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President Biden and Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.), the architect behind the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, met with Floyd’s family on Tuesday, doubling down on their commitment to get the legislation passed and signed into law on the one-year...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Tuesday called on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to be removed from the House GOP conference over controversial remarks likening mask mandates to the treatment of Jews during the Holocaust.“You can’t stop...

When he was just seven years old, Lorenzo started to experience frequent pain and swelling in his joints that grew worse until it was an everyday occurrence. When the swelling in his knees and ankles became so severe that he was unable to walk,...

The Auschwitz Memorial on Tuesday condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) comments comparing coronavirus vaccines to the Holocaust."The instrumentalization of the tragedy of ...

The Auschwitz Memorial on Tuesday condemned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) comments comparing coronavirus vaccines to the Holocaust.“The instrumentalization of the tragedy of Jews who suffered, were humiliated, marked with a yellow star,...

The National Basketball Association's social justice coalition on Monday urged lawmakers to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, just one day ahead of the anniversary of Floyd's murder.In a statement, the coalition called for the...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday reintroduced legislation that would provide inmates with access to Medicaid.A press release from Rep. Annie Kuster’s (D-N.H.) office stated that passing the Humane Correctional Health Care Act would repeal...

President Biden is replacing four members of the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts that were appointed by former President Trump.Among the new appointees the White House announced Tuesday is Peter Cook, a principal at HGA Architects who’s work includes...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday said that George Floyd’s daughter's prediction that her father would “change the world” is coming true.  Floyd's family met with lawmakers at the Capitol on Tuesday as Democrats seek to pass...

Attorneys for Dylann Roof, the self-proclaimed white supremacist who was sentenced to death for the 2015 murders of nine members of a Black South Carolina church, argued Tuesday that their client should not have been allowed to represent himself...

Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) will lobby on behalf of musicFIRST, an independent, non-profit performance rights organization that works to get recording artists paid when their work is played on broadcast radio.Crowley is a senior policy...

William Shakespeare, who was among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine, died of an unrelated illness at the age of 81.Shakespeare left behind his wife of 53 years, Joy, along with two sons and grandchildren after he had a stroke, University...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) warned Tuesday that remarks by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) comparing COVID-19 vaccinations and mask wearing to the Holocaust were the sign of a greater "rot" within the GOP.In a tweet Tuesday that came amid a...

More than 25 business associations have united to form a coalition objecting to Democrats' proposed “job-killing tax increases."The group, dubbed America’s Job Creators for a Strong Recovery, believes that raising taxes on corporations and...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that his plan is for the upper chamber to move a major infrastructure spending bill through the Senate in July, whether the legislation is bipartisan or not. When asked...

The Senate on Tuesday voted to confirm Kristen Clarke as the new head of the Justice Department's civil rights division in a tight 51-48 vote, with Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) the only Republican to cross party lines and vote for her.Clarke will be...

The campaign arm for House Democrats is seizing on the latest controversy surrounding Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), indicating the party plans on highlighting the conservative firebrand’s provocative remarks in the 2022 midterms. Rep....

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) on Monday signed a measure into law that bans critical race theory from being taught in schools.  The new legislation, which goes into effect on July 1, doesn’t allow state educators to teach that...

Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) are urging their Republican colleagues to move forward on a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of Jan. 6. The moderate Democrats said in a statement Tuesday that they “...

• Joan Baez says she has a texting buddy people may not expect: Anthony Fauci.The “Diamonds & Rust” singer recently opened up about her surprising connection with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director at a press...

House Democratic leadership discussed the legality and logistics of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) filing a restraining order against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the Republican has...

The White House on Tuesday put up a united front as Republican senators suggested President Biden's staff was becoming an impediment toward reaching a deal on infrastructure spending.White House press secretary Jen Psaki was adamant that Biden had...

President Biden will travel to Oklahoma next week to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, the White House announced Tuesday.Biden will be in Tulsa on Tuesday for the anniversary of the infamous racist attacks on the city's...

A Kansas state representative charged with battery allegedly kicked a male high school student in the crotch and left him with other injuries while substitute teaching last month.State Rep. Ma...

Two late TV legends have been posthumously nominated for 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards: Larry King and Alex Trebek.King, the host of "Larry King Now" and "Politicking with Larry King," was nominated for the former in the informative talk...