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Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
Read full article: Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media postA Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a social media post is facing a censure push from Democrats.
Friends and family share memories at Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s funeral
Read full article: Friends and family share memories at Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s funeralReflections on the late Congresswoman from Houston's lie will also come from her children as well as local and national leaders.
Dignitaries at Sheila Jackson Lee’s funeral include Glenda Glover, the Clintons, Ben Crump, Al Sharpton, Kamala Harris
Read full article: Dignitaries at Sheila Jackson Lee’s funeral include Glenda Glover, the Clintons, Ben Crump, Al Sharpton, Kamala HarrisReflections on the late Congresswoman from Houston's lie will also come from her children as well as local and national leaders.
Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Harris atop the ticket
Read full article: Volunteers and donations surge into Democratic campaigns with Harris atop the ticketCongressional Democrats in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and beyond are seeing an outpouring of volunteers to help Vice President Kamala Harris and counter Republican Donald Trump.
Former top Baltimore prosecutor applies for presidential pardon
Read full article: Former top Baltimore prosecutor applies for presidential pardonBaltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has applied for a presidential pardon ahead of sentencing on her recent perjury and mortgage fraud convictions.
Black lawmakers press Justice and Education Departments to investigate Florida's race curriculum
Read full article: Black lawmakers press Justice and Education Departments to investigate Florida's race curriculumThe Congressional Black Caucus is pushing the White House, Justice Department and the Department of Education to look into whether Florida school districts are violating federal discrimination law following changes to the state's Black history curriculum.
Toll of police brutality on display at State of the Union
Read full article: Toll of police brutality on display at State of the UnionThe toll of police brutality in America was on painful display as family members of Black men and women killed in custody sit alongside lawmakers in the House to hear the president’s State of the Union address.
Biden, Black caucus agree on path forward on police reform
Read full article: Biden, Black caucus agree on path forward on police reformMembers of the Congressional Black Caucus have left a meeting with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris with an agreement on how to address the issue of policing in America after the recent killing of Tyre Nichols.
Nevada Democrats sweep 3 key House seats in close battles
Read full article: Nevada Democrats sweep 3 key House seats in close battlesIncumbent Democrats in Nevada have swept three key swing seats in the western battleground state that Republicans had targeted in their bid to take control of the U.S. House.
Two swing House seats in spotlight in battleground of Nevada
Read full article: Two swing House seats in spotlight in battleground of NevadaTwo of Nevada’s four U.S. House races will be in the swing-seat spotlight Nov. 8 as Democratic incumbents Susie Lee and Steven Horsford seek reelection in the western battleground state.
House Dems reach deal on policing bills ahead of midterms
Read full article: House Dems reach deal on policing bills ahead of midtermsA deal has been struck by the progressive and centrist factions of the Democratic caucus to bring a long-awaited policing bill to the House floor just weeks before the midterm elections.
Harris argues for Biden climate agenda at sinking Lake Mead
Read full article: Harris argues for Biden climate agenda at sinking Lake MeadVice President Kamala Harris is making the case for the Biden administration’s climate change agenda, standing before the record-low water levels of Nevada’s Lake Mead and warning that “this is where we’re headed.”.
Democrats see tax 'framework' to pay for huge $3.5T package
Read full article: Democrats see tax 'framework' to pay for huge $3.5T packageTop congressional Democrats say they and the White House have agreed to a framework of tax options to pay for their emerging $3.5 trillion social and environment bill.
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality
Read full article: Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face realityPresident Joe Biden is calling for action as the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting and faces a reckoning over the deaths of Black men at the hands of police.
Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality
Read full article: Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face realityPresident Joe Biden is calling for action as the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting and faces a reckoning over the deaths of Black men at the hands of police.
House Democrats file bill nixing citizenship data-gathering
Read full article: House Democrats file bill nixing citizenship data-gatheringThe bill introduced by House Democrats would nullify Trump's order last July directing the U.S. Census Bureau to gather citizenship information from the administrative records of federal and state agencies. The citizenship data could give states the option of creating legislative districts that exclude non-citizens from the population count, according to the order. Trump issued the order after the Supreme Court barred a citizenship question from being added to the 2020 census questionnaire on the grounds that the governments justification was insufficient. House Democrats investigating the citizenship questions origins said a Trump transition adviser was in contact with an influential Republican redistricting guru, Thomas Hofeller, when the citizenship question was being drafted in 2017. Trumps order also is being challenged by civil rights groups in federal court in Maryland.
Nevada delegation wants statue of late senator replaced
Read full article: Nevada delegation wants statue of late senator replacedThe delegation members' letters also voiced support for local efforts to rename Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport. Two of the letter-signers were among delegation members who asked state lawmakers in 2017 to remove the McCarran statue from the Capitol. To replace the statue in the U.S. Capitol, the state Legislature must pass a resolution identifying the statue to be replaced along with the name of a replacement, and several other requirements. Each state is invited to place two statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection. Nevada added its second honoree in 2005 with a statue of 19th century Northern Paiute author and educator Sarah Winnemucca.
The Latest: Beyonc single benefits Black-owned businesses
Read full article: The Latest: Beyonc single benefits Black-owned businessesThe singer's website says the song released late Friday, June 19, 2020, will benefit black-owned small businesses. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)TOP OF THE HOUR: Beyonc releases new single to benefit Black-owned small businesses. Nevada officials renew proposal to remove statue of McCarran. ___LOS ANGELES Beyonc did not let Juneteenth pass without dropping one of her signature surprises in the form a new single called Black Parade.The singers website says the song released late Friday will benefit Black-owned small businesses. Make America great again give me the date that America was great for everybody, Sharpton said.