Legislators in the Texas state House were up until 3 a.m. sparring over a Republican-backed voting restriction bill before ultimately moving it forward with some Democratic amendments early Friday morning. The bill, which originated in the Texas Senate, could make it a felony for someone to give a person a […]
The Washington Post reported that the Trump DOJ secretly pulled three of their reporters’ phone records in 2017. The three reporters had been covering Russia’s influence in the 2016 election. See more stories on Insider’s business page. In the early days of the Trump administration, the Justice Department covertly pulled […]
WASHINGTON – Threats against members of Congress have more than doubled so far in 2021, compared to 2020, according to a watchdog report Friday about U.S. Capitol Police. The report comes as Congress grapples with how to bolster security after the Jan. 6 riot that left five dead and 140 […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday released a proposed rule that would broaden the definition of a firearm, requiring some gun-making kits to include a serial number as the Biden administration moves forward to combat so-called “ghost guns.” It comes several weeks after President Joe Biden promised a crackdown […]
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla warned Friday that waiving patent protections for Covid vaccines would set off a worldwide race for raw materials that threatens the safe and efficient manufacturing of Covid shots. The Biden administration endorsed the waiver proposal days earlier, in service of expanding vaccine distribution to lower-income nations […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for May 7 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Press Secretary Jen Psaki revealed Thursday that she will probably leave her current role at the White House in “about a year.” Psaki made the prediction while talking with […]
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), long one of Congress’s fiercest critics of corporate power and economic inequality, is skeptical of her Republican colleagues’ newfound desire to battle big business. “Actions speak louder than words,” she said on Thursday during an interview with HuffPost to promote her new book, “Persist.” “And for […]
A federal grand jury has indicted four former Minneapolis police officers for violating the civil rights of George Floyd, who died during his arrest last May. The videotaped death sparked nationwide protests and demands for reform of police departments. The indictment comes weeks after one of those ex-cops, Derek Chauvin, […]
Relations between China and Australia are unlikely to get back on track anytime soon after Beijing on Thursday moved to "indefinitely" suspend all high-level economic dialogue with Canberra, according to a political expert. James Laurenceson, director of the Australia-China relations institute at the University of Technology Sydney, called China's decision […]
Cruz challenges Biden DOJ Kristen Clarke pick over her position on defunding police Kristen Clarke sits for confirmation hearing as assistant attorney general nominee for DOJ Civil Rights Division. One of President Biden’s top State Department climate nominees touted the environmental benefits of the COVID-19 pandemic in an op-ed published […]
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