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According to reporting from NBC News, United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring. The retirement will allow President Joe Biden to name a replacement to the nation’s highest court. During the 2020 campaign, Biden pledged to name an African American woman if he got the chance. “The two leading …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California announced she will seek reelection in this year’s midterms. “While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy,” Pelosi said in an announcement on Twitter Tuesday. …

The Department of Labor announced Tuesday that it would withdraw its vaccine-or-test requirement for large private employers after the United States Supreme Court dealt the Biden administration’s coronavirus strategy and the rule itself a decisive blow when it blocked its enforcement earlier this month. Effective Wednesday, the temporary standard – …

The Associated Press is reporting that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s request for a special grand jury to be impaneled to investigate alleged election interference by former President Donald Trump has been approved. Fulton County Superior Court Chief Judge Christopher Brasher issued an order Monday saying the request for …

An executive order about mask-wearing inside schools by new Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin went into effect Monday morning. A few hours after the order went into effect, officials announced that school boards of seven school districts filed a lawsuit to challenge Youngkin’s executive order. Alexandria City, Arlington County, City of …

The United States Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would revisit the question of affirmative action in higher education, deciding to hear a case challenging Harvard and the University of North Carolina‘s use of race in college admissions. The Justices will consider the policies at Harvard University and the …

President Joe Biden has announced his thirteenth round of nominees for federal judicial positions and his first slate of nominations in 2022, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 83. The choices continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that …

By James Pollard, The Texas Tribune Jan. 24, 2022 Igalious “Ike” Mills grew up working his family’s farm in the Piney Woods town of Nacogdoches. His siblings still keep it running, relying on a lot of the same equipment used by their father and grandfather. Mills, who is Black, spends …

On Saturday, leaders of the Arizona Democratic Party voted to censure Democratic Senator Kyrsten Sinema after she, along with West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin blocked changes to the filibuster that would have cleared the way for voting rights legislation. In a statement released, ADP said that last fall, its state …

Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden could potentially double the number of Black women ever confirmed to federal appellate courts, a key stepping stone to the U.S. Supreme Court. As of Wednesday, with the selection of Arianna J. Freeman for the 3rd Circuit, the president has …

U.S. Federal Reserve officials signaled last week that the central bank could start raising interest rates in March as U.S. annual inflation surged to an almost 40-year high in December. “Inflation is too high, and working people around the country are concerned about how far their paychecks will go,” Fed …

Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th The Supreme Court declined a request to hasten the appeals process for a lawsuit that could block Texas’ six-week abortion ban. The decision means that the Texas abortion ban, known as Senate Bill 8, will stay in effect indefinitely. The request came from …

A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that the Biden Administration cannot enforce its vaccine mandate for federal employees, issuing an injunction that halts the requirement nationwide. Judge Jeffrey Brown found the president had no legal authority to require feds to get vaccinated, saying that while he has broad power over federal …

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, to co-operate with its probe voluntarily. The committee sent a letter this week requesting a meeting with Ivanka Trump, who served as an adviser to her father, in …

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed the Office of Election Crimes and Security, an election police force of sorts, to investigate election fraud. The state would be the first in the country to implement a police force to investigate voting irregularities. “To ensure that elections are conducted in accordance with the …