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House Democrats on Tuesday voted to approve a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running and suspend the debt ceiling past the 2022 midterms. In a 220-211 vote along party lines, the House passed the measure, setting up a likely clash in the Senate where Republicans threatened to block …

The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge called on local leaders to join ‘House America‘, a HUD-led initiative to create more homes in America. House America is a federal initiative in which HUD and the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) invite mayors, county leaders, Tribal nation leaders, …

A Texas doctor has been sued under the state’s new six-week abortion ban. Dr. Alan Braid, a longtime physician in obstetrics and gynecology from San Antonio, wrote Sunday in an opinion piece in The Washington Post that he had performed an abortion outside of the legal window permitted in the law, …

Democratic congressional leaders on Monday unveiled plans to tie the suspension of the nation’s debt limit to a spending bill that would also fund the government through the end of the year after the current budget lapses on September 30. The fate of the plan is unclear since Republicans have vowed …

The United States Supreme Court announced Monday it would hear a closely watched case against a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in December as part of its upcoming term. The case, Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, will be heard on Dec. 1, according to the court’s …

Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has raised more than $300,000 for Texas abortion rights groups and health centers. 100 percent of the funds will go toward “organizations providing much-needed resources to folks seeking abortion care in Texas.” “The gutting of Roe v Wade imperils every menstruating person in the US, every person …

The Pentagon on Friday admitted it killed 10 Afghan civilians, including several children, in a drone strike in Kabul meant to target Islamic State-Khorasan Province militants last month. Gen. Frank McKenzie of the U.S. Central Command said the military, in a “tragic mistake,” believed a civilian vehicle was associated with …

The key scientific advisory council of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)has voted to deny the use of a “booster” shot of Pfizer’s mRNA vaccine to the general public. In a 16-2 vote on Sept. 17, 2021, an independent committee of physicians, scientists, and public health experts recommended against full use of …

The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it would ramp up deportation flights for thousands of Haitian migrants who flooded into the Texas border city of Del Rio. The migrants who poured into the city, many Haitian, were being held in an area controlled by US Customs and Border Protection …

Fair Fight Action, the voting rights organization founded by Stacey Abrams, today launched Freedom to Vote Fall, a continuation of the group’s Hot Call Summer campaign to demand federal action to protect the freedom to vote. With Freedom to Vote Fall, Fair Fight Action is doubling down on its nationwide …

The gymnasts testified at a Senate hearing on the FBI’s delayed — and flawed — response to early accusations against the team doctor. Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th American gymnast and Olympian McKayla Maroney condemned the FBI on Wednesday for failing to act on her reports of sexual …

In a 2-1 decision Friday, a panel of North Carolina judges struck down the state’s voter ID law, saying Republican lawmakers who passed it were motivated “at least in part by an unconstitutional intent to target African American voters.” The decision is another blow to nearly a decade of Republican …

The White House has announced that the government will create and sell 100,000 affordable homes over the next three years. President Joe Biden has pledged to spend $350 billion for housing units in rural and urban areas as part of the $3.5 trillion package that is being considered by Congress. Marcia …

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memo about the “Justice for J6” rally taking place in Washington D.C. on Saturday. “We are aware of a small number of recent online threats of violence referencing the planned rally, including online discussions encouraging violence the day before the rally,” DHS …

This week, the United States reached its latest grim milestone amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, as more than 1 in every 500 Americans has died since the country’s first infection. Data managed by Johns Hopkins University as of Thursday afternoon indicates nearly 667,000 people have died from COVID-19. The U.S. …