A man who joined supporters of former President Donald Trump in attacking the U.S. Capitol on January 6. 2021 was sentenced Friday to 80 months in prison for using pepper spray to assault police officers, one of whom died a day after the siege. Julian Khater didn’t mention the death …
Read More »White House Launches New Push To Help States Remove Lead Pipes That Carry Drinking Water
Ashley Murray, Wisconsin Examiner The White House on Friday announced plans to speed up the use of infrastructure law funds to replace lead pipes in underserved communities, with a focus on Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin beginning this year. The four states, each led by Democratic governors, will be …
Read More »Democrats in Congress Condemn Biden Administration Expansion of Title 42
Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder Nearly 80 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the White House expressing their “great concern” that the Biden administration is walking back on its promise to restore migrants’ access to asylum. In the letter, they also condemned the administration’s expansion of a controversial policy that immediately …
Read More »Rep. Adam Schiff Announces Bid For Feinstein’s US Senate Seat In California
Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Thursday announced he will run for California Senator Dianne Feinstein’s seat in 2024 — though the longtime congresswoman has not yet announced whether she will retire or seek reelection. Schiff, a prominent Democrat and former House Intelligence Committee chairman, is the latest in what is …
Read More »Two Years In, Biden Has Prioritized Nominating Women Of Color As Judges
Candice Norwood, Jasmine Mithani Originally published by The 19th President Joe Biden entered the White House two years ago this month, bringing with him a promise to help diversify the nation’s highest court by appointing a Black woman. He fulfilled that commitment in June when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became …
Read More »Biden Visits Virginia To Tout Economic Progress
President Joe Biden spoke at a union hall in northern Virginia Thursday afternoon, attempting to cast himself as a defender of the middle class by leaning into his economic accomplishments and contrasting them with the Republican proposals he says would be catastrophic for Americans’ pocketbooks. “We’re moving in the right …
Read More »Wave Of Mass Shootings Prompts Biden To Call Yet Again For Assault Weapons Ban
Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent Following a mass shooting on the eve of Lunar New Year in which 11 people in a predominantly Asian neighborhood in California were killed, President Joe Biden again urged Congress to pass legislation banning assault weapons. Communities across America “have been struck by tragedy after tragedy, …
Read More »Texas Leads Lawsuit Against Biden Administration’s New Immigration Policy
Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the Biden administration, claiming a new immigration program the president announced last month that would allow 360,000 people a year from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to enter the country is illegal. Texas, …
Read More »Georgia DA: ‘decisions are imminent’ On Indictments In Trump 2020 Election Interference
Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis said Tuesday that “decisions are imminent” in an investigation into potential illegal interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies in the 2020 presidential election. Willis’ comments regarding the timing of the case were made during a hearing where …
Read More »Omar, Schiff, and Swalwell Blast McCarthy for Blocking Them From Committees
Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday formally blocked Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell from serving on the House Intelligence Committee and is expected to hold a floor vote to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the chamber’s foreign affairs panel, moves that the Democratic lawmakers slammed as “political vengeance.” “It’s disappointing …
Read More »Florida’s Black Leaders Furious About Gov. DeSantis’ Rejection Of AP African American Studies Course
Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis’ rejection of an Advanced Placement pilot course on African American studies elicited a resounding response from a crowd of at least a hundred people gathered in the state Capitol Wednesday, praying and loudly chanting about the importance of protecting Black history taught in …
Read More »Biden, Democrats To House Republicans: Show Us Your Debt Limit Plan
Danielle E. Gaines, Maryland Matters Democratic leaders huddled with President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday, ahead of what will be a tumultuous few months, with lawmakers sharply divided on the debt limit and short on time. “I have no intention of letting the Republicans wreck our economy, …
Read More »Classified Material Found In The Indiana Home Of Former VP Mike Pence
Ashley Murray, Georgia Recorder Former Vice President Mike Pence is the latest top public official to have been discovered possessing classified material in his personal home, according to a letter his lawyer sent to the National Archives. A dozen documents with classified markings were discovered in Pence’s residence in Carmel, …
Read More »Justice Department Sues Google To Break Up Online Advertising Dominance
On Tuesday, the Justice Department, along with the Attorneys General of California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia, filed a civil antitrust suit against Google for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. The complaint …
Read More »50 Years Since Roe. Seven Months Since Dobbs.
Shefali Luthra Originally published by The 19th Few people could predict precisely what would happen if and when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 decision that guaranteed the right to an abortion. But what was clear — even months before the court did so this past …
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