Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said that Republicans don’t seem to give a ‘crap’ about children when it comes to gun violence. Murphy made the comments on Salon’s ‘Salon Talks’ podcast…
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced on Tuesday his administration would create an office aimed at helping local law enforcement and public health officials reduce violence in their communities through…
When it gets serious: Biden, Congress poised to square off over spending and debt
The release of President Biden’s budget proposal really didn’t give us a sense of where this summer’s debt ceiling brawl is going. Presidential budgets are important for establishing policy goals…
Washington DC law allowing noncitizens to vote in elections challenged by lawsuit
A conservative legal group and a former Republican candidate for D.C. mayor on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to challenge a controversial new law that would allow noncitizens – including illegal…
Nikki Haley dings DeSantis and Trump on US aid to Ukraine as 2024 GOP presidential sweepstakes get underway
Presidential candidate Nikki Haley split with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump Tuesday by claiming that aiding Ukraine is vital to U.S. interests. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson…
The U.S. government may have made duplicate payments for projects at labs in Wuhan, China, through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), according…
Senate Banking Republicans wary of Biden officials’ handling of SVB collapse: ‘Asleep at the wheel’
Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee on Monday said the quick collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the sudden need for a bailout plan shows federal regulators may not have…
South Dakota legislative session marked by tax cuts, election reform, culture war headway
South Dakota lawmakers are taking a break in the legislative session until they return later in March to consider any bills Republican Gov. Kristi Noem vetoed. Republican legislative leaders were…
Petition to enshrine abortion rights into Ohio Constitution clears major legal hurdle
Backers of a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution can begin collecting the more than 413,000 voter signatures required to put the issue before voters this fall,…
North Carolina lawmakers will defend abortion pill restrictions in federal court
North Carolina Republican legislative leaders can defend in federal court the state restrictions on dispensing abortion pills that are being challenged by a physician, a judge has ruled. U.S. District…