Alexandria Ocasio-Cortes pulled no punches on Thursday during a House Oversight Committee hearing, telling big players in the fossil fuel industry that ‘some of us have to actually live in the future that you are all setting on fire for us’ (CNN). The committee is investigating the role of oil[Read More…]

President Joe Biden compared his push for voting rights, police reform, and climate change legislation to MLK’s civil rights movement, saying that the new legislation will push for further racial justice in America (WBNG). According to US News, the remarks came Thursday as President Biden commemorated the 10th anniversary of[Read More…]

For two years, John Durham, the Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice, has led a probe into the FBI’s Russia Investigation. Now, a new round of subpoenas have been issued, including to a law firm with ties to Hilary Clinton’s election campaign in 2016.  The new subpoenas[Read More…]

A select committee assembled to investigate the events leading up to January 6th has subpoenaed multiple former Trump aides. CNBC reports that they will need to produce documents in the coming weeks and attend court dispositions on October 15th. Thursday afternoon, a select committee announced that it would be ordering[Read More…]

46 of the 50 states will be accepting Afghan refugees, after the Taliban marched across Afghanistan, eventually taking complete control of the country in a swift takeover. Governors were notified earlier this week of the number of refugees that their state will be receiving. This initial group includes 37,000 Afghans[Read More…]

While announcing a string of new executive orders designed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden told Americans, “This is not about freedom or personal choice.” Late Thursday afternoon, Biden announced a new six-pronged plan to attack the coronavirus and raise vaccination numbers across the state. As shown on[Read More…]