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Texas civil rights Lee Merritt announced last week that he’s running against incumbent Republican Ken Paxton for Texas attorney general. I’m Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney and community organizer. I’m running against Ken Paxton to be the next Attorney General of Texas. Are you ready to bring justice to …

An annual report released by the National Urban League has found that racial issues in the United States have grown worse due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report released on Thursday, titled “State of Black America,” found that high rates of unemployment, lower incomes, and lower net worth left Black …

President Joe Biden said Friday that social media misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccinations is “killing people,” and the White House said Facebook needs to clean up its act. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poli Alert (@polialertcom) “They’re killing people. The only pandemic we have is among …

The U.S. is weighing intervention in the Cuban government’s ongoing crackdown on widespread protests, President Joe Biden said Thursday, amid widespread shortages of food and medicine and attempts by Cuba to limit dissenters’ ability to communicate with one another. “They’ve cut off access to the internet,” Biden said at the …

With a month left until the August 15 deadline, more than two million people have signed up for healthcare coverage through the Affordable Care Act(ACA) during the Biden Administration’s 2021 Special Enrollment Period, according to new enrollment reports from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The special enrollment period began …

A Judge in Maryland ruled this week that enhanced federal unemployment benefits can continue until September. A judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the state to ensure those qualifying for unemployment to keep getting enhanced federal benefits. Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan and labor official wanted to opt-out of the …

Norwegian Cruise Line is reportedly suing Florida for banning Covid certificates, or “vaccine passports”, in what it has called “an impossible dilemma” if cruises are to return. The company, in a complaint filed in the US district court of Miami, is asking for Florida’s ban on Covid certifications to be invalidated …

A federal judge has issued a decision Friday that blocks new DACA applications, after Texas and several other states filed a lawsuit against the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sided with the states in his ruling, agreeing that then-President Barack Obama had overstepped his …

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told CNN in an interview that there are only two factors that will dictate whether he retires — health and the court. Justice Breyer, the oldest member of the Court, says that he feels no pressure and has no plans to step down. The eighty-three-year-old …

More than 30 million American families have received their first monthly child tax credit payment from the U.S. government in an expanded income-support program that President Joe Biden said on Thursday could help end child poverty. At the White House on Thursday, President Biden praised the tax credit as a …

The United States Surgeon General says that misinformation has hindered the COVID-19 vaccination process and that it is an “urgent threat.” The Surgeon General is advising social media platforms to crack down on the spread of COVID-19 misinformation. “Surgeon general advisories are reserved for urgent public health threats,” Dr. Vivek …

The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 360,000 last week, the lowest level since the coronavirus pandemic began, the Labor Department reported on Thursday. The reading was a decrease of 26,000 from the prior week’s revised level and the lowest level since March 14, 2020, …

Three Judges from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote on Tuesday that restrictions on handgun sales to adults under the age of 21 are unconstitutional under the Second Amendment. “Looking through this historical lens to the text and structure of the Constitution reveals that …

The Biden Administration announced on Wednesday that Afghan interpreters and translators who helped American soldiers during the 20-year war in Afghanistan would be evacuated out of the country at the end of the month. The Operation Allies Refuge flights out of Afghanistan during the last week of July will be …

A Texas family of five was arrested and charged on Tuesday for participating in the deadly January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol. The Munn family —Dawn, Kristi, Tom, Kayli, and Josh — faces four federal charges, including illegal entry and disorderly conduct. According to a 34-page affidavit, a …