AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday in the Democrats’ latest defiance over new voting restrictions, but it only Republicans who went on to approve the sweeping elections bill just minutes after she wearily left the floor. The GOP’s sustained efforts to tighten Texas’ election laws, however, remained no…… Read more
The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul and broke through defensive lines in Afghanistan’s third-largest city Thursday… Read more
Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade. The new data being released Thursday will…… Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession… Read more
House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records, a federal judge ruled Wednesday… Read more
R&B star R. Kelly will face an anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women when his New York City sex trafficking trial goes forward next week with opening statements… Read more
California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday… Read more
In another nod to “Jeopardy!” devotees, longtime champion Ken Jennings will return as a consulting producer.… Read more
YouTube suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days on Tuesday and removed a video posted by the Kentucky Republican that claimed cloth masks don’t prevent infection, saying it violated policies on COVID-19 misinformation.… Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine… Read more
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday in the Democrats’ latest defiance over new voting restrictions, but it only Republicans who went on to approve the sweeping elections bill just minutes after she wearily left the floor. The GOP’s sustained efforts to tighten Texas’ election laws, however, remained no…… Continue Reading
The Taliban captured a strategic provincial capital near Kabul and broke through defensive lines in Afghanistan’s third-largest city Thursday… Continue Reading
Redistricting season officially kicks off with the release of detailed population data from the U.S. Census Bureau that will be used to redraw voting districts nationwide — potentially helping determine control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections and providing an electoral edge for the next decade. The new data being released Thursday will…… Continue Reading
President Joe Biden’s administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession… Continue Reading
House Democrats who have spent years investigating Donald Trump are entitled to some of the former president’s financial records, a federal judge ruled Wednesday… Continue Reading
R&B star R. Kelly will face an anonymous jury made up of seven men and five women when his New York City sex trafficking trial goes forward next week with opening statements… Continue Reading
California will become the first state in the nation to require all teachers and school staff to get vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday… Continue Reading
In another nod to “Jeopardy!” devotees, longtime champion Ken Jennings will return as a consulting producer.… Continue Reading
YouTube suspended U.S. Sen. Rand Paul for seven days on Tuesday and removed a video posted by the Kentucky Republican that claimed cloth masks don’t prevent infection, saying it violated policies on COVID-19 misinformation.… Continue Reading
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine… Continue Reading