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South Dakota House lawmakers on Tuesday began impeachment proceedings against the state’s attorney general, who is facing misdemeanor charges for striking and killing a man with his car and is already under pressure to resign. Republican lawmakers introduced a resolution in the House to impeach the state’s top law enforcement …

Liz Cheney, the third-ranking GOP member in the House, on Tuesday called on the Republican party to “make clear we aren’t the party of white supremacy.” Cheney’s remarks came during an event hosted by the Reagan Institute. “It’s very important for us to ignore the temptation to look away,” Cheney …

As part of his National Strategy to defeat COVID-19, President Biden announced a new effort to make masks more easily available to communities hard hit by the pandemic. The Administration will deliver more than 25 million masks to over 1,300 Community Health Centers across the country as well as 60,000 …

Despite objections from the State Police, the Indiana House on Monday voted to eliminate the license to carry a handgun in Indiana. House Bill 1369 passed the House by a 65-31 vote and now heads to the Senate, where it already has picked up key endorsements. Under the legislation, sometimes called “constitutional …

During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed his cabinet would be “the most diverse in history.” It seems as President he is living up to that promise. There are more women and people of color in President Biden’s proposed cabinet than in the last four administrations. “Building a diverse team …

The House will vote on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package on Friday, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said on Tuesday night. “The House will vote on Friday on @POTUS’ #AmericanRescuePlan to end this pandemic and deliver urgently needed relief to America’s families and small businesses. The American people strongly support this …

The Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch bid by former President Donald Trump to keep his financial records, including years of his tax returns, out of the hands of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. The decision, the second time the nation’s highest court has refused to block a grand jury subpoena …

The Georgia GOP refuse to accept their defeat in the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent congressional runoffs. Georgians choose a Black man, a Jewish man, and a Catholic man over the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant candidates that have always represented the state. To the GOP, this can only mean that …

Merrick Garland will prioritize investigating the Capitol riot if he is confirmed as attorney general. “We begin with the people on the ground and we work our way up to those who are involved and further involved,” Garland said. “And we will pursue these leads wherever they take us.” “Look …

During his presidential campaign, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed his cabinet would be “the most diverse in history.” It seems as President he is living up to that promise. There are more women and people of color in President Biden’s proposed cabinet than in the last four administrations. “Building a diverse team …

The hearings for President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations continue today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the proceedings …

The hearings for President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet nominations continue today. We will hear testimony from his picks to lead all of his cabinet positions over the next several weeks. We will profile the nominees in advance of their hearings so our readers will have some background information as the proceedings …

Dominion Voting Systems filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against MyPillow’s CEO, Mike Lindell, for defamation. “He is well aware of the independent audits and paper ballot recounts conclusively disproving the Big Lie,” the lawsuit says. “But Lindell… sells the lie to this day because the lie sells pillows.” Lindell claimed that …

President Joe Biden on Monday will order flags on federal land be lowered to half-staff for the next five days to mark the United States surpassing 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. Biden will also deliver remarks at a candle-lighting ceremony later Monday and hold a moment of silence. “Tonight’s events, including …

Donald Trump will be making his first post-presidential appearance at a conservative gathering in Florida next weekend. Ian Walters, spokesman for the American Conservative Union, confirmed that Trump will be speaking at the group’s annual Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 28. Trump is expected to use the speech to …