White House Unveils New Plan for Tackling Border Crossings Post-Covid

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced new border security measures in a joint press conference on Thursday. The measures that the Biden Administration is set to undertake include new processing centers in Guatemala and Colombia to help migrants from South and Central America seek lawful pathways into the U.S. […]

South Korean President Addresses Congress

A joint effort to “safeguard freedom and democracy throughout the world” was the underlying theme of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s address before Congress on Thursday. He started off by thanking the bipartisan, bicameral session of Congress for marking the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea—the reason […]

Ukraine asks for Vatican’s Help in Retrieving Children from Russia

Ukraine’s Prime Minister asked Pope Francis on Thursday to help in efforts to return abducted children from Russia. “I asked His Holiness to help us return home Ukrainians, Ukrainian children who are detained, arrested, and criminally deported to Russia,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told reporters after his half-hour, face-to-face meeting with the Pontiff. Last month, the […]

Trump Loses Appeal to Block Pence’s January 6 Testimony

Former President Trump has lost an appeal to block former Vice President Pence from testifying in the special counsel’s investigation into the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection. Trump filed his appeal on April 10, five days after a Pence attorney said he would not challenge a court order requiring his testimony before the special counsel’s […]

House Narrowly Passes its Debt Ceiling Proposal

The Republican-led House on Wednesday voted 217-215 to pass Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s proposed legislation to cut spending for a decade in exchange for a short-term debt ceiling hike. The two-vote victory came after McCarthy (R-CA) amended the bill—even though he had just hours earlier told reporters he was not entertaining any more changes to the […]

Alleged Pentagon Leaker to Appear at Detention Hearing

Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard accused of leaking classified Pentagon documents online, is expected back in court Thursday for a detention hearing. Teixeira was formally charged on April 14 with unauthorized detention and transmission of national defense information, as well as unauthorized removal of classified information and defense materials […]

College Board Re-Revises its Black History A.P. Course

Soon after the College Board said it would revise its Advanced Placement African American studies course, it announced it was revising it once again. A statement by the College Board gave no specifics about what would be changed or added back in, but it wrote on its website, “The updated framework, shaped by the development […]

Montana State House Votes to Block Speech of Transgender Lawmaker

Montana state House lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the floor speech of Rep. Zooey Zephyr (D) after she protested a ban on gender-affirming care last week. The 68-32 vote means that Zephyr will only be allowed to take part in state business remotely by voting for the duration of the two-year legislative term. “Freedom in this […]

White House Preps for Border Influx when Covid Restrictions End

The Biden Administration is preparing a strategy for dealing with a possible influx of migrants at the southern border after Covid-19 restrictions end in May. The Administration is expected to announce new measures as early as this week that reportedly could include increasing the number of Latin Americans currently admitted through the federal refugee settlement […]

Carroll Testifies in Rape Trial Against Trump

Writer E. Jean Carroll testified Wednesday in her lawsuit alleging that former President Trump raped her in the 1990s. “I’m here because Donald Trump raped me, and when I wrote about it, he said it didn’t happen. He lied and shattered my reputation, and I’m here to try and get my life back,” Carroll said […]

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