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On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to El Paso, Texas, her first trip to the border since taking office. Harris toured the migrant processing center, a US Customs and Border Protection facility, and spoke with five parentless girls from Central America. “They are without their parents. They are also …

Senate Democrats are talking over a $6 trillion infrastructure package to be passed via reconciliation in case bipartisan efforts backfire. The Democrats are looking to expand President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion jobs and family plans. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders says that “we’ve got to deal with structural problems facing …

An Intelligence Committee official has confirmed to CNN that prosecutors in the Department of Justice (DOJ) subpoenaed Apple for data on House Intelligence Committee Democrats during President Donald Trump‘s administration. “The Committee has continued to seek additional information, but the Department has not been forthcoming in a timely manner, including on …

On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration announced its plan to ban menthol cigarettes in response to a 2013 citizen petition advocating the ban of mint-flavored cigarettes, the Washington Post reports. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 20 million Americans smoke menthols. Phillip Gardiner, the co-chair of the …

On Thursday, Congressional Democrats introduced legislation to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices. The bill is headed by Senator Ed Markey and Representative Jerry Nadler. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday she has “no plans to bring it to the floor.” “I don’t know that …

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) led 45 senators, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), on Tuesday in reintroducing the Background Check Expansion Act to expand federal background checks to all gun sales. Under current federal law, unlicensed or private sellers …

Senator Dick Durbin, the incoming chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley unveiled new legislation that seeks to end federal capital punishment. If passed, all federal inmates on death row would face resentencing. As the Democratic Party prepares to gain control of Congress, they will be working to …