Pentagon chief Austin: Anti-extremism push not about ‘political parties or political beliefs’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday that the Pentagon’s anti-extremism initiative is in no way about troops’ individual political beliefs.
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Republicans, strategists differ on ways to beat back racism accusations from Dems
Congressional Republicans have a plan for Democrats’ repeated claim that White supremacists infest the Republican Party: silence.
Two more women accuse N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment
Two more women came forward over the weekend and accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct, increasing pressure on the embattled Democrat to resign.
Manchin pitches changes to Senate filibuster
Senate Dems thwart GOP bid to block Planned Parenthood ‘slush fund’ in stimulus
Anti-Trump activist sees more legal trouble after Capitol riot
Is Joe Manchin a maverick or a moderate?
Know when to hold ‘em: Pence ‘playing his cards right’ in plotting political return
Sen. Joe Manchin: COVID relief bill was bipartisan despite final vote
Senate Democrats pass Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill
The Senate on Saturday approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill in a party-line vote, advancing President Biden’s top legislative priority after an all-night partisan showdown over the massive spending.
Democrats fumble $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, trigger marathon overnight Senate session
Senate Democrats struck a deal late Friday to extend unemployment benefits with a $300 boost, allowing work on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package to resume after a roughly 11-hour delay.
‘Come to grips with facts’: Manchin prods environmentalists to back oil, gas pipelines
Sen. Joe Manchin III on Friday knocked President Biden for canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and urged environmentalists activists and fellow Democrats to make peace with oil and natural gas pipelines.
Biden admin adds Big Tech critic to National Economic Council
The Biden White House has recruited a leading Big Tech critic to join the National Economic Council.
Far-left enraged with ‘corporate Democrats’ vote against $15 minimum wage
Far-left activists are furious with the “corporate Democrats” that sided with Republicans against Sen. Bernard Sanders’ latest push to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour.
Biden: ‘Rescue Plan’ bill will ‘provide relief for millions’
President Joseph R. Biden said Friday the American Rescue Plan Act making its way through Congress will help lift up millions of American - including those that are worried that their enhanced unemployment benefits will run out.
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Protesters paralyze Lebanon amid political, economic crisis
Protesters closed all major roads leading to the Lebanese capital on Monday, causing traffic jams and triggering a call by the head of the hospitals union who warned that such moves are preventing oxygen supplies from reaching medical centers treating coronavirus patients.
As US mulls Afghan exit, activist sees long fight for women
Prominent activist Sima Samar has been fighting for women’s rights in Afghanistan for the past 40 years. She believes her struggle is far from over - especially at a time when violence is on the rise, peace talks between rival Afghan groups are stuck and the U.S. mulls a May departure from her country.
Key events since George Floyd's arrest and death
A timeline of key events that began with George Floyd's arrest on May 25, 2020, by four police officers in Minneapolis:
Philippine police kill 9 in raids on suspected rebels
Philippine police backed by military forces killed nine people over the weekend in a series of raids against suspected communist insurgents, with authorities saying the suspects opened fire first. Others, however, said those killed were unarmed activists.
Biden, lawmakers take step to limit president's authority to go to war
President Biden and a bipartisan caucus on Capitol Hill may have just taken the first step toward a deal that has eluded Washington for more than a decade: the establishment of clear, narrow limits on a commander in chief's authority to take the country into war.
Biden pressures liberals to quickly pass Senate's watered down relief bill
The White House on Sunday ratcheted up pressure on the House's progressive Democrats to fall in line and pass President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package after the Senate watered down some far-left priorities in the bill.
J&J vaccines coming to Cape Cod; Maine reports 2 new deaths
The New Hampshire Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill aimed at improving children’s mental health at a time when the number of children waiting for inpatient psychiatric care has grown dramatically during the pandemic.
New York Democratic leader calls for Gov. Cuomo to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, nursin
New York Democratic leader calls for Gov. Cuomo to resign amid sexual harassment allegations, nursing home scandal.
Cuomo defiant as top New York lawmakers call on him to quit
The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.
Biden enters election law showdown with orders to boost registration, vote-by-mail
President Biden on Sunday issued executive orders for federal agencies to promote voting access including registering voters and helping inmates in federal prisons to vote.
US states look to step up wolf kills, pushed by Republicans
Payments for dead wolves. Unlimited hunting of the animals. Shooting wolves from the air.
GOP pushes bills to allow social media 'censorship' lawsuits
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts.
Opponents suspect environmental racism in pipeline project
Clyde Robinson treasures the acre of land he inherited, a verdant space tucked into a cul-de-sac in a south Memphis neighborhood, surrounded by houses and trees beside a railroad track.
