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Big spending on personal security ignites post-Jan. 6 debate over members’ budgets
Sixteen days after her vote to impeach then-President Donald Trump, Rep. Liz Cheney’s campaign office logged a $22,000 expense for personal security. Two days before…
U.S. has new intel that Manafort friend Kilimnik gave Trump campaign data to Russia
Paul Manafort was chair of the Trump campaign for part of 2016. Kilimnik had worked for him in Ukraine. U.S. officials say Kilimnik is a…
Kinzinger: Republicans who join ‘America First’ caucus should be stripped of committees
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) blasted fellow GOP lawmakers who plan to join the “America First Caucus,” saying anyone who becomes a member should lose their…
Mass shootings in the U.S. in 2021
NBC News defines a mass shooting as a single incident involving three or more people who have been shot in a public place, excluding the…
Feds hit Roger Stone with $2 million tax suit
The Justice Department is suing political strategist and longtime Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone for almost $2 million in unpaid taxes, penalties and interest, dating…
The Pentagon has stopped laughing about UFOs. Why hasn’t Silicon Valley?
The government wants to know if these unidentified objects pose a military threat. But they also represent an opportunity to advance science and technology. Source:…
Biden to keep in place Trump’s refugee cap
The Biden administration will keep in place the historically low refugee cap set by former President Donald Trump, a senior administration official said Friday. President…
WATCH: Racism in America keeps rearing its head and Washington responds
Testimony ended Thursday in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer DEREK CHAUVIN, and lawmakers find themselves in a very familiar bind — how…
Inflation is coming — and the fear of it could become self-fulfilling
It’s been 40 years since America last saw a damaging level of inflation. Yet despite that — or perhaps because of it — inflation fears…
Fauci, Jim Jordan spar over pandemic restrictions
A congressional hearing on the pandemic turned personal when Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) loudly attacked Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease doctor, about when…
Homophobic Arizona sex ed law so poorly-written they accidentally banned telling kids about heterosexual marriage
House and Senate lawmakers in Arizona have recently passed legislation that bans teachers from discussing or teaching anything regarding “sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender…
Hank Aaron’s name replacing Klan leader’s on Atlanta school
Atlanta’s school board voted this week to rename a high school after baseball great Hank Aaron, removing the name of a former Ku Klux Klan leader.In a…
Texas bill could send parents to prison for providing gender-affirming care
The measure would redefine child abuse to include parents who consent to hormone therapy and puberty blockers for their transgender children. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/texas-bill-could-send-parents-prison-providing-gender-affirming-care-n1264060 Droolin’ Dog…
The U.S. Is Closer to a Zero-Carbon Grid Than It Seems
The U.S. has a lot of work to do to draw down carbon emissions. But a new report shows that when it comes to the…
Texas senate passes bill requiring cities to get voter approval before cutting police budgets
Texas’s state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would force municipalities to put any proposed funding cuts to local police departments on the ballot before…
NASA developed a new method of predicting volcanic eruptions using satellites
It’s notoriously difficult to predict volcanic corruptions. There are often signs that a volcano is likely to erupt in the future, including an increase in…
Most stimulus checks aren’t going to travel and luxury goods, but groceries and rent
“For all the talk of revenge spending and pent-up demand for travel… just 13 percent of stimulus check recipients plan to spend the money on…
$50K of student loan forgiveness would wipe out federal debt for 36M, new data shows
More than 36 million Americans would have their federal student loans completely erased if the Biden administration were to accede to progressive demands to cancel…
Senate GOP signal they won’t filibuster debate of hate crimes bill
Senate Republicans are signaling that they will allow for a debate of an anti-Asian hate crimes bill, defusing a potential filibuster standoff that was expected…
IRS chief says some $1T in taxes going uncollected annually
The amount of taxes going uncollected by the federal government could be as much as $1 trillion or more per year, IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig…
Capitol Police officer killed in car attack lies in honor in Capitol Rotunda
William “Billy” Evans, the Capitol Police officer who died in a car attack at a security barricade outside the Capitol this month, laid in honor…
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