Black and Hispanic voters in Wisconsin’s largest city say a Republican election commissioner publicly applauding GOP strategies he credits with depressing minority turnout are a public admission of a conservative strategy in place for years.…
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The Department of Homeland Security on Friday announced a new, expedited process aimed at encouraging ‘noncitizen workers’ to report labor rights violations in the U.S. by allowing them to avoid deportation. DHS said the policy…
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The Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia – the primary headquarters for the Department of Defense – was originally constructed in 1941 after War Department officials complained of too little office space in their old headquarters. Two years and 6.5…
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Republicans have rolled back a ban against smoking tobacco on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers and staff will once again be allowed to smoke carefree after Republicans ended the prohibition against tobacco upon taking the majority of…
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Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and the Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature are headed toward big fights over spending on special education programs, pay raises for government workers and how much the cash-flush state should sock away for…
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Florida will seek to provide consumers more flexibility in buying prescription drugs and more information about their costs under a legislative proposal that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he will ask lawmakers to approve.…
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NJ congressman demands investigation into whether offshore wind projects are killing whales
A New Jersey congressman is demanding an investigation into whether offshore wind projects are killing whales off the coast of the Garden State and the state of New York. Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., announced…
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he will ‘look at’ the possibility of expunging impeachments against former President Donald Trump, should a resolution be brought forward. McCarthy’s remarks came on Thursday during his weekly press conference…
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Biden spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Friday that the White House has been transparent with the Obama-era classified documents found in President Biden’s possession, but she would not say whether the recovered documents will be shared…
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The United Nations this week gave a scathing criticism of the Biden administration’s latest border security measures, particularly its expansion of Title 42 and asylum eligibility limits — marking the latest shot taken at the…