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Mar 05 2021
News
Voting rights: How the battle is unfolding across the US
The battle over voting rights in the US is a drama that's playing out concurrently in the Congress and state legislatures across the country.
On one side are Republicans in state capitols, intent on passing laws curtailing when and where their citizens can vote - citing allegations of voting fraud repeatedly made by Donald Trump in the months after his presidential defeat to Joe Biden
BBC NewsMar 08 2023
Opinion
Capitol video footage puts House Jan. 6 committee in a new light, some Senate Republicans balk
Republican lawmakers say newly revealed U.S. Capitol security footage from Jan. 6, 2021, may have exonerated many of the people who were arrested and charged with committing acts of violence that day.
The reams of security footage, which were kept under wraps until House Speaker Kevin McCarthy released it to a news outlet, also contradicted some of the narratives promoted last year by
Washington TimesNov 25 2013
News
Boehner seeing his premiums double, deductibles triple under ObamaCare
House Speaker John Boehner is finding out first hand some of the costly side effects associated with ObamaCare. The Ohio Republican signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act -- only to find his premiums would double and his deductibles would triple.
Boehner, along with congressional colleagues and aides, are transitioning to coverage via the Washington, D.C., exchange –
Fox News DigitalSep 18 2021
Analysis
While Trump Diehards Celebrate the Capitol Rioters, Anti-Vaxxers Are Gathering Around the Globe
Simone Gold is one of the Capitol insurrection defendants being celebrated at a scheduled “Justice for J6” rally in DC on Saturday as a “political prisoner” by the pro-Trump rally organizers. But the controversial doctor and lawyer won’t be able to make the event, which has law enforcement girding for possible violence. Like many of the people arrested for allegedly storming the US Capitol on
Mother JonesJan 03 2023
News
Minnesota Republicans back McCarthy on first ballot, speaker race undecided
WASHINGTON — Minnesota Republicans embraced Kevin McCarthy's ambitions to become the next U.S. House Speaker on Tuesday even as the GOP leader failed on the first ballot to gain the support he needed in a dramatic floor vote that left the race undecided. Republicans narrowly won back the House in November's midterms, meaning McCarthy had very little room for error in his bid to lead the
Star TribuneDec 27 2021
News
Omicron is spreading quickly, but fewer of the infected are ending up in the hospital
As the omicron variant coronavirus spreads rapidly, one positive is that a smaller percentage of infected people are winding up in the hospital with COVID-19 symptoms compared to earlier strains.
Washington, D.C.; New York City; Chicago; San Francisco and Seattle are among the cities that have seen rapid and substantial increases in the numbers of infections. There are also big surges
NPR (Online News)Nov 08 2022
Analysis
A noisy, but unproductive, Congress looms
They would be Washington’s new Big Three.
Call them Mr. Veto (President Joe Biden), Mr. Investigator (Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio) and Mr. X (the eventual Senate majority leader), the powers to be if midterm elections turn out as predicted.
Roll CallFeb 23 2023
News
North Korea says it test-fired long-range cruise missiles
North Korea said Friday it test-fired long-range cruise missiles in waters off its eastern coast a day earlier, adding to a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations as its rivals step up military training.
The U.S. and South Korean militaries didn’t immediately confirm the exercise, which North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said were intended to verify the reliability
Associated PressFeb 01 2023
News
Russia has committed more than 65,000 war crimes in Ukraine, prosecutor general says
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said Wednesday that regional authorities have registered more than 65,000 Russian war crimes since Moscow’s conflict began nearly a year ago.
“We have all witnessed with horror the evidence of atrocities committed in Bucha, Irpin, Mariupol, Izium, Kherson, Kharkiv regions and other liberated cities and towns,” Kostin said, adding that Ukrainian
CNBCMar 07 2023
News
Conflict with China is inevitable unless U.S. changes course, Beijing's new foreign minister warns
The United States and China are hurtling toward inevitable “confrontation and conflict” unless Washington changes course, Beijing’s new foreign minister warned Tuesday.
The fiery comments from Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang underlined the deepening tensions between the world’s two largest economies in the wake of the surveillance balloon saga and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
They
NBC News Digital