Category: Government Updates
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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Nancy Pelosi Trying Again to Add Pro-Abortion, Anti-Family Funding to New Stimulus Bill
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is once again trying to include pro-abortion and anti-family measures into the new Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus...
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BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down State’s Stay-at-Home Order
The Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision on Wednesday, May 13 struck down Democrat Gov. Tony Evers administration’s safer-at-home order, ruling that the mandate...
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Failed 2016 Attempt to Deny Trump’s Electoral College Victory Ends Up at the Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in two related constitutional cases resulting from a failed attempt to force the 2016 presidential election...
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Los Angeles County Extending Stay-at-Home Order Until August, Leaving Millions in the Lurch
Los Angeles residents are fuming after the Public Health Director recommended on Tuesday that the county should extend the stay-at-home order until August, which would...
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New Mexico Gearing Up for Critical Senate Primary on June 2nd
On June 2, New Mexicans will go to the polls and cast their primary votes for the 2020 election. The Daily Citizen recently caught up...
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Gov. Cuomo Backtracks, Reverses Order Forcing Nursing Homes to Take COVID-19 Patients
Facing a rising level of backlash, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., has reversed his March 25 directive which ordered nursing homes to accept coronavirus-positive patients from...
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Plans to Tax Out-of-State Medical Volunteers
In a move that many find distasteful, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to seek New York State income taxes from those out-of-state health care...
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States Release Prisoners, Sex Offenders, Rapists Due to Coronavirus Concerns
Several states around the country have released thousands of prisoners before their sentences have been fully served due to concerns over the coronavirus. These states...
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Listen in Live to Historic Supreme Court Conference Call Hearings
The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing arguments by telephone conference call on ten cases during the first two weeks of May. For the first...
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Trump Administration Bars Planned Parenthood from Receiving Small Business Loans
According to reports, the Trump Administration has ensured that Planned Parenthood is not eligible to apply for small business loans, which are part of a...
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Attorney General Warns States Not to Trample Constitutional Rights During Coronavirus
The tension between the need for public health closure orders and constitutional rights has been evident over the last month or more. Although many state...
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