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GOP-backed Arizona election review confirms Biden 2020 win
An election audit prompted by the Republican-controlled Arizona state Senate appears to confirm President Biden won Maricopa County, Ariz., during the 2020 presidential election, several news outlets reported…….
Michael Cohen: Trump bluffing about another White House bid
Michael Cohen, former President Trump’s ex-lawyer, said he thinks Trump is bluffing about possibly launching another bid for the White House, calling the prospects of…
Jan. 6 investigation accelerates as it turns toward Trump
The march to unearth Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 secrets has shifted into a sprint. In interviews, six members of the House panel investigating the Capitol…
Schiff: Criminal contempt charges possible for noncooperation in Jan. 6 probe
The head of the House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday warned that those who refuse to cooperate in Congress’s investigation into the Capitol attack of Jan….
People in 25 states sickened in mysterious salmonella outbreak
At least 127 people in 25 U.S. states fell ill due to a mysterious salmonella outbreak that began in August, the Centers for Disease Control an… Source:…
Pro-tax millionaires call for rejection of infrastructure package without spending plan
A group of pro-tax millionaires is calling on progressives to reject the bipartisan infrastructure bill the Senate passed last month unless the multi-trillion dollar reconciliation package…
Texas governor sends fleet of cars to southern border to form barrier
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) this week sent hundreds of Texas Department of Public Safety cars to create a “steel wall” to block migrants from crossing the…
Biden calls for wealthy countries to ‘step up’ in global vaccination effort
President Biden on Wednesday called on other high-income countries to “step up” in their efforts to vaccinate the world against the coronavirus, as he pointed…
House Democrats unveil legislation to curtail presidential power
House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled legislation that aims to curtail presidential power and protect against abuse of power by future presidents, in an apparent rebuke of President…
Voting bill seeks to crack down on gerrymandering
A new voting bill from Senate Democrats seeks to immediately address the most egregiously gerrymandered maps as states begin the once-a-decade redistricting cycle. Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573116-voting-bill-seeks-to-crack-down-on-gerrymandering…
Johnson & Johnson says booster shot provides strong protection against Covid-19
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said a booster shot of its Covid-19 vaccine given two months after the first strengthens protection against moderate illness and…
Seth Rogen calls out Emmys over lack of COVID-19 restrictions
Actor Seth Rogen on Sunday criticized the Emmy Awards over what he called inadequate COVID-19 precautions while he was presenting an award.When presenting the evening’s first…
New data shows gun violence spiking in 2021
Gun violence is spiking across the United States, and new data suggests the year is on pace to be one of the deadliest on record.The…
Cuba begins vaccinating children as young as two against COVID-19
Cuba, using its homegrown vaccines, is one of the first nations to begin vaccinating very young children. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/17/cuba-begins-vaccinating-children-as-young-as-two-against-covid-19 Droolin’ Dog sniffed out this story…
Seattle area to require COVID-19 vaccine to enter indoor venues
Customers at Seattle-area restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues will soon be required to provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19 under a new county health…
Seven takeaways from California’s recall election
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday won a broad and renewed mandate from voters who soundly rejected a recall attempt on the strength of…
Lawmakers, staff asked to avoid the Capitol during pro-Trump protest
As Capitol security officials gird for Saturday’s pro-Trump rally in Washington, lawmakers and their aides have been given a simple directive: steer clear of the…
Biden to meet with Manchin, Sinema on party-line megabill
President Joe Biden is set to meet with Democrats’ two most prominent holdouts on their massive social spending package: Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema. The…
Senate Democrats unveil new voting rights bill
A group of Senate Democrats unveiled new voting rights legislation on Tuesday in another attempt by the party to pass sweeping changes to federal elections…
New York subway system extends policy withholding death benefits from unvaccinated employees
A senior official announced on Monday that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) will extend a policy granting death benefits to vaccinated employees who die from COVID-19…
Biden looks to climate to sell economic agenda
President Biden is trying to return the focus to his economic agenda as the White House ratchets up its messaging effort on the massive spending…
Trump blames Democrats, not Republicans, for vaccine hesitancy
Former President Trump is blaming Democrats for the hesitancy of some Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The former president in an interview … Source: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/571932-trump-blames-democrats-for-some-americans-vaccine-hesitancy Droolin’ Dog…
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