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3h ago

Senate Democrats near agreement on new voting rights legislation

The imminent announcement of a voting rights bill comes ahead of the Senate’s return from its August recess this week.
Protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2021, in Washington.
Protesters rally to demand protection for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on Aug. 28, 2021, in Washington.
5h ago

Sen. Manchin casts doubt on reconciliation deal by Pelosi's Sept. 27 deadline

The House set a Sept. 27 deadline to vote on the Senate-passed infrastructure bill, but progressive lawmakers say they will only support it if considered with the reconciliation package.
Image: Joe Manchin
Image: Joe Manchin
9h ago

Thousands were released from prison because of Covid. Will they have to return?

“It upsets me to be home doing all the right things and now they talk about I may go back,” Paulette Martin, 74, said.
From left, the Foster family, Brian's sister Brandy, Brian, daughter Amber, daughter Niya holding his grandson Landon.
From left, the Foster family, Brian's sister Brandy, Brian, daughter Amber, daughter Niya holding his grandson Landon.

What happens after someone can't get an abortion? The impacts can last a lifetime.

One study found that people who were denied an abortion had almost four times greater odds of being below the federal poverty level.
An abortion doula holds hands with a patient during an abortion procedure at an abortion clinic in Falls Church, Va., on Nov. 24, 2017.
An abortion doula holds hands with a patient during an abortion procedure at an abortion clinic in Falls Church, Va., on Nov. 24, 2017.

GOP leaders bemoan so-called crime wave in America. It's a lie, Democratic group says.

An analysis by the moderate Democratic group Third Way runs counter to popular perceptions of rising crime nationwide.
Image: A new report by Third Way shows that homicides went up last year, but it found that to be an outlier.
Image: A new report by Third Way shows that homicides went up last year, but it found that to be an outlier.

Autoimmune diseases may be rising for 9/11 survivors. But the government hasn't acknowledged a link.

The 9/11 compensation fund and the World Trade Center Health Program don't acknowledge autoimmune diseases, so people with those diseases aren't eligible for free health care or compensation.
Image: Jennifer Waddleton at her home on Sept. 9, 2021 in Lehigh Acres, Fla.
Image: Jennifer Waddleton at her home on Sept. 9, 2021 in Lehigh Acres, Fla.
21h ago

Airsoft guns prompt major response as U.S. capital remains on high alert

Authorities have been on edge since Jan. 6, and now they're preparing for another right-wing rally scheduled for Sept. 18.
The Capitol is seen past the Washington Monument as a flock of Geese fly over the National Mall on Feb. 15, 2021.
The Capitol is seen past the Washington Monument as a flock of Geese fly over the National Mall on Feb. 15, 2021.
1d ago

Salesforce offers to help employees leave in wake of Texas' restrictive abortion law

The law, which bans abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, has unique enforcement provisions allowing private citizens, rather than state officials, to sue abortion providers.
Opening Day Of The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020
Opening Day Of The World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020

Did we win the war on terror?

Many national security experts say the U.S. is now much less vulnerable to international terrorism than it was when New York and the Pentagon were struck.
Taliban fighters armed with American weapons and equipment patrol and secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021.
Taliban fighters armed with American weapons and equipment patrol and secure the outer perimeter alongside the American controlled side of of the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021.

'You were the decoy': Youngest congressman recalls frenzied 9/11 spent with Bush

Twenty years ago, Adam Putnam became an unlikely behind-the-scenes witness to a commander in chief in the crucible of the nation's greatest calamity since at least Pearl Harbor.
Rep. Adam Putnam, right, R-Bartow, Fla., and Sarasota County Sheriff's Advisor Larry Berberich look at television reports of the terrorist acts upon the World Trade Center while waiting for President Bush, on Sept. 11, 2001 in Sarasota, Fla.
Rep. Adam Putnam, right, R-Bartow, Fla., and Sarasota County Sheriff's Advisor Larry Berberich look at television reports of the terrorist acts upon the World Trade Center while waiting for President Bush, on Sept. 11, 2001 in Sarasota, Fla.

U.S. Education Department probes Florida school mask policy

Federal investigation will examine whether students with disabilities are put at "heightened risk" of Covid by state not allowing schools to require masks.
Image: Student enters school
Image: Student enters school