The congress” target=”_blank”>Congressional< Democrats to ditch the chamber’s 60-vote filibuster threshold and pass their two major elections bills along party lines, arguing that voters can’t wait any longer as federal courts chip away at provisions of the 1965 elections” target=”_blank”>Voting< Clyburn said that the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, which …
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How Democrats might approach altering the filibuster for voting rights
Senate Majority Leader chuck-schumer” target=”_blank”>Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., < filibuster of the bill. Schumer is also short on votes to alter Senate filibuster provisions. Therefore, Schumer doesn’t have the votes to pass the bills. Those three things are the only certainties about the Senate over the next few days. Schumer has …
Read More »As COVID rages, Biden shows true colors – and his administration's incompetence
The holidays are over, and with them, any semblance of goodwill from Joe Biden. As the infectious-disease sweeps across the country, Biden has proved he isn’t just a failure. He also simply doesn’t care. Despite Biden’s promise to “shut down the virus,” more than half a million Americans are now testing positive for COVID-19 every day. New …
Read More »Biden admin hits North Korea officials with sanctions over hypersonic missile test
The U.S. finance” target=”_blank”>Treasury< officials with sanctions in response to a ballistic topics test Tuesday. North Korea has now held two tests in the past week, both of which it claimed were successful. The tests involved a hypersonic glide vehicle, which was released from a rocket booster and demonstrated “glide …
Read More »Utah, Minnesota face legal threats for using race to determine COVID treatment eligibility
FIRST ON FOX: The health departments in us-regions and us-regions are facing potential lawsuits after they issued guidance using race and ethnicity as factors in prioritizing distribution of coronavirus treatments. Letters sent Wednesday by America First Legal (AFL) allege that both states violated federal law through “blatant discrimination.” Utah has …
Read More »McConnell fires back at Biden's 'profoundly unpresidential' speech: 'Deliberately divisive'
Senate Minority Leader mitch-mcconnell” target=”_blank”>Mitch McConnell<after the latter’s flawed election overhaul speech in Georgia on Tuesday, with the GOP leader saying the speech “undermines democracy.” McConnell torched the president from the Senate floor on Wednesday, tearing into Biden over his widely panned speech, calling it a “deliberately divisive” and one …
Read More »McCarthy, Foxx demand Biden education secretary turn over correspondence with teachers unions
FIRST ON FOX: House Minority Leader kevin-mccarthy” target=”_blank”>Kevin McCarthy< House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy walks through the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 17, 2021. (REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz) “Unfortunately, rather than continuing Congress’s bipartisan approach to addressing COVID-19, Democrats advanced their partisan agenda, approving more than $120 billion …
Read More »Omicron is not the most common virus spreading in Colorado schools: 'Equally as serious'
The omicron infectious-disease is not the most prevalent virus spreading in Colorado schools, according to a medical official in the state. Dr. Reginald Washington, the chief medical officer at Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children, says the Respiratory Syncytial Virus is spreading more among children in and around the Denver area …
Read More »Who is Simon Cowell's fiancée Lauren Silverman?
Simon Cowell is engaged to marry Lauren Silverman. Reps for the 62-year-old genres confirmed his engagement this week. Cowell and his celebrity-news” target=”_blank”>socialite fiancée<, where they first met, the outlet reports. Cowell reportedly proposed while out on a walk on the beach with his 44-year-old love. SIMON COWELL, LAUREN SILVERMAN …
Read More »Virginia Gov. Northam '99% sure' he knows who wore blackface in his yearbook photo
ralph-northam” target=”_blank”>Gov. Ralph Northam < claims he is “99% sure” he knows the identity of the man pictured wearing blackface in a picture on his medical school yearbook page. The image in question appeared in Northam’s 1984 Eastern Virginia Medical School yearbook, depicting the blackface-wearing man alongside another student in …
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