US Military Command reinstates diversity head after investigation into social media posts
The US military’s Special Operations Command reinstated its head of diversity following an investigation that concluded there were no…
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Challenges to the Affordable Care Act aren’t over
Another lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act is brewing in Texas. The effort to tear down a section of the landmark health reform law shows…
Continue Reading Fact-check: Fox News and Republican lawmakers push new false flag conspiracy that FBI orchestrated US Capitol attack
Fox News, right-wing websites and Republican lawmakers are promoting a new false flag conspiracy that the FBI orchestrated the deadly assault on the…
Continue Reading Nearly 1 in 3 election officials feel unsafe because of their jobs, a new survey shows
Nearly one in three local election officials included in a new survey say they feel unsafe because of their jobs, part of a report released Wednesday…
Continue Reading Covid-19 outbreak hits US Embassy in Afghanistan
More than 100 people at the US Embassy in Kabul have Covid-19, one person has died, and several have been medically evacuated as a wave of the deadly…
Continue Reading Biden signs bill into law making Juneteenth a national holiday
President Joe Biden said that signing legislation into law on Thursday establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day — a US…
Continue Reading January 6 rioter charged with bringing gun to Capitol grounds, undercutting GOP claims that the pro-Trump mob was unarmed
The Justice Department on Thursday charged a US Capitol rioter with bringing a handgun onto Capitol grounds — two days after a hearing where…
Continue Reading ‘I have visited the border,’ says DHS Secretary in testy exchange over VP role
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas declared it is his responsibly to manage security at the US-Mexico border, snapping back during a…
Continue Reading Here’s what the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act ruling means for you
The Affordable Care Act remains the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s dismissal Thursday of the latest Republican-led challenge to the…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic foster care agency that refused to work with same-sex couples
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic foster care agency that…
Continue Reading House votes to repeal Iraq War authorization
The House voted Thursday to repeal the 2002 legal authorization for the war in Iraq, marking what the bill’s backers hope is a first step to…
Continue Reading Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Affordable Care Act, leaving it in place
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care…
Continue Reading READ: Supreme Court opinion in same-sex couple foster care agency case
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that Philadelphia violated the First Amendment when it froze the contract of a Catholic Foster Care Agency that…
Continue Reading McCarthy slams Biden for giving ‘Putin a pass’ after years of silence on Trump’s relationship with Russian president
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized President Joe Biden’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying in a statement on…
Continue Reading Supreme Court leaves Affordable Care Act in place
The Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Thursday in a decision that will leave the law intact and save health care for…
Continue Reading Mike Pompeo Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pompeo, former US secretary of state and director of the CIA. Personal Birth date: December 30, 1963 Birth…
Continue Reading Biden finds his comfort zone on the world stage in first international trip as president
Even Queen Elizabeth II wanted to know: What would President Joe Biden say to Vladimir Putin? “We had a long talk,” Biden said of his tea…
Continue Reading Biden brings up detained Americans Paul Whelan and Trevor Reed in meeting with Putin
US President Joe Biden said he had discussed the cases of two Americans detained in Russia during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading 5 takeaways from the summit between Biden and Putin
President Joe Biden’s meeting Wednesday with his Russian counterpart came after months of diplomatic wrangling over the details, days of…
Continue Reading Biden warns of ‘devastating’ consequences for Russia if Navalny dies in prison
President Joe Biden said he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday of consequences if jailed Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were…
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