Month: February 2021

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Saturday hit fellow Democrats who he says are looking to lower the eligibility thresholds for coronavirus stimulus checks, The Hill reports.  The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee tweeted Saturday evening that it […]

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had distributed 59,304,600 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the United States and that 39,037,964 doses had been administered as of Saturday morning. The tallies are […]

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In an interview with CBS Evening News’ Norah O’Donnell, President Joe Biden said he doesn’t believe Trump should receive classified intelligence briefings, Business Insider reports. During the interview, when O’Donnell asked the president’s opinion, he […]

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The Biden administration declared its “strong support” Friday for former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to serve as the World Trade Organization’s next director-general, Bloomberg reports. The decision breaks with the Trump administration’s opposition to […]

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A splintered U.S. Supreme Court blocked California from enforcing coronavirus-related bans on indoor worship services, but declined to upset other state rules banning singing and chanting and limiting the number of worshipers, Politico writes. The […]

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Prosecutors want to charge all four police officers at the scene of George Floyd’s death with third-degree murder, according to a report Friday. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a motion Thursday, citing a legal […]

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Hours after The Post revealed that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi docked $5,000 each from the pay of two GOP congressmen for flouting her new metal detectors, a group of Republican polls demanded she pay the […]

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Sens. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Thursday introduced the latest iteration of the Dream Act, part of a new immigration reform push, CNBC informed. The proposed legislation, first introduced in 2001, would […]

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President Joe Biden said on Thursday he plans to raise annual refugee admissions to 125,000 in the coming fiscal year, a more than eight-fold increase after former President Donald Trump slashed levels to historic lows, […]

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Johnson & Johnson are one step closer to help the U.S. government fight against COVID-19, as they filed an application on Thursday for emergency use authorization for its single-shot coronavirus vaccine, reported The Hill. Now, […]

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) received a standing ovation from some of her colleagues, after apologizing for her past controversial remarks and her embrace of the QAnon conspiracy theories, during a closed-door House GOP conference […]

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National security adviser Jake Sullivan said at a White House press briefing that President Joe Biden will announce an end to U.S. support for offensive operations in Yemen on Thursday, during an address at the […]

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Several Republican lawmakers ripped Biden administration climate czar John Kerry on Wednesday after Fox News reported the former secretary of state flew on a private jet in 2019 to accept an award for climate leadership […]

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If House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., succeeds in his reported push to become the Golden State’s next attorney general, it would “make the House Intelligence Committee much better,” panel ranking member Devin Nunes, […]

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The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has not commented publicly on whether it will take back an award from New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after his administration confirmed last week that thousands more […]

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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and a group of bipartisan state officials are urging Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reconsider and “pause” former President Donald Trump’s decision to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado Springs to […]

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Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Dr. Ben Carson announced Wednesday that he is launching a conservative think tank to “engage with local governments and work with communities to find solutions to our nation’s problems,” Fox News […]

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Michigan Rep. Peter Meijer, one of just 10 Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump over the deadly attack on the Capitol, defended his decision while taking pointed criticism from voters Wednesday night, Fox […]

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North Carolina’s first Black lieutenant governor blasted a local news outlet Wednesday after it ran a political cartoon depicting Republicans as KKK members, Fox News informed. “I have pretty thick skin,” Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson […]

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Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley accused the Biden administration Wednesday of “snubbing Israel” and “cozying up to Iran” in the two weeks the 46th president has been in office, Fox News informed. Haley told “Fox News […]

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Every elected official in Washington should be held to the same standard when it comes to their rhetoric, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., told Fox News’ “Hannity” on Wednesday, Fox News informed. “I certainly hope … we point […]

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Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California Tuesday said she thinks former President Donald Trump should be charged with “premeditated murder” over the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Fox News informed. “He […]

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Congress took its first major steps Tuesday toward passing Democrats’ $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, CNBC informed. The Senate voted in a 50-49 party line vote to advance a budget resolution, which sets the reconciliation […]

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