US poverty is still high, but stimulus is stopping it from getting worse
Poverty has soared during the coronavirus pandemic, but it would have been even worse without successive federal relief packages last year. The $600…
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Kinzinger on political fundraising: ‘We have fed a steady diet of fear’
Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a vocal critic of Donald Trump who wants to save his party from the former President, thinks politicians have learned…
Continue Reading More than half of all migrants at US-Mexico border expelled under health order in recent weeks
The Biden administration expelled more than half of the migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border in recent weeks under a Trump-era health order that…
Continue Reading Key House chairs request wide range of documents on US Capitol riot
House committee chairs are requesting documents and communications from before, during and after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol from a wide…
Continue ReadingFact-checking Biden’s first news conference as president
President Joe Biden held the first formal news conference of his presidency on Thursday, taking questions in the East Room of the White House on…
Continue Reading Jill Biden cancels trip to Alabama with Jennifer Garner in wake of deadly tornadoes
A scheduled trip to Alabama by first lady Jill Biden on Friday was canceled Thursday evening after deadly tornadoes swept through the state. Biden…
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Study says Covid-19 vaccines provide protection for pregnant and lactating women — and their newborns
The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines are effective in pregnant and lactating women, who can pass protective antibodies to newborns,…
Continue Reading Two Capitol riot cases acknowledge plea talks with the Justice Department
Plea talks between the Justice Department and some defendants in the Capitol riot cases are still in the works, two court proceedings made clear on…
Continue ReadingCongress looks to Biden as an ally as it tries to finally rewrite authority for the war on terror
There’s a new movement afoot to finally curb the President’s 9/11 war powers, and the Republicans and Democrats pushing it have hope in a…
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Biden, a President who doesn’t insult people — or our intelligence
Anyone hoping President Joe Biden’s first formal news conference Thursday would produce a series of gaffes and misstatements must be deeply…
Continue ReadingGOP-controlled Georgia legislature speeds sweeping elections bill to governor’s desk
In the span of a few hours Thursday, the GOP-controlled Georgia legislature sped a sweeping elections bill through both chambers, putting the…
Continue ReadingBiden warns North Korea of ‘responses’ if they continue to test ballistic missiles
President Joe Biden warned that there would be “responses” if North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles following the hermit…
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Democratic divisions on Biden’s agenda broader than just Manchin
The push by liberal Democrats to enact President Joe Biden’s sweeping agenda is running into problems beyond just Sen. Joe Manchin: A handful…
Continue ReadingLawmakers advance legislation to go further than Biden administration in punishing Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi murder
A House committee on Thursday two bills taking aim at Saudi Arabia in the wake of last month’s intelligence report implicating the…
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What Jim Crow looks like in 2021
“It’s a redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie.” That’s how Stacey Abrams, who spearheaded efforts to organize Black voters in…
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Speed read Biden’s news conference
President Joe Biden opened his first presidential news conference Thursday with a new promise to get 200 million Covid vaccine shots in American arms…
Continue ReadingBiden says he agrees with Obama that filibuster is ‘a relic of the Jim Crow era’
President Joe Biden said Thursday during the first formal news conference of his presidency that he agreed with former President Barack Obama that…
Continue ReadingWyoming Senate kills bill backed by Donald Trump Jr. in attempt to defeat Liz Cheney
A Wyoming Senate bill to create election runoffs failed on Wednesday, despite Donald Trump Jr.’s campaign to pass it in an attempt to defeat…
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Key takeaways from Biden’s first White House news conference
Convening his first formal news conference Thursday, President Joe Biden stepped into a swirl of issues that have bubbled up at the two-month mark of…
Continue Reading US to resume diplomatic ties with Palestinians that were cut under Trump
The US will resume diplomatic ties with Palestinians that were cut under the Trump administration, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda…
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