Indiana lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to a Republican-backed proposal that would require voters to submit more identification information to obtain mail-in ballots, rejecting arguments that the tougher rules would…
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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says leaked classified documents were ‘somewhere in the web’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin briefed reporters on the leaking of dozens of sensitive and highly classified documents Tuesday, saying they were ‘somewhere in the web.’ ‘Well, they were…
Democratic Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano unveiled a $654 million tax cut proposal Tuesday, aiming to provide relief for seniors, renters, businesses and wealthier homeowners.The plan would increase to $1.1…
Two weeks after the North Dakota House failed to pass a measure that would have provided free lunch to low-income students in public schools, the state Senate has passed a…
Biden slams Russia’s detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as ‘totally illegal’
President Biden called the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia ‘totally illegal’ Tuesday, one day after the State Department designated him as ‘wrongly detained.’ Biden also…
Senate Democrats demand Chief Justice Roberts open investigation into Clarence Thomas over ‘misconduct’
Senate Democrats are demanding Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts open an investigation into Justice Clarence Thomas over what they decry as his ‘misconduct’ detailed in a ProPublica report published…
Pete Buttigieg’s husband asks Bud Light boycotters if they plan to protest water after trans controversy
Chasten Buttigieg, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s husband, snapped back at Americans boycotting Anheuser-Busch’s decision to make transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney the star of one of its latest Bud Light commercials.…
In Maine, jury to decide fate of $1B hydropower transmission project rebuked by voters
A battle over a $1 billion transmission line that won all regulatory approvals only to be rebuked by state residents in a referendum now comes down to nine regular folks.…
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones, one of two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled last week from the GOP-led statehouse, is being sent back to the Legislature. The Nashville Metropolitan Council voted…
US very ‘confident’ it can protect interests in South China Sea as China surrounds Taiwan
The U.S. is very confident it can protect American interests in the Indo-Pacific as the Chinese military surrounds Taiwan, the White House said Thursday. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby…