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Former Sen. Martha McSally’s ex-deputy elections” target=”_blank”>campaign manager<more than $115,000 from her campaign, according to the U.S. justice-department” target=”_blank”>Department of Justice.< Then-U.S. Senate candidate Martha McSally, R-Ariz, speaks during a rally for President Donald Trump at the International Air Response facility on October 19, 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. (Getty Images) Barry used his position to…

As the May 25 anniversary of george-floyd” target=”_blank”>George Floyd’s< are working across the aisle to introduce bipartisan legislation to overhaul some police standards. A small group of lawmakers, led by Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., along with Senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Cory Booker, D-N.Y. — all of whom previously introduced police reform legislation — are looking at…

us-regions Gov. Greg Gianforte approved legislation Friday barring transgender youth from participating on sports teamsa> that correspond with their gender identity.< President Biden signed an executive order in January calling on public schools to allow transgender athletes to participate on sports teams that align with their gender identity. The order signaled that schools that do…

us-regions Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a controversial bill into law Friday that will restrict how race and gender-based content can be taught in public schools and universities. “Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us closer together – not rip us apart,” the Republican governor said Friday. “I firmly believe that not one…

Labor Secretary Marty Walsh drew a parallel Friday between the continued fight over reopening schools for in-person instruction and the  April jobs report, which fell far short of experts’ predictions. The economy gained 266,000 new jobs in April, bringing the unemployment rate to 6.1%.  Experts had estimated 1 million new jobs in April with a 5.8…

For the first time since 1968, the justice-department” target=”_blank”>Department of Justice< states.  National Association for Gun Rights President Dudley Brown said the proposed rule “is a slap in the face to the millions of law-abiding Americans who have built their own firearms at home.” “It’s a nonsense ‘feel good’ rule that only burdens good people but…

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday was at the southern border, touting how the Biden administration has emptied immigration — but warning that officials are seeing hundreds of unaccompanied children cross each day. Mayorkas toured the facility in Donna, Texas, which had been packed with more than 4,000 migrants early on in the crisis —…

For at least two us-regions counties, the new voting law means losing millions in private grant money bankrolled mostly by companies founder mark-zuckerberg” target=”_blank”>Mark Zuckerberg,< a Republican, signed the bill Thursday that includes provisions such as adding voter ID requirements to absentee voting and limiting ballot harvesting. The law also outright bans private money from…

The top U.S general for world-regions is warning that a growing threat from world-regions may come not just from the waters of the Pacific but from the Atlantic as well. U.S. Gen. Stephen Townsend, in an interview with The Associated Press, said Beijing is looking to establish a large navy port capable of hosting submarines or aircraft…

More details of pork-barrel projects are coming to light as members of congress” target=”_blank”>Congress< that lawmakers have made public this week and has been highlighting some interesting finds.  50 EYE-POPPING EARMARKS REQUESTED BY LAWMAKERS IN UPCOMING FEDERAL BUDGET Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., wants $3 million to renovate 26 public restrooms at Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) stations in Alameda…