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On Tuesday, Congress voted to raise the national debt limit by $2.5 trillion and extend it into 2023, narrowly avoiding a midweek deadline that would have sent the United States into default. The House approved the measure by a 221-209 party-line vote to raise the federal government’s debt limit to …

As coronavirus cases rise, California is reimposing a statewide indoor mask mandate that goes into effect Wednesday. The mandate will remain in place until January 15. The state has experienced a 47 percent increase in coronavirus cases since Thanksgiving. Hospitalizations are up about 15 percent for the same time period. …

Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a White House plan to build 500,000 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country, part of President Joe Biden’s goal of making the vehicles more accessible for both local and long-distance trips. Harris made the announcement during a ceremony at an …

As part of her role addressing the root causes of migration from Central America, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday announced seven new commitments as part of the Call to Action she launched on May 27 for businesses and social enterprises to make new, significant commitments to sustainably address the …

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday focused on improving customer experience within government and building on its ongoing work to improve the equity of public-facing services. During the signing ceremony, Biden said his executive order will “make government work more effectively” so that it’s “not as confusing and …

President Joe Biden made his first late-night TV appearance as president Friday night, albeit virtually. The appearance is the first of any sitting president on a late-night show since former President Barack Obama in 2016. Appearing remotely via video on “The Tonight Show” Friday night, Joe Biden was his usual, …

On Sunday, Chris Wallace confirmed that he would be leaving his post at Fox News and heading to CNN+ to host a weekday show. “After 18 years — this is my final ‘Fox News Sunday.’ It is the last time, and I say this with real sadness, we will meet …

The cost of living is increasing at its fastest pace in almost 40 years right now, with data out on Friday showing the country’s inflation rate hit 6.8 percent last month. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday that higher costs for gasoline, shelter, food and new and used …

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is seeking to crack down on assault weapons in the state by calling for new gun laws modeled on Texas’ abortion ban that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who makes or sells assault weapons or ghost guns. “I am outraged by yesterday’s U.S. …

A California man was sentenced to 82 months in prison for committing a federal hate crime in connection with attacking a Black man with a knife in Santa Cruz, California.  Ole Hougen, 45, of Santa Cruz, California, was convicted of the crime on April 9. According to evidence presented at trial, …

Dozens of people are dead, and search efforts are ongoing after a historic tornado outbreak and rounds of severe weather ripped through several states Friday and Saturday. Bodies were pulled from a candle factory destroyed in Kentucky, and deaths were confirmed at an Amazon facility that was ripped apart in …

The United States Senate on Wednesday confirmed Rachael S. Rollins as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts. Rollins was the first woman of color to serve as a district attorney in Massachusetts and she becomes the first Black woman to serve as U.S. attorney for Massachusetts. “I …

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol issued an additional six subpoenas to aides and others connected to former President Donald Trump on Friday, including Ohio congressional candidate Max Miller. The U.S. House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack is seeking records and testimony …

Originally published by The 19th The U.S. Supreme Court will allow a legal challenge to Texas’ six-week abortion law to continue — potentially opening the door for lower courts to once again halt enforcement of the law, but also leaving open an avenue for future abortion restrictions and limiting the …

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday to reject former President Donald Trump‘s bid to block the National Archives from turning over his administration’s records to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. The three-judge panel unanimously rejected the arguments by the former president’s lawyers that their client …