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Jul 09 2021
News
Biden warns Putin on Russian ransomware attacks
President Biden spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday and urged him to take action to disrupt criminal groups operating in Russia that are behind recent ransomware attacks in the United States.
Biden also warned that the U.S. would “take any necessary action to defend its people and its critical infrastructure in the face of this continuing challenge,” according
The Hill
Apr 02 2017
Opinion
OPINION: Girding Republican loins for the war
The Gorsuch nomination finally gets a vote next week, first when the Senate Judiciary Committee approves the nomination and recommends that the Senate follow with confirmation.
Guest Writer - Right
Aug 16 2021
News
Desperate Afghans Fall From Sky After Clinging to Plane Leaving Kabul
Seven people died during the chaos at the Kabul airport, some of which were seen on a video shared on social media showing people falling from a departing U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane.
Another video shows civilians hanging on to the undercarriage as the plane takes off.
Haaretz
Nov 04 2020
News
Every incumbent who’s been booted out of Congress
Here are all the House and Senate incumbents around the country who have lost their fights for reelection.
Alabama Sen. Doug Jones (Democrat)
Arizona Sen. Martha McSally (Republican)
Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner (Republican)
Florida Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (Democrat) Rep. Donna Shalala (Democrat)
Iowa Rep. Abby Finkenauer (Democrat)
Politico
Jul 09 2021
News
Justice Department declined to prosecute 82% of hate crime suspects investigated from 2005 to 2019
The U.S. Department of Justice declined to prosecute 82% of hate crime suspects investigated from 2005 to 2019, according to a report released by the department Thursday.
The report follows Attorney General Merrick Garland’s recent efforts to improve the Justice Department’s role in combating hate crimes and hate incidents.
Under four statutes in the U.S. Criminal Code, hate
CNBC
Jun 20 2022
News
This May Be the COVID Variant Scientists Are Dreading
COVID-19 cases are increasing again in the United Kingdom, potentially signaling a future surge in infections in the United States and other countries.
A pair of new subvariants of the dominant Omicron variant—BA.4 and BA.5—appear to be driving the uptick in cases in the U.K. Worryingly, these subvariants seem to partially dodge antibodies from past infection or vaccination, making them
Daily Beast
Feb 10 2021
News
House panel advances $15 minimum wage as Democrats try to include it in Covid relief bill
A House committee early on Wednesday approved a portion of the Democratic coronavirus relief proposal which includes a $15 per hour minimum wage.
The chamber’s Education and Labor panel advanced its piece of the $1.9 trillion aid package in a 27-21 party line vote. The proposal includes a provision to gradually raise the federal pay floor to $15 an hour by 2025.
The House Budget
CNBC
Jul 08 2021
Opinion
Let’s Make Google a Public Good
American law recognizes that some critically important businesses must accept all customers and treat everyone fairly because they are not easily or economically efficient to duplicate — think railroads, electricity providers and telephone companies.
As Ohio’s attorney general, I went to court last month asking for a judicial declaration that Google has evolved into such an entity: a
Dave Yost
Mar 15 2015
News
Human-Trafficking Bill Fight Could Hold Up Loretta Lynch Vote
The U.S. Senate majority leader said on Sunday he would not schedule a vote to confirm President Barack Obama's nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch, until Democrats stop blocking an unrelated human trafficking bill. Republican Senator Mitch McConnell told CNN's "State of the Union" program he had planned to take up Lynch's nomination this week but may put it off if an anti-human
Newsmax (News)
Oct 16 2019
News
Democratic leaders storm out of Syria meeting after ‘appalling’ Trump calls Pelosi ‘third-rate politician’ to her face
President Trump went on a “nasty diatribe” during a Wednesday meeting on the increasingly volatile situation in Syria, calling Nancy Pelosi a “third-rate politician" to her face and acting in an overall “appalling” manner, the House speaker and other Democratic leaders said after storming out of the tense sit-down.
Speaking immediately after ditching the hostile Cabinet Room standoff,
New York Daily News