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Apr 06 2021
Analysis
The fight to define infrastructure could change America
The meaning of the word "infrastructure" suddenly depends on your politics.
President Joe Biden is using a sleight of hand by crafting a bill that might be traditionally associated with repairs to potholed highways to instead be his latest effort to reshape the US economy and social safety net. His move encapsulates the White House's own sense of momentum and explains why Republicans
CNN DigitalSep 24 2021
News
Trump allies Bannon, Meadows subpoenaed in Congress' probe of Capitol riot
The U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has subpoenaed four former members of Donald Trump's administration, including Mark Meadows and Steve Bannon, the panel's chairman said on Thursday.
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino and former Defense Department official Kash Patel were also subpoenaed and
ReutersAug 12 2021
News
Schumer gets big victories — but headaches loom
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) scored two significant victories this week, but he's facing big headaches as he tries to keep his razor-thin caucus unified while President Biden's top legislative priority hangs in the balance.
Schumer, who is up for reelection next year, made good on an ambitious timeline to have the Senate vote on the roughly $1 trillion bipartisan
The HillJan 26 2021
News
Democrats Unveil $15 Minimum Wage Bill Ahead of Stimulus Action
House and Senate Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, highlighting their intention to include the measure in the next round of Covid-19 relief.
The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 follows through on one of President Joe Biden’s priorities for the aid package, and mirrors a bill that passed in the House in 2019. It would phase in the hike
BloombergMay 07 2021
News
Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek second term
The mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms, who was seen as a possible running mate for Joe Biden in last year’s presidential election, said late on Thursday she will not seek a second term in office.
Bottoms, 51, who was elected mayor in 2017 and is just the second Black woman to lead the city, did not provide a reason for her decision and did not say what she would do next, when she
The GuardianOct 21 2021
Opinion
Steve Bannon Doesn’t Want to Testify. We Already Know What He Did.
The House of Representatives voted 229-202 on Thursday to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Select Committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, raising the question of whether the Justice Department will prosecute Bannon over his action or leave Congress to spend what might be years in court trying to enforce its subpoena
Mother JonesOct 21 2021
News
Texas' New Secretary Of State Pick Helped Trump Try To Overturn Election Results
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent appointment for secretary of state is a lawyer who tried to help former President Donald Trump overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Abbott appointed lawyer John Scott on Thursday, giving Scott the power to oversee election administrations in a Republican-controlled state that has clamped down on voting rights.
“John understands the importance
HuffPostJul 22 2021
News
Attorney General Merrick Garland in Chicago on Thursday and Friday to bolster city’s battle with gun violence
Attorney General Merrick Garland returns to his native Chicago on Thursday and Friday to bolster the city’s battle with unrelenting gun violence.
Garland, raised in north suburban Lincolnwood, will be in Chicago for the launch of firearms trafficking strike forces in five cities Thursday. In Chicago, he will visit a Chicago Police Department “strategic decision support center” in the
Chicago Sun-TimesFeb 25 2021
News
US launches airstrike against Iranian-backed forces in Syria
The U.S. military carried out an airstrike against an Iranian-backed militia stronghold in Syria Thursday, a senior official told Fox News.
In the first known military action by President Biden, multiple facilities were struck in the air attack that targeted Iraqi border-based Shia militia groups, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al Shuhada.
Both forces are suspected of
Fox News DigitalFeb 25 2021
News
US reportedly carried out airstrike against Iran-backed militia in Syria
The United States has reportedly carried out an airstrike in Syria against a structure belonging to what it said were Iran-backed militia, according to multiple news outlets that cited Pentagon officials.
The strike on Thursday comes after a series of recent rocket attacks against US targets in Iraq.
The strike was approved by Joe Biden, and carried out in order to damage the
The Guardian