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Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury New monkeypox cases have been trending downward nationwide for more than two months, giving some hope the decades-old virus that had its first major outbreak in the United States this year is nearly under control, or even on its way out. However, experts caution that Centers …

On Wednesday afternoon, the United States Capitol Police (USCP) Hazardous Incident Response Division cleared a suspicious vehicle, which was parked illegally on Capitol Grounds. USCP Officers arrested the driver after he admitted to having guns in the vehicle– a small white van. Weapons are banned from Capitol Grounds, yet dozens …

Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder President Joe Biden will authorize the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the nation’s reserves on Wednesday, part of an effort to lower gas prices as polling shows concerns over inflation are likely to hurt Democrats in congressional elections next month. The release from …

Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix Incumbent GOP Sen. Marco Rubio sparred on stage Tuesday night with Democratic U.S. House Rep. Val Demings in the only scheduled televised debate before the general election in less than a month. Both candidates for the U.S. Senate in Florida went back and forth on a variety …

Progressives on Tuesday warned that U.S. voters should take House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans at their word when they threaten to enact cuts to Social Security and Medicare despite the cost-of-living crisis that already has Americans struggling to afford healthcare and other essentials. In an interview with …

Ariana Figueroa, Michigan Advance President Joe Biden on Tuesday promised that if Democrats keep control of the U.S. House and gain a few more Democratic seats in the Senate, then “the first bill that I will send to Congress will be to codify Roe v. Wade.” He also told supporters …

Stephen Fowler, GPB News In a rematch four years in the making, Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams shared a stage Tuesday night and presented starkly different views of Georgia’s future if they were to be elected. Education and crime dominated discussions during the hourlong Atlanta Press Club …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder On Monday, thousands of Georgia voters descended upon early voting sites like the Smyrna Community Center on a record-setting first day of early voting in the high-stakes midterm election looming on Nov. 8. Across Georgia, some voters waited in long lines and the state’s voter registration …

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, in a new court filing, asked a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, the former aide of Donald Trump, to six months in prison in addition to a fine of $200,000 for being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. The …

Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday blasted his Republican opponent Herschel Walker—represented at the Atlanta debate by an empty podium to the Democratic incumbent’s left—for lying about his “well-documented history of violence” and opposing student debt relief, prescription drug price reforms, and other popular policy moves. “I think Herschel Walker, if …

Ariana Figueroa, Virginia Mercury President Joe Biden announced Monday that student loan borrowers can begin to apply for debt relief through a new online application. Biden said the application is easy and fast. It will allow every borrower with an income of $125,000 or less ($250,000 for married couples) to have up …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams As former President Donald Trump faced an onslaught of criticism and ridicule over his “rambling” 14-page response Friday to a subpoena from the U.S. House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, calls for action by the Department of Justice continued to mount. The …

Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder Despite political headwinds favoring Republicans, freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock has outshined his Democratic ticket-mates and remained neck-and-neck with Republican candidate Herschel Walker. A new statewide poll of likely voters paid for by the Georgia News Collaborative and conducted by the University of Georgia finds Warnock with …

Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, and Perla Trevizo, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. District of …

Jacob Fischler, Kansas Reflector President Joe Biden at a community center in Portland, Oregon Saturday promoted Democrats’ efforts to bring down health care costs, in a visit to a normally Democratic state three weeks before midterm elections that will determine control of Congress for the next two years. Speaking on …