US Nearing Digital Identity For All Americans
Legislative preparations are underway to establish a U.S. government-backed task force to create a digital identity for all Americans.
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House narrowly passes GOP debt limit bill, putting Biden on defense for refusal to negotiate
House Republicans narrowly passed legislation raising the debt limit on Wednesday. The move is gambit to force President Biden to begin negotiations in earnest on cutting spending in exchange for lifting the cap on how much the government can borrow to meet expenses.
Pentagon Papers leaker: DOD records show Ukraine at stalemate, ‘very similar to Vietnam’
Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the largest and perhaps most consequential disclosure in U.S. history, said the latest intelligence leaks show that the war between Russia and Ukraine is at a “stalemate,” drawing similarities to the Vietnam War.
Kansas GOP lawmakers enact sweeping transgender bathroom law, override Democrat governor’s veto
Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted a bill to prevent transgender people from using the restrooms associated with their gender identities, overriding a veto of the measure by the state’s Democrat governor.
Final vote on House GOP debt limit bill could take place as early as Wednesday evening
The floor vote on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit legislation could come as early as Wednesday, but as of midday, it was still unclear whether the leader of the GOP-controlled House had the votes.
Supreme Court to hear case of 94-year-old Minnesota woman who lost her condo over $2,300 in unpaid taxes
Geraldine Tyler, now 94, lost her one-bedroom condo in Minneapolis over $2,300 in unpaid taxes, plus interest and penalties. Hennepin County sold the apartment for $40,000 and kept every penny.
Federal court dismisses challenge to Texas’ anti–BDS law
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday dismissed a challenge to a Texas law that prohibits companies from receiving state funds if they participate in the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, Algemeiner reports.
President Biden Launches Re-election Campaign
Americans are waking up Tuesday with news that U.S. President Joe Biden is launching his re-election campaign despite worries about his age and style.
SCOTUS to consider whether government officials can block critics on social media
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear appeals in two cases where lower courts gave divergent rulings on whether the Constitution’s First Amendment prohibits government officials from blocking their critics on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, Reuters reports.
Hosts Carlson and Lemon Fired In Broadcast ‘Bloodbath’
America’s Fox News Channel and the Cable News Network dumped two hosts who came to define their programs but had upset the political establishment and those concerned about women’s rights.
Trump, Republican Hopefuls Woo Evangelicals in Iowa, Vow to Restrict Abortion
Donald Trump and other Republican presidential hopefuls called for restricting abortion at an event for evangelicals in Iowa on Saturday, courting the key conservative voting bloc in the state set to hold the party’s first nominating contest in early 2024.
Mississippi Governor Signs 8 Pro-Life Measures Into Law
The governor of Mississippi is bolstering the state’s pro-life and pro-family stance by signing into law eight bills that increase support for pregnancy resource centers and protect foster children.
US Supreme Court allows continued availability of abortion pill pending legal appeals
The US Supreme Court on Friday night granted an emergency request by the Department of Justice to block lower court rulings that would have severely restricted availability of the abortion pill mifepristone while appeals in the case continue: mifepristone remains broadly available for now, Christian Today reports.
“Unprecedented” massive outbreak of bird flu in the US
A massive outbreak of bird flu has led to the culling of more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and wild birds in the United States, Sky News reports. The worst the nation has ever seen, the outbreak has caused the government to begin testing four potential bird flu vaccines to protect US poultry against the killer disease.
Limit access to most secret US documents, Senate intel panel head says
Too many people have access to the U.S. government’s closest secrets and a central entity should oversee the classification process, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said on Sunday, addressing leaks of documents in an online chat group.
Dem Bill Would Make LGBT Illegal Immigrants Immune From Detention
Legislation introduced this week by congressional Democrats would forbid border officials from detaining illegal immigrants who identify as LGBT in almost all circumstances.
CDC director rewrites history of COVID vaccines as uptake plummets, side effect research mounts
As the feds abandon a one-size-fits-all COVID-19 vaccine strategy in the face of plunging booster uptake, growing research on serious adverse events and the first government payments to victims of the novel therapeutics, the CDC’s director is trying to rewrite history.
House Democrats vote against bill to protect women’s sports
House Republicans passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on Thursday to ban trans-identified athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports by amending Title IX protections to only apply to female athletes. All House Democrats voted against the bill.
World’s Largest Rocket Explodes On Test Flight
The world’s biggest and most powerful rocket exploded Thursday just minutes after SpaceX launched it from its path in the U.S. State of Texas.
Hunter Biden investigation infected by ‘politics’ and ‘preferential treatment’: IRS whistleblower
A decorated supervisory IRS agent has reported to the Justice Department’s top watchdog that federal prosecutors appointed by Joe Biden have engaged in “preferential treatment and politics” to block criminal tax charges against presidential son Hunter Biden, providing evidence as a whistleblower that conflicts with Attorney General Merrick Garland’s recent testimony to Congress that the decision to bring charges against Biden was being left to the Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney for Delaware.