“Sesame Street” aired a new episode last week featuring a family with two dads. The episode premiered during Pride Month and just ahead of Father's Day. In “Family Day,” one of the show’s characters, Nina, introduces her brother, Dave; his...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday stepped up efforts to squeeze Republicans ahead of a key test vote on a sweeping election reform bill, railing against new voting rules in GOP-led states and former President Trump’s efforts...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday stepped up efforts to squeeze Republicans ahead of a key test vote on a sweeping election reform bill, railing against new voting rules in GOP-led state...
Former President Obama said Monday that Congress needs to pass voting rights legislation before the 2022 midterm elections, or American democracy could be at risk."We can't wait until the next election because if we have the same kinds of...
The defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse, the Illinois teenager who is accused of fatally shooting two people and injuring a third at a protest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake last August, has raised nearly half a million dollars as...
A group of Senate Republicans on Monday sent a letter to the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to raise concerns that two of the agency's recently proposed gun rules could set the foundation...
Local Boy Scouts in Pensacola, Fla., discovered human remains Saturday while they cleaned in and around a building as part of an Eagle Scout project, ...
California legislators are reportedly considering extending the state's eviction moratorium to have enough time to pay off unpaid rent for low-income residents in the state as the June 30 moratorium deadline approaches....
Newsmax has hired former President Trump's campaign's legal adviser Jenna Ellis and former Trump campaign spokesperson and deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley as contributors...
The Stonewall Inn is banning Anheuser-Busch products from the bar associated with the beginning of the gay rights movement during New York City's Pride weekend because of the company's dona...
President Biden is reportedly planning on hosting a White House ceremony for the unveiling of former President Obama's presidential portrait, a tradition former President Trump had declined to take part in.Sources...
The White House is shooting down an attack from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), who linked higher gas prices one year after the coronavirus pandemic locked down the economy to President Biden."Average gas price: June 202...
Andrew Yang's campaign announced Monday that it has received donations from nearly 24,000 individuals, a feat the group says marks the highest number of donors in the history of New York City primary and general ele...
The Republican National Committee (RNC) paid nearly $176,000 to former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago club during a donor retreat this spring, according to the group's ...
A coalition of more than 100 progressive groups in California is ramping up pressure on Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) over the filibuster ahead of a vote this week on a sweeping election bill.The groups sent a letter, a copy of which was...
President Biden views Sen. Joe Manchin's (D-W.Va.) compromise proposal on voting rights to be a "step forward," even as it is unlikely to garner any Republican support ahead of a critical Senate vote on the issue this week.The Senate is set to vote...
A coalition of large and small businesses will meet with members of Congress this week in a push for a national paid family and medical leave policy.Paid family leave advocates organized the virtual fly-in, dubbed Businesses for Paid Leave Week of...
Republican Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) — who certainly did not find common ground on another recent issue — Marco Rubio and others are seeking ways to address family poverty and its impact on family stability. Many Hill Democrats...
Comedian Dave Chappelle made a guest appearance at a Foo Fighters concert on Sunday in Madison Square Garden, performing a cover of Radiohead's “Creep” with the band in the historic venue’s first show since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic....
A top Pennsylvania Republican says he supports an audit of the state's presidential election results similar to a review being conducted in Arizona, raising the potential for other states to spend taxpayer money investiga...
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge said student debt is playing a role in limiting homeownership for Black people. “Who has student debt? Poor people, Black people, brown people. We’re the people who carry most debt. And so...
The Biden administration on Monday imposed sanctions on dozens of Belarusian officials and a handful of entities in response to the crackdown on civil liberties by embattled Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenka. The sanctions were done in...
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The White House on Monday announced where the U.S. would send 55 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses allocated for other countries.The Biden administration had already committed these doses as part of a pledge to allocate 80 million by...
A coalition of progressive organizations on Monday announced the launch of a $1.5 million television ad campaign targeting centrist Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) over her opposition to filibuster reform and a $15 per hour minimum wage...
