Democrats Push to Extend Universal School Meals
Democrats in both chambers of Congress are urging House and Senate leadership to help extend a school lunch waiver program that’s kept millions of children from going hungry over the past two years. In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last Friday, a group of nine Democrats led by Rep. Katie Porter (D-California) […]
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Biden Says He’s “Proud” of Apple Workers Who Formed Company’s First Union
President Joe Biden praised Apple Store workers who voted to form the company’s first union over the weekend. “I’m proud of them,” Biden told reporters. “Workers have a right to determine under what conditions they’re going to work or not. I think the thing that everybody misunderstands about unions — they tend to be, especially […]
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Far Right Senate Candidate Asks Missourians to “Hunt” Members of His Own Party
Republican Senate candidate Eric Greitens is facing backlash after airing a political ad that depicts him hunting members of his party who are not “true” Republicans. In the commercial, which isn’t airing on television but is being shared widely online, Greitens disparages “RINOs” — an acronym for “Republican In Name Only,” which has been used […]
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Unpaid child maintenance mounting with ‘no long-term strategy’ but write-offs
Georgia Gilholy 22 June 2022 10 years since it replaced the previous agency, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) say the Child Maintenance Service is “achieving no more” than its discredited predecessor. The Child Support Agency was dissolved and the billions of pounds in unpaid child maintenance debt were wiped out. Around half of children in […]
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UK inflation climbs to new 40 year high
Inflation soared to 9.1 per cent within the UK throughout Could, hitting a brand new four-decade excessive. The buyer worth index climbed to 9.1 per cent, recent information from the Workplace of Nationwide Statistics (ONS) reveals, up from 9 per cent in April. The retail worth index used to resolve prepare ticket costs rocketed to […]
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House Republicans Call for Accountability on ‘Bidenflation’ and Energy Crisis House Republicans Call for Accountability on ‘Bidenflation’ and Energy Crisis
Ex-Energy Secretary Rick Perry said that Americans pay $2,500 more to get energy because of Biden administration policies. “We became the number one producer of oil and natural gas and become a net energy exporter for the first time in 70 years,” Perry told a panel of House Republicans Tuesday during a forum on inflation […]
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Colombia’s First Leftist President Will Face Hurdle of Conservative Congress
Image Credit: Tweet: @FranciaMarquezM Colombia made history Sunday as voters elected former guerrilla member Gustavo Petro as the country’s first leftist president and environmental activist Francia Márquez Mina as the country’s first Black vice president. The pair, gaining over 50% of the vote, defeated right-wing real estate millionaire Rodolfo Hernández but will now face a […]
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Warren Unveils Bill to Ban Sales of Health Data With “Roe” Overturn Looming
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D.Massachusetts), as the country prepares for the criminalization of abortion seekers by Republicans has introduced a bill that would prohibit data firms from selling sensitive information that could endanger abortion patient’s lives. The Health and Location Data Protection Act would ban data firms from selling individuals’ health and location data, which Warren […]
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Julian Assange Is Enduring Unbearable Persecution for Exposing US War Crimes
Since Priti Patel, U.K. Home Secretary, officially ordered the extradition of WikiLeaksJulian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, was brought to the United States by press freedom advocates from around the globe. Assange DefenseThe advisory board of which I am a member, is organizing a national campaign to press President Joe Biden and U.S. Attorney General Merrick […]
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Labour forwards motion to put PM into ‘special measures’
In the second opposition day debate, MPs were discussing the PM’s Advisor on ministerial interests after Lord Geidt’s resignation last week. Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner started the debate by forwarding a motion to “put the prime minister into special measures” and allow the public administration and constitutional affairs committee to appoint a new independent […]
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