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The IRS will start issuing extra refund checks on 2020 unemployment benefits later this month. The American Rescue Plan, which President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11, retroactively waived federal taxes on the first $10,200 worth of unemployment aid received per person in 2020. Married taxpayers filing jointly …

Rudy Giuliani, former President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, needs help paying for his legal bills. According to a report from The New York Times, Giuliani’s advisers have asked the former President to help. Last week, federal prosecutors executed a search warrant at Giuliani’s home and office. The lawyer is being …

President Joe Biden wants 160 million US adults to be vaccinated by July 4. President Joe Biden: "Our goal by July 4 is to have 70 percent of adult Americans with at least one shot, and 160 million Americans fully vaccinated." pic.twitter.com/9CBkBXDwFp — USA TODAY (@USATODAY) May 4, 2021 “We’re …

A federal judge is ordering the Department of Justice to release a memo from 2019. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson is ordering the Department of Justice to release a memo from 2019 that cleared then-President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice. At the time, Justice Department officials said that releasing …

Former President Donald Trump Is not returning to Facebook. Facebook’s Oversight Board on Wednesday said the company was justified in suspending then-President Donald Trump from its platform on Jan. 7 but added that the company needed to take further action to clarify its penalties. The board — an outside group …

In a policy reversal Monday, President Joe Biden announced his administration will raise the refugee admissions cap to its previously announced goals of 62,500 for the fiscal year 2021 and 125,000 in 2022. Biden announced the decision after receiving widespread criticism over a move last month to leave the 2021 refugee …

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for promoting a restaurant aid program that is part of the American Rescue Plan. Republicans opposed the bill before it was signed into law in March. “Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called the American Rescue Plan ‘socialist,’ claimed it would turn …

Over the last few months, state legislators across the country have proposed bills and new legislation that if passed, could make it harder for ordinary citizens to cast their ballots in future election seasons. Yesterday, nine (9) major sports unions in North America announced their joint opposition to these legislative …

While 75% of House members have been vaccinated, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that the House won’t return to normal until more members get vaccinated. Several Republicans have spoken out against the COVID-19 vaccine. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky says that he’s not getting the vaccine because he tested positive for …

Law enforcement officers shot and injured an armed man Monday evening outside of the CIA headquarters in Virginia, authorities said. The FBI Washington Field Office tweeted the person “involved in a security incident” outside the facility in McLean exited his vehicle with a weapon at about 6 p.m. and was …

A bill recently passed by the Florida legislature would assess fines as high as $250,000 against social media companies that ban politicians from their platforms. The bill — widely seen as a rebuke to tech companies that blacklisted then-President Donald Trump from their servers in the waning days of his …

Newsmax, the far-right news channel, has issued an apology to a Dominion Voting System employee they falsely accused of helping to rig the November election. Newsmax apologized to DVS’ director of product strategy and security, Eric Coomer, for their claims that he rigged the company’s voting machines to help bolster …

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee, alongside U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act. The military justice reform bill would …

The Senate confirmed Deanne Criswell to be the next administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency by unanimous consent Thursday. Criswell is the first woman to lead FEMA since its creation in 1979. “I congratulate Deanne Criswell on her historic confirmation to lead the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency …

A social justice group has just filed a lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and others two days after the Republican lawmaker signed a bill to create tougher penalties for people who participate in violent protests. Governor DeSantis signed an “Anti-Riot” law on Monday that’s been described as a response …