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Biden Administration expected to announce new tax on billionaires

March 28, 2022 6:51 AM April Hettinger

The Biden Administration is expected to unveil a new minimum income tax for billionaires…

300 dead after Ukraine theater airstrike

March 25, 2022 6:16 PM The Associated Press

About 300 people were killed in the Russian airstrike last week on a Mariupol theater that was being used as a…

Biden says in Poland that the stakes of Ukraine war go well beyond its borders

March 25, 2022 1:07 PM CNN

President Joe Biden told American troops on a deterrence mission near the border with Ukraine that the consequences of the raging conflict 50 miles…

Russia targets Ukrainian hospitals

March 25, 2022 12:13 PM The Associated Press

Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian medical facilities, striking at hospitals, ambulances, medics, patients and even…

Michigan governor kidnap plotters wanted to disrupt a Biden presidency, one member testifies

March 25, 2022 8:32 AM CNN

The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of…

Manchin says he will vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson

March 25, 2022 7:50 AM CNN

that he plans to vote for President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, a move that all but guarantees she will be…

Biden says he’s be “fortunate” if Donald Trump ran again

March 25, 2022 7:33 AM CNN, Cole Johnson

President Biden says he is not thinking about the 2024 presidential election, but instead he is focused on the upcoming midterm elections in…

Mitch McConnell won’t vote Ketanji Brown Jackson into Supreme Court

March 25, 2022 7:18 AM April Hettinger

Day four of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation hearings have…

Here’s why Biden is going to Poland

March 25, 2022 6:30 AM CNN

If there’s one nation that understands Ukraine’s torment, it’s Poland, which welcomes President Joe Biden on Friday as part of his emergency…

Arizona Senators to President Biden: Keep Title 42 in place

March 24, 2022 3:02 PM Adam Klepp, Adonis Albright

Today U.S. Senators from Arizona Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema sent a letter to President Biden, advising him against ending Title 42 without a…

Biden speaks on US support for Ukraine

March 24, 2022 4:54 PM The Associated Press, Adonis Albright

Western allies pledged new sanctions and humanitarian aid on Thursday in response to Vladimir Putin’s , but their offers fell short of the more…

15 week abortion ban passed by Arizona House

March 24, 2022 2:44 PM Louis Aranda, abc-news, Cole Johnson

Arizona Legislation made the decision to pass a bill which outlaws abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy during a debate and vote on Thursday…

Arizona GOP votes to restrict transgender sports, surgeries

March 24, 2022 1:04 PM The Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has voted to prohibit gender reassignment surgery for minors and ban transgender athletes from playing on girls…

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson may have set a new standard for future nominees

March 24, 2022 7:06 AM CNN

For decades, US Supreme Court confirmation hearings have taken center stage in American politics, and each hearing has created new norms for future…

Deadline to decide fate of Title 42 approaches

March 23, 2022 3:45 PM Adam Klepp

Title 42 has now been in place for over two years, and used by two different…

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson faces more questions during third day of confirmation hearings

March 23, 2022 7:22 AM CNN

President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, is facing another round of questions from lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary…

Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies

March 23, 2022 11:59 AM CNN

Madeleine Albright, the first woman US secretary of state, who helped steer Western foreign policy in the aftermath of the Cold War, has died. She…

Russian cyber attacks are imminent, says POTUS

March 22, 2022 5:33 PM CNN

President Joe Biden issued an urgent and ominous warning to American individuals and businesses Monday, when he said “evolving…

Disney Headquarters Walk Out

March 22, 2022 3:00 PM CNN

Disney employees staged a walkout Tuesday in protest of the company’s response to Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education law, which…

Senator Sinema makes statement about inflation and supply chains in Arizona

March 22, 2022 1:07 PM Marcos Icahuate

Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) made a statement about certain challenges such as inflation in the…