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A federal judge has denied a motion by a voting rights group to invalidate parts of Georgia’s new voting law. The Coalition for Good Governance filed the lawsuit against Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and the State Election Board to stop enforcement parts of the newly-passed voting law, including The …

President Donald Trump is suing Facebook, Twitter, Google, and the companies’ CEOs for banning and suspending his accounts on their platforms. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Poli Alert (@polialertcom) “Our case will prove this censorship is unlawful, it’s unconstitutional, and it’s completely un-American,” President Trump said. …

Georgia Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is under fire for comparing President Joe Biden’s push to get Americans vaccinated to Nazi-era “brownshirts.” Greene was responding to Biden’s plan to mobilize officials to reach unvaccinated individuals at their homes. “People have a choice, they don’t need your medical brown shirts showing up at their door ordering …

Michael Bender’s new book “Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside of How Trump Lost,” discusses fights between the Republican National Committee (RNC) and former President Donald Trump’s campaign manager. The fight between RNC chair Ronna McDaniel and Bill Stepien led to some RNC officials not voting for the former …

On Tuesday, members of the House Problem Solvers Caucus announced their support of the nearly $1 trillion infrastructure deal proposed last month by a bipartisan group of senators.  The group is calling for “an expeditious, stand-alone vote in the House.” “The bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus strongly supports the Senate infrastructure framework,” …

Investigators say that hackers are demanding $70 million in Bitcoin to end the biggest global ransomware attack in history. Hackers hit a range of IT management companies and compromised their corporate clients by targeting a key software vendor called Kaseya. REvil gang, who is responsible for extorting $11 million from …

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced plans for new vaccination initiatives to get more Americans vaccinated against the novel coronavirus after his administration missed a July 4 vaccination goal. Biden delivered remarks on the United States’ vaccination efforts at the South Court Auditorium after receiving the latest briefing from members …

Statement by President Joe Biden on the Six-Month Anniversary of the January 6th Insurrection on the Capitol Not even during the Civil War did insurrectionists breach our Capitol, the citadel of our democracy. But six months ago today, insurrectionists did. They launched a violent and deadly assault on the people’s …

Advocates of the CROWN Act reflect on its impact and the many remaining challenges on changing beauty standards Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Two years ago, California became the first state to sign a bill expanding anti-discrimination protections to hair textures and styles like afros, braids and locs …

According to court documents, a former officer who participated in the January 6 insurrection violated his pre-trial release restrictions by purchasing 34 firearms and having a loaded M4 carbine and a half-built pipe bomb at his residence. Thomas Robertson, a former officer with the Rocky Mount Police Department in Virginia, …

The Ohio police chief who was caught on video placing a note with the words “Ku Klux Klan” on top of a raincoat on the desk of a Black officer has resigned following the incident to avoid facing termination. According to People, the 33-year veteran officer, Anthony Campo, who worked …

President Joe Biden hosted a July Fourth event at the White House to celebrate the nation’s achievements in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic while commemorating the lives they lost to it. Some 1,000 essential workers and military families were hosted by the president and first lady Jill Biden on the …

Congressmen Mondaire Jones of New York and Ruben Gallego of Arizona have introduced the Inclusive Elections Act of 2021, legislation to restore Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which bars states and localities from adopting election laws that disparately burden the voting rights of people of color and linguistic minorities. The …

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is said to be proposing a new policy that would require airlines to refund checked-baggage fees if they fail to deliver passengers their luggage quickly enough. According to the AP, a department official disclosed that the agency would officially issue the proposal in the …

The FBI said Sunday the “scale” of a major ransomware attack against a US IT company could mean investigators won’t be able to work with every victim individually. Hackers hit Kaseya, a firm that provides IT services to other companies, with a ransomware attack that could have targeted as many …