WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Monday announced the nomination of two women to lead U.S. military commands. They will be only the second and third women to hold such senior military positions in the United States. U.S. Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost, the only active-duty woman to currently hold the rank of four-star […]
“Government, at all levels, should tear down barriers to the ballot, not build them as we are seeing in far too many places,” said Wade Henderson of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Voting rights advocates issued fresh calls Sunday to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and For the People […]
WASHINGTON – On Jan. 4, Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers, an anti-government group, went online to summon his army of followers into action. In an urgent plea on the Oath Keepers website, Rhodes wrote that it is “CRITICAL” that “all patriots” travel to Washington on a “security mission” in support of then-President Donald […]
The U.S. Senate passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill Saturday, giving President Joe Biden his first major legislative victory since entering office on January 20. “Today, I can say we have taken one more giant step for delivering on that promise that help is on the way,” Biden said at the White House minutes […]