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Audit: ‘Significant missteps’ by California unemployment agency led it to pay billions in fraudulent jobless claims

January 28, 2021 12:55 PM Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — An audit of California’s unemployment benefits agency found the state has likely paid $10.4 billion in fraudulent…

Biden signs order to expand health coverage in pandemic

January 28, 2021 12:06 PM Associated Press, CNN

WASHINGTON, DC — President Joe Biden acted Thursday to get more people health insurance in the middle of the raging coronavirus pandemic, a down…

Biden will sign executive order to reopen Affordable Care Act enrollment

January 28, 2021 12:20 PM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden will reopen enrollment on the federal Affordable Care Act exchanges on Thursday as part of a series of executive actions related…

White House says it’s their policy not to let businesses tout Biden’s endorsement but they are mum on brother’s law firm ad

January 28, 2021 12:09 PM CNN Newsource

The White House said Thursday it is their policy to not let businesses imply they have President Joe Biden’s support or endorsement, but…

South Carolina’s Senate passes bill outlawing most abortions; ban expected to pass House easily and become law

January 28, 2021 11:53 AM Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has passed a bill that would outlaw almost all abortions in the state. The 30-13 vote Thursday…

McCarthy to visit the former president in Florida, showing where he stands in a post-Trump Republican Party

January 28, 2021 11:46 AM CNN Newsource

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy had an important decision to make — stick with former President Donald Trump and his loyalists in the Freedom…

Senate set to break filibuster of Mayorkas nomination to be DHS secretary

January 28, 2021 11:22 AM CNN Newsource

The Senate is set to vote Thursday to break a GOP filibuster and advance the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to be President Joe Biden’s…

Pentagon receives FEMA request for military to support Covid-19 vaccinations

January 28, 2021 10:53 AM CNN Newsource

The Pentagon has received a request from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to assist with President Joe Biden’s plan to boost Covid-19…

Merriam-Webster adds ‘second gentleman’ to describe Doug Emhoff’s role

January 28, 2021 9:38 AM CNN Newsource

Doug Emhoff is racking up several firsts as second gentleman of the United States. He is the first male spouse of a vice president; he is the first…

Fact check: Jim Jordan falsely claims Biden ordered the release of all undocumented immigrants

January 28, 2021 9:22 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden has already ordered significant changes to US immigration policy. But he has not issued an order that Republican Ohio Rep. Jim…

Fact-checking McCarthy’s blame game on removal of National Guard from Capitol

January 28, 2021 9:14 AM CNN Newsource

The day after President Joe Biden‘s inauguration, a large number of National Guard troops protecting the US Capitol moved to a nearby parking…

After promoting Trump’s baseless fraud claims, Kelli Ward facing audit of her own Arizona GOP win

January 28, 2021 8:57 AM CNN Newsource

Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party who promoted President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020…

Biden expected to sign executive order to expand US refugee program

January 28, 2021 8:47 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order that would set up his goal of admitting tens of thousands more refugees to the United…

Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims

January 28, 2021 8:32 AM CNN Newsource

Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral…

GOP threatens filibuster for Mayorkas nomination to be DHS secretary

January 28, 2021 8:19 AM CNN Newsource

Senate Republicans plan to object to any efforts to quickly confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of Homeland Security, further delaying his…

Biden to sign memorandum reversing Trump abortion access restrictions

January 28, 2021 8:11 AM CNN Newsource

President Joe Biden will sign a presidential memorandum on Thursday to reverse restrictions on abortion access domestically and abroad imposed and…

Man who challenged Kelli Ward in AZ GOP chair race requests an audit

January 28, 2021 7:43 AM CNN Newsource

Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party who promoted President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020…

More than 30 lawmakers sign on to letter requesting ability to use congressional allowance for security

January 28, 2021 7:37 AM CNN Newsource

More than 30 House members sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday requesting more…

Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

January 28, 2021 7:04 AM CNN

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who…

Republican Rep. Kinzinger: I voted to impeach ‘knowing … it could very well be terminal to my career’

January 28, 2021 6:58 AM CNN Newsource

Rep. Adam Kinzinger is willing to lose his seat over his vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, the Illinois Republican told CNN’s David…

5 ways Biden plans to reset health care

January 28, 2021 6:53 AM CNN Newsource

Strengthen the Affordable Care Act. Restore abortion protections. Lower drug prices. President Joe Biden has a long list of health care promises…

McCarthy tells GOP to stop attacking each other: ‘Cut that crap out’

January 28, 2021 6:44 AM CNN Newsource

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy privately made a blunt appeal to his colleagues in the aftermath of the divisive fight to impeach former…

Russian court rejects opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s appeal against his arrest

January 28, 2021 5:39 AM Associated Press

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal by opposition leader Alexei Navalny for his release from jail for allegedly violating the…

Stimulus checks won’t be taxed, but unemployment benefits will be

January 28, 2021 5:01 AM CNN Newsource

The federal government has sent billions of dollars directly to Americans to help them cope with the economic fallout of the pandemic, but now that…

Most House Republicans silent over violent Marjorie Taylor Greene comments as Democrats condemn them

January 28, 2021 2:44 AM CNN Newsource

Most House Republicans were silent on Wednesday after CNN’s KFile reported that Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene repeatedly indicated…

CFO of House GOP campaign committee resigned after lawmakers objected to Electoral College results

January 28, 2021 1:10 AM CNN Newsource

A top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy…

CFO of House GOP campaign committee resigned after lawmakers object to Electoral College results

January 28, 2021 12:58 AM CNN Newsource

A top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy…

Millions in vaccine research funds went instead for unrelated office expenses, HHS inspector general says

January 27, 2021 8:46 PM CNN Newsource

Millions of dollars in federal funds earmarked for vaccine development and other public health matters were wrongly used for the removal of office…

Democratic House staffers draft letter to senators on impeachment: Convict Trump ‘for our sake, and the sake of the country’

January 27, 2021 8:44 PM CNN Newsource

A group of Democratic House staffers are drafting what they hope will be a bipartisan message to the Senate about the upcoming impeachment trial,…

CFO of House GOP campaign committee resigns after lawmakers object to Electoral College results

January 27, 2021 8:26 PM CNN Newsource

A top official at the National Republican Congressional Committee abruptly decided to resign earlier this month after House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy…