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On Monday, a New York man pleaded guilty to threatening Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock in a series of messages posted online. Eduard Florea, a Proud Boys supporter, posted intimidating messages under the name “LoneWolfWar” on Parler, a conservative social media platform. “With today’s guilty plea, Florea admits to threatening the …

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL) released a report on Wednesday detailing the history of policing and describing how the Department of Justice (DOJ) under former President Donald Trump targeted Black Lives Matter protestors to interfere with last summer’s demonstrations. “We want to really show how the U.S. government has …

Three Senators said Thursday they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Independent Senator Angus King of Maine, and Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper of Colorado all tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday after experiencing what their offices described as mild symptoms. Wicker, the top …

A man who threatened to set off a bomb on Capitol Hill surrendered to police Thursday, ending an hours-long standoff that rattled lawmakers still shaken by January’s pro-Trump insurrection. The incident triggered evacuations and a massive police response. It sent jolts of anxiety through a city that has spent months …

A financial disclosure that Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz filed on Monday reveals that he received a $320,000 book advance last year and that his campaign bought $153,000 worth of books after it was published. “The FEC has issued a long series of advisory opinions allowing members to use campaign …

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is promoting Regeneron (REGEN-GOV), a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy treatment in which one of his top donors’ companies is invested. Regeneron is authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and while it is available for free to patients, the government is charged …

President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that the Department of Health and Human Services would be drafting new regulations for all nursing home staff in the United States to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The President also said that the government would withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding for facilities that don’t …

Health officials announced on Wednesday that Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 booster shots would be available for adults in the United States beginning the week of September 20, 2021, pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Vivek Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States, discussed the effectiveness of …

As the House prepares to consider the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, Black women remain at the forefront of the voting rights struggle. Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th Standing next to the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell of Alabama introduced House Resolution …

Next month, more than 7 million unemployed Americans are expected to lose the extended unemployment benefits Congress first passed via the March 2020 CARES Act, and then extended through the American Rescue Plan. Gig workers, contractors, recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Americans receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation will …

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it would extend its mask mandate for travel on airplanes, buses, and trains. The current mask mandate was set to expire on September 13, 2021, and will now end on January 18, 2022. TSA will extend the directives through January 18, 2022,” the company …

Yesterday, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell introduced H.R. 4, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The legislation would restore key protections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), which were gutted by the Supreme Court in the 2013 Shelby County v. Holder decision and more recently in the 2021 Brnovich v. …

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to his office. The Republican leader, who is fully vaccinated, was asymptomatic after testing positive and is receiving Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody treatment while isolating at the Governor’s Mansion, said Abbott spokesman Mark Miner “As you may have heard by now, I …

Less than a week into the school year, thousands of students in a Florida county are either quarantined or in isolation because of COVID-19. As of Monday, 5,599 students in Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida are either isolated due to a positive case or quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19. …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote a letter to her colleagues on Sunday expressing that she is looking to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the $3.5 trillion budget resolution at the same time. In the letter to her Democratic colleagues on Sunday, Pelosi said that she asked the House Rules …