Month: April 2021

Republicans are struggling to land attacks against President Biden as they grapple with how to win back power in Washington next year, according to The Hill. Biden is proving to be an elusive cipher for […]

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The gunman who carried out a massacre at a FedEx sorting facility, killing eight people before shooting himself, was a 19-year-old former employee who had had a shotgun seized by authorities last year, Indianapolis police […]

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Police in Portland, Oregon, said they used pepper spray and smoke canisters to break up a crowd that gathered on Friday as they investigated the fatal shooting of a suspect by police in Lents Park, […]

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Since Matthew Turner was laid off in October, he estimates he’s applied to close to 600 jobs, with no luck. Nearly as difficult has been his hunt for rental assistance, CNBC reports. Turner’s contacted many […]

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President Joe Biden plans to use his meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday to send a signal to China that the countries are united in their opposition to recent aggression against Taiwan as […]

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The Biden administration has announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats and broad sanctions against Russian officials and companies in retaliation for Moscow’s interference in elections and cyber-espionage campaigns such as the SolarWinds hack, The […]

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Sen. Raphael Warnock has been calling for gun control in recent weeks, despite his campaign spending over $100,000 on “security services” from a private security firm as recently as February, according to Fox News. The […]

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Andrew Yang faced an onslaught of criticism Thursday after a video circulated of the leading mayoral candidate laughing when asked if he “choked b—-es,” Politico reports. In the video, someone asks the mayoral front-runner whether […]

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Florida is on track to implement an “anti-riot” law that would include requiring state approval for decreases to city police budgets, according to The Hill. The bill passed mostly along partisan lines in the state’s […]

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At least 8 people were dead after a shooting rampage at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis on Thursday night. The shooter opened fire at the building near the Indianapolis International Airport at about 11:10 p.m., […]

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrectionists would have “had a battle on their hands” if they encountered her — declaring she is a “street fighter,” Fox News reports. “That’s what they […]

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said on Wednesday that he did not agree with fellow progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) who called for “no more policing, incarceration, and militarization” following the fatal police shooting of Daunte […]

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The US government is set to issue a wide range of sanctions against Russia, according to reports quoted by BBC. The move would be retaliation for cyber-attacks aimed at the US, including alleged interference in […]

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House and Senate Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the number of Supreme Court justices to 13 from nine, drawing more attention to the debate surrounding court reform, Politico reports. The bill, led by […]

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Protesters in Minnesota chased away a CNN crew while they were attempting to cover the fourth night of demonstrations over the police-killing of Daunte Wright, a report said as quoted by New York Post. One […]

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Legislation that would create a federal exploratory commission on reparations for Black Americans was approved Wednesday by a House committee for the first time, setting up a vote by the full Congress if Democratic leaders […]

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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) has signed a new $536 billion funding plan to speed up fire prevention projects across the state of California, as part of the efforts to prevent yet another devastating wildfire season […]

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Sarah Godlewski, the Wisconsin state Treasurer announced Wednesday that she will enter the race for the Senate, joining two other Democrats in the competition to take on Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in 2022, informed The […]

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Nearly a year after President Joe Biden called for “real action” on police brutality as part of a pledge to fix U.S. racial inequality, he is coming up against the limits of presidential power, Reuters […]

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The Justice Department announced a “court-authorized operation” by the FBI to copy and remove “malicious web shells” from hundreds of U.S. computers in response to the massive cyberattacks against Microsoft’s Exchange Server, which the Big […]

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