House committee advances DC statehood bill along party-line vote

A panel of House house-of-representatives advanced legislation Wednesday to make washington-dc” target=”_blank”>Washington, D.C< “Democracy requires much more. D.C. residents demand much more. D.C. residents deserve full voting representation in the Senate and the House and complete control over their local affairs. They deserve statehood.” WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 21: Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia delegate to the…

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Cheney brings in record fundraising haul despite feud with some in GOP

Rep. Liz Cheney of us-regions, the most high profile of the 10 House senate who voted in January to trump-impeachment-inquiry” target=”_blank”>impeach<, experienced a elections surge the first three months of this year. Cheney, the number three Republican in House GOP leadership, reported raising a record $1.54 million during the January-March first quarter of fundraising for her 2022 reelection campaign….

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Biden announces Sept. 11 Afghanistan withdrawal deadline, says it's time for troops 'to come home'

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< from conflicts by Sept. 11 — pushing back a May deadline set by the Trump administration. The U.S. intervened in the country following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The new deadline would fall on the 20 year-mark of the attacks, which were carried out by Al Qaeda by crashing passenger-filled airplanes in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania….

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GOP lawmaker wants answers on massive border contract that went to nonprofit with ties to ex-Biden adviser

Republican Rep. Jim Banks is demanding answers from the head of the Administration for Children and Families after revelations that a nearly $530 million contract was awarded to a Texas nonprofit to help manage the influx of migrant children at the U.S. southern border — after the organization hired a former Biden transition official. Axios first reported the contract,…

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Biden: Parts of US 'backsliding' into Jim Crow days

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden<” during remarks Wednesday at the National Action Network’s national convention – one of the largest civil rights conferences in the country. Biden delivered opening remarks focused on the state of civil rights and racial equality in the United States to the virtual convention of the organization, led and founded by Rev. Al Sharpton….

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Biden's partisan divide as wide as Trump's: poll

The nation’s partisan divide hit record highs during donald-trump”>former President Donald Trump< is in the executive. Biden stands at 54% approval and 41% disapproval in a national poll released Wednesday by Monmouth University. That’s pretty close to Biden’s 55% approval and 40% disapproval in an average of the latest presidential approval ratings surveys averaged by Real Clear…

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Biden faces bipartisan pushback over plan to withdraw all troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

joe-biden” target=”_blank”>President Biden< from Afghanistan, as Republicans and Democrats alike sound the alarm over whether the move could be too soon. The president plans to remove all 2,500 American troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, a senior defense official confirmed to Fox News, and plans to make that announcement official during remarks Wednesday afternoon. BIDEN WANTS…

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