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Christine Wormuth was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a unanimous vote on Thursday as the next Secretary of the Army. She is the first female to serve in this position. “I am so honored to be confirmed as Secretary of the Army! Serving in this role is a tremendous …

Two tech industry organizations have filed a lawsuit against Florida over their new social media law. NetChoice and the CCIA — which represent Amazon, Google, Intel, Samsung, Facebook, and other tech giants, say the ‘Stop Social Media Censorship Act’violates private companies’ constitutional rights. They’re asking a court to prevent the …

According to reporting from CNN, Neera Tanden will serve as a senior adviser to President Joe Biden. Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act. A long-time health policy expert, …

Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene confronted Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez outside of the House Chamber on Wednesday. Taylor Greene asked Ocasio-Cortez why she supports Antifa and the Black Lives Matter organization. “She’s a chicken. She doesn’t want to debate. I don’t think the debate has been agreed to yet,” Taylor Greene …

Republicans are promoting the American Rescue Plan after voting against it because it was too expensive and did not focus enough on the nation’s health and economic crises. Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago. …

Twitter on Thursday suspended a new account created to share statements from former President Donald Trump, saying it violated the social media company’s policy on banned users. The new account, @DJTDesk, appeared on Twitter this week, apparently as a way to get around the permanent ban on Trump in the wake …

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 …

Cardi B shut down Representative Glenn Grothman for his comments about her Grammy Performance. On Thursday, the lawmaker went on the House floor and described the complaints he received after Cardi B’s “WAP” performance at the Grammy’s. “Wake up, [Federal Communications Commission] FCC and begin to do your job. The …

Church leaders are calling for a boycott of Georgia-based Home Depot for its silence towards the new voting laws in Georgia. “We just don’t think we ought to let their indifference stand,” Reginald Jackson, Bishop at African Methodist Episcopal, said. Jackson says the home improvement store has remained “silent and …

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene will not launch her ‘America First’ caucus after receiving backlash from other Republicans. “The Congresswoman wants to make clear that she is not launching anything. This was an early planning proposal, and nothing was agreed to or approved,” Nick Dyer, Greene’s spokesperson, told CNN in an …

President Joe Biden plans to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by September 11, the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York City. Many Republicans are condemning the president’s plan because they believe that it’s not the right time to remove the troops. “Precipitously withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan …

Washington State Democratic Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill Wednesday to restore voting privileges to people convicted of a felony once they are released from prison. The bill will become effective next year. The Brennan Center for Justice reports that 20,000 people in Washington will have their voting rights restored. …

President Joe Biden announced new measures to fight the country’s growing gun violence. The President aims to change federal policy for ghost guns and responses to urban gun violence. “Gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it’s an international embarrassment,” the President said. People question whether the President’s …

Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game and draft would not be held in Atlanta, Georgia, because of the state’s new voting laws. “Over the last week, we have engaged in thoughtful conversations with Clubs, former and current players, the Players Association, and the Players Alliance, among others, to …

Texas civil rights attorney, Lee Merritt, announced his desire to be Texas’s new Attorney General in a video uploaded to Twitter over the weekend. “Texas deserves an attorney general that will fight for the constitutional rights of all citizens,” Merritt tweeted. The attorney, who has represented families of Black people …