Category: Government Updates
Breaking: Supreme Court Redefines Title VII to Include Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
In a 6-3 opinion this morning, the Supreme Court redefined Title VII federal nondiscrimination statute to include “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” as protected classes...
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World Health Organization Backtracks After Stating Asymptomatic People Don’t Spread Coronavirus
The World Health Organization (WHO) has backtracked and attempted to clarify a statement, made by one of their lead scientists, that the transmission of the...
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President Trump Declares Antifa a Terrorist Organization. Here’s Its Long History of Violence.
Following the riots in dozens of cities across the nation that we’ve all seen over the past week, President Trump has officially designated the left-wing...
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Breaking: Minnesota Attorney General Announces New Charges Against Officers Involved in Death of George Floyd
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison held a press conference and announced new charges today against the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in the death...
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Randy Feenstra Beats Nine Term Incumbent Steve King in Iowa Republican Congressional Primary
Representative Steve King, R-Iowa, who has served nine terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from a conservative district in northwest Iowa, was defeated Tuesday...
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President Trump Sparks Controversy After Holding Up Bible During Visit to St. John’s Church
Yesterday, President Donald Trump held a brief press conference from the Rose Garden at the White House. He stated that he was a “law and...
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Colorado Ballot Initiative for 22-Week Abortion Ban Clears Major Petition Hurdle
It’s looking more and more as though the November ballot in Colorado will contain a voter initiative to ban elective abortions after 22 weeks gestation,...
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President Trump Cuts Ties with World Heath Organization, Cracks Down on China
In a brief press conference on Friday afternoon, President Trump announced significant new actions that his administration will take against the World Health Organization (WHO)...
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Illinois Governor Backs Down in Face of Supreme Court Appeal, Abandons Church Closure Order
Faced with an imminent U.S. Supreme Court fight, Illinois Governor Jay R. Pritzker yesterday chose to abandon his church closure executive orders rather than face...
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President Trump Signs Executive Order Countering Social Media Companies’ Censorship of Conservatives
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order targeting social media companies over their censorship of conservative voices and right-leaning content on their platforms. In...
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Ohio Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting State Officials from Closing Churches
In response to the nationwide problem of state governors issuing constitutionally questionable church closure orders due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Ohio Senate this week...
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NASA and SpaceX Scrub Launch of Demo-2 Rocket After Inclement Weather Forces Delay
After a day of suspense and anticipation, officials scrubbed the launch of the Crew Dragon Demo-2 spacecraft after inclement weather including nearby lightning and a...
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House Republicans Sue Speaker Pelosi to Keep Representatives from Voting by Proxy
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., 20 other Republican members of Congress and four constituents filed a lawsuit against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., asking a...
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Trump Administration Considering Panel to Review Social Media Platform’s Anti-Conservative Bias
The Trump Administration is considering forming a panel to investigate bias against conservatives by social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The move would likely...
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Department of Justice Says Illinois and Other States Have Exceeded Their Authority with Lockdown Orders
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday announced it had filed a Statement of Interest in an Illinois lawsuit filed by a state lawmaker...
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President Trump Declares Houses of Worship “Essential,” Will Override Governors Who Disagree
In a press conference on Friday, President Trump declared that he was deeming houses of worship “essential,” and that he would override any governor who...
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Joe Biden: If you Don’t Vote for Me, ‘Then You Ain’t Black’
Presidential contender Joe Biden is facing criticism after saying in an interview Friday morning, “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me...
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Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call for Investigation into Gov. Cuomo’s Nursing Home Order
As many increasingly see New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s March 25 directive ordering nursing homes to accept COVID-19 positive patients from hospitals as one of...
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Department of Justice Warns California Governor: There’s No Pandemic Exception to the Bill of Rights
The Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday warning that the state’s...
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House Dems Tell Supreme Court Their Impeachment Investigation of President Trump ‘Is Ongoing’
Despite the Senate acquittal of President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial earlier this year, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are still searching...
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Utah Decriminalizes Polygamy with Near Unanimous Support by Legislators
Many believed it would just be a matter of time. Same-sex marriage has been legalized across the nation and other alternative relational forms such as...
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Attorney General Barr: “What Happened to President Trump in 2016 was Abhorrent”
In a press conference on Monday, May 18, Attorney General William Barr gave an update on the probe into the origins of the Trump-Russia investigation....
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Two New Representatives Sworn In – and Promptly Sign Petition to Bring ‘Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ to a Vote
The two newest members of congress – Mike Garcia, R-Calif., and Tom Tiffany, R-Wis. – were sworn in today, after winning special elections in their...
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President Trump Announces Operation Warp Speed to Get Vaccine by End of the Year
On Friday May 15, President Trump held a press conference from the Rose Garden at the White House to announce a new public-private partnership to...
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