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The Senate on Tuesday advanced S. 1, the For the People Act, setting up a floor vote for the controversial bill. Senators clashed over voting rights and election procedures for hours in a contentious committee meeting to consider amendments for the massive bill. Democrats claim the legislation is necessary to counter new voting restrictions being …

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More than 100 Republicans say they will leave their party and form a new one if it doesn’t split from former President Donald Trump. The group, which includes former governors and lawmakers, plans to release a letter outlining the threat on Thursday. The preamble to the statement, published by The New York Times, says: “When in our democratic …

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A Richmond gas station was charging $6.99 per gallon of gasoline Tuesday afternoon hours after Governor Northam declared a state of emergency following the Colonial Pipeline ransomware cyber attack that led to gasoline shortages in the state. “It was a lot of people there, no one looked at the price,” said Lether Kerney. Kerney took a hit to the …

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Americans can begin applying for $50 off their monthly internet bill on Wednesday as part of an emergency government program to keep people connected during the pandemic. The $3.2 billion program is part of the $900 billion December pandemic-relief package. The government is increasing spending on broadband as the pandemic made stark that millions of …

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All indoor and outdoor capacity restrictions will be lifted for the state of Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday during his weekly COVID news briefing. The move comes as parts of the country have started to scale back COVID-19 capacity restrictions because more people are getting vaccinated and the number of coronavirus cases has dropped. …

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Glenn Youngkin, a former CEO and Christian conservative who campaigned as a political outsider, on Monday night secured the Republican nomination for Virginia governor and will face off against Democrat Terry McAuliffe in the November election. Youngkin formally declared victory after fellow businessman Pete Snyder conceded after a day of ballot counting that began with …

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Politicians are prone to hyperbole, and anyone who has followed politics for longer than 10 minutes knows that. But Republicans who are sounding the alarm on H.R. 1 and its companion bill in the Senate, S. 1, are not being melodramatic or resorting to exaggeration when they say this legislation will legitimately change how our …

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Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), now a political contributor for NBC News, said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans ousting Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her leadership role was “cancel culture.” McCaskill said, “You know I remember when I was running against a Republican nominee for the Senate who said something outrageous, and the Republican …

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A member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs is demanding the Biden administration shed some light on special envoy John Kerry’s meetings with his Chinese counterpart, the State Department staff of 45 he maintains and his “taxpayer funded world climate tour.” In a letter sent to Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, Rep. …

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Dartmouth medical school accused 17 students of cheating after the Ivy League school secretly monitored their online activity – then had them defend themselves over Zoom. The Geisel School of Medicine claimed the students accessed the online course platform Canvas while taking virtual exams, giving themselves an unauthorized open book test. But the prestigious New Hampshire school is now dealing with claims the probe was …

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