Democrat Abby Finkenauer, a former congresswoman, is running for Republican Chuck Grassley’s U.S. Senate seat. The 32-year-old former state lawmaker announced her candidacy on Thursday morning. Finkenauer is 55-years younger than her opponent. “I’m running … to make sure that Iowans and, quite frankly, our country has someone sitting in the United[Read More…]

Senate Democrats are proposing a rewrite to military draft laws in order to require women to register for the Selective Service System, according to a draft authored by Senate Armed Services Chair Jack Reed and obtained by POLITICO. The changes to Selective Service could be attached to the National Defense[Read More…]

The Maryland National Guard said it is in a tight financial position as Congress has yet to reimburse costs associated with sending troops to protect the US Capitol. Major General Gowen said, “To date, neither the National Guard nor the Department of Defense writ large has received reimbursement for the[Read More…]

President Joe Biden celebrated what he called “a day of hope” Thursday before signing the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, a bipartisan bill that aims to provide assistance for crime victims, including counseling expenses, medical bills and lost wages. Biden thanked lawmakers in the[Read More…]

Twitter is testing a downvote feature via a handful of iOS users, the platform announced Wednesday. “Some of you on iOS may see different options to up or down vote on replies. We’re testing this to understand the types of replies you find relevant in a convo, so we can[Read More…]

Officials in a Michigan county gave themselves $65,000 in bonuses with federal relief money related to the coronavirus pandemic. The money, described as “hazard pay,” included $25,000 for Jeremy Root, chairman of the Shiawassee County Board of Commissioners. The mostly rural county, between Lansing and Flint, has a population of[Read More…]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shot back at House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday, saying the Jan. 6 select committee is “deadly serious” after McCarthy accused Pelosi of an “egregious abuse of power.” “It’s my responsibility as speaker of the House, to make sure we get to the truth on[Read More…]

Despite multiple states ignoring the new guideance, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is standing firm with the ruling that only unvaccinated people need to wear masks and that vaccinated people don’t. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters “we are always looking at the data as the data come[Read More…]

A 72-year-old Florida pastor facing federal criminal charges for his involvement in the Jan. 6 riot took part in a preliminary hearing on Thursday before a judge. James Cusick Jr., pastor of the Global Outreach Ministries of Melbourne, Florida, faces four misdemeanor charges related to the riot, including violent entry[Read More…]