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Mariel Padilla Originally published by The 19th Rep. Gwen Moore remembers the day a constituent called her office with a “fantastic, jaw-dropping story” about Black women’s contribution to the Second World War. The constituent’s mother, Anna Mae Robertson, was one of six surviving members of the country’s first and only …

The House passed legislation late Wednesday that aims to ban Russian energy imports to the U.S. and give the president greater authority to sanction the Kremlin over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, which passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 414-17, would …

A Republican state Representative in Missouri has proposed a measure that would make performing an abortion on a Missouri resident — or helping a Missouri resident get one — illegal. State Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman has attached amendments to a number of abortion bills currently being considered within the state …

The House voted Wednesday night to pass a $1.5 trillion spending bill to fund the government through September and provide nearly $14 billion in critical aid to Ukraine. The bill includes $730 billion in non-defense funding, an increase of $46 billion over fiscal year 2021, and $782 billion in defense …

Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former national chairman of the Proud Boys, was arrested Tuesday following his indictment on conspiracy and other charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session Congress as they were ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related …

The Senate on Tuesday, by a 79-19 vote, passed a sweeping reform of the United States Postal Service (USPS) to eliminate much of its debt and restructure some of its operations. The bill, which was ten years in the making, is the first major overhaul of the mailing agency in …

by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 8, 2022 WASHINGTON — The United States will no longer import Russian energy in an attempt to further cripple that nation’s economy as it wages war against Ukraine. President Joe Biden announced the newest sanctions Tuesday from the White House, saying that a ban …

The state senate in Florida has passed the controversial ‘Parental Rights in Education’ bill (House Bill 1557), which critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The legislation passed by a 22-17 vote, along party lines, with the Republican majority voting in favor of it, except for two Republicans, Jeff …

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block state court-ordered congressional maps in Pennsylvania and North Carolina before the 2022 midterm elections, in two orders late on Monday, handing a win to Democrats. In a pair of rulings issued late in the day, the court opted to allow redistricting maps drawn …

Guy Reffitt, the Texas Three Percenter who is the first U.S. Capitol rioter to stand trial, was convicted by a jury Tuesday of five felony counts stemming from the January 6 attack on the Capitol. A federal jury in Washington, D.C. deliberated for roughly three hours before they found Reffitt …

Americans can now order additional free at-home Covid-19 tests supplied by the US government, the White House said Monday. Today, you can order another free round of COVID tests shipped straight to your home at https://t.co/12LzJrqFsC. pic.twitter.com/3E3FKd3OEu — President Biden (@POTUS) March 7, 2022 As of Monday afternoon, covidtest.gov is …

The national average price of gas in the U.S. broke the all-time record Monday, at $4.104 per gallon. The average price rose 49.1 cents per gallon from a week ago, according to GasBuddy. The previous record of $4.103 per gallon was set in 2008. This is the 10th week in …

by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 3, 2022 WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began the arduous Senate confirmation process last week, meeting on Capitol Hill with four key senators. Jackson, who would become the first Black woman on the court if confirmed, started her morning with …

Vice President Kamala Harris and numerous civil rights, voting rights, social justice, political and labor leaders were in Selma, Alabama on Sunday commemorating the anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the crossing of Edmund Pettus Bridge. The Vice President was joined by Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge, Secretary …

Visa and Mastercard are suspending operations in Russia, the companies announced Saturday, citing the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. According to a press statement, Visa will begin working to discontinue transactions in Russia, but it will take a few days. Mastercard said it would suspend all its network services in …