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by Jeannie Michele Kopstein | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Activists gathered outside the White House on Tuesday called on President Biden to fight for the passage of two critical pieces of voting rights legislation. The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to restore the full protections of the...
by Annie Klingenberg | Oct 7, 2021 | Politics, Topics
WASHINGTON — After a month of highly politicized legislative measures from both sides of the aisle to either dismantle or further secure abortion rights, all eyes are now on the Supreme Court as it is set to hear a major abortion rights case this fall. Abortion...
by Cristobella Durrette | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — In a sign the Biden administration may be nearing the end of its review of the government’s sanctions strategy, the White House this week announced the nomination of a State Department veteran to oversee the office, which coordinates policy with the...
by Julia Mueller | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers and election officials decried an audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Maricopa County, Ariz., during a House hearing Thursday, saying that Trump supporters’ continued assertions of a fraudulent election undermines voter trust in...
by Hannah Schoenbaum | Oct 7, 2021 | Featured, Politics
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday that he has reached a short-term agreement with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to extend the debt limit through early December, clearing a path for Congress to avert default just 11 days before the...
by Jonathan Lehrfeld and Julia Shapero | Oct 6, 2021 | Featured, Politics
Senate Democrats and Republicans accused one another of playing partisan politics with voting rights at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday. Lawmakers, government officials and election experts met to discuss the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act,...
