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President Biden on Thursday signed a bill to increase funding to the Crime Victims Fund, which supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. In a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, Biden signed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of …

On Wednesday, a House panel approved legislation to create a commission to study the issue of paying reparations to the descendants of slaves. According to CBS News, this will be the first time the House Judiciary Committee has acted on the legislation. However, the decision to make the commission was …