circuit Judge John Cooper’s order is effective immediately and means the state must stop enforcing the banning of mask mandates. “It’s undisputed that in Florida, we are in the midst of a …
Read More »AG Merrick Garland pledges to ‘protect’ women seeking abortions in Texas
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed to “protect” women seeking abortions in Texas, days after a new state law went into effect aiming to prohibit most abortions after six weeks. While the Justice Department “urgently explores all options to challenge” Texas’ new law and “protect the constitutional rights of …
Read More »States Besides Texas With Restrictive Abortion Laws
Abortion is legal in the U.S. thanks to Roe v. Wade–but abortion laws and restrictions vary by state. There has been a record number of measures restricting access already passed this year, reproductive health research organization the Guttmacher Institute has said. A total of 19 states have enacted 97 restrictions …
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