Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan launches campaign of US Senate seat in Ohio
Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan launched his Senate campaign on Monday, betting that the state that turned red in the Trump era can return to the Democratic party…
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Biden and top officials set for nationwide travel blitz after prime-time address
President Joe Biden’s joint address to Congress may stand as the prime-time marker of his first 100 days in office, but it will also serve as…
Continue Reading Biden’s stimulus delivered a bigger tax cut to lower-income Americans than the 2017 GOP reform, report shows
While President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats are readying their plan to hike incomes taxes on the wealthy, a new government report shows…
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Biden establishes pro-union task force chaired by Harris
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday establishing a task force aimed at empowering workers to organize and bargain with their…
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Texas will gain 2 seats in Congress as U.S. Census shows state’s Hispanic population grows
WASHINGTON, DC — Texas will continue to see its political clout grow as it gains two additional congressional seats following the 2020 census, the…
Continue Reading US to begin sharing AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine doses soon
The United States plans to share millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine with other countries in the coming months, the White…
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2020 US Census count shows California losing House seat; Texas, Florida and Colorado gain
WASHINGTON (AP) — The first numbers from the 2020 census are out and they show Republican-controlled Southern and Western states gaining…
Continue Reading US population rises to 331,449,281; Census Bureau says 7.4% increase is 2nd slowest ever
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Census Bureau says the population of the United States is 331,449,281. The 7.4% increase over the last decade is the second…
Continue Reading Pop is calling: Kids and grandkids on the line with President Joe Biden
Joe Biden says he has a strict rule about his phone: No matter what’s happening, he always answers a call from one of his grandchildren. Biden…
Continue Reading The Supreme Court’s conservatives may have the votes to expand Second Amendment rights
As Americans have been shaken by recent mass shootings and national leaders have renewed calls for firearms reform, the Supreme Court on Monday…
Continue Reading Mike Pence Fast Facts
Here’s a look at the life of Mike Pence, the 48th vice president of the United States. Personal Birth date: June 7, 1959 Birth place: Columbus,…
Continue Reading Justices skeptical of California nonprofit disclosure law
Several US Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical Monday of a California law that requires charitable organizations that solicit donations to…
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Gov. Abbott wants feds to pay for ‘border crisis’ expenses in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott sent a letter to county judges across Texas on Monday requesting that they send his office an estimate of the…
Continue Reading Attorney General announces 2nd policing practices probe, Louisville joins Minneapolis under review
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday announced an investigation into the policing practices of the Louisville…
Continue Reading House Democrats want to see permanent child tax credit in Biden’s second recovery
A group of House Democrats have introduced a bill to permanently expand the child tax credit and want to see it as part of President Joe…
Continue Reading Justice Department to investigate the Louisville Police Department, law enforcement source says
Attorney General Merrick Garland is expected to announce a Justice Department investigation into the practices of the Louisville Police Department, a…
Continue Reading US to begin sharing AstraZeneca doses soon
The US will begin sharing millions of doses of AstraZeneca’s vaccine with other countries soon, an official told CNN on Monday. The US has tens…
Continue Reading Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access
Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on voting. GOP lawmakers in Montana recently…
Continue Reading Trump ally Doug Collins will not run for Georgia Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
Continue Reading U.S. to share up to 60M AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses with world
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. will begin sharing its entire pipeline of vaccines from AstraZeneca once the Covid-19 vaccine clear federal safety…
Continue Reading ‘The tightest tightrope’: Kevin McCarthy continues to embrace Trump as he charts course to lead Republicans
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy continues to thread a precarious needle as he tries to balance all the factions of the Republican Party by…
Continue Reading Trump ally Doug Collins will not run for Senate or governor in 2022
Former Rep. Doug Collins, a top ally of former President Donald Trump, announced Monday he will not run for office in 2022, taking out a potential…
Continue Reading US sending around 650 troops to Afghanistan to protect forces as they withdraw
The Pentagon is assembling a force of around 650 troops to send to Afghanistan in the coming days to protect US forces as they withdraw from the…
Continue Reading Census Bureau to announce population numbers that will be used to reapportion congressional seats
The United States Census Bureau will announce updated state population totals on Monday, numbers that will be used to reapportion seats in the House…
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U.S. Supreme Court to take up whether a right exists to carry guns in public for self-defense
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to…
Continue Reading Supreme Court agrees to take up major Second Amendment case
The Supreme Court announced Monday it will consider the scope of the Second Amendment next term in a case concerning a New York law that restricts an…
Continue Reading Supreme Court takes up state secrets dispute involving Guantanamo detainee
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up a case concerning Abu Zubaydah, an associate of Osama bin Laden, who is currently housed in Guantanamo…
Continue Reading Liz Cheney on charging Trump: ‘That’s a decision that the Justice Department is going to have to make’
Rep. Liz Cheney, a top House Republican who voted to impeach Donald Trump earlier this year, said Monday that it should be up to the Justice…
Continue Reading Biden’s family plan to lay out economic ambition — and underscore the long road ahead
President Joe Biden, on the verge of the 100-day mark, will soon lay out the final piece of a sweeping, $4 trillion spending proposal — one…
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U.S. Supreme Court won’t let Texas defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ immigration rule, for now
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied, for now, a bid by Texas and 13 other states to defend a controversial Trump-era rule…
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