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Congress acts to remove bust of Dred Scott decision author
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that calls for removing from the Capitol a bust of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the...
House Republicans are limping toward their new majority in total disarray
Republicans are set to take control of the House of Representatives on Jan. 3 after winning a narrow majority in the November midterm elections....
White House reveals winter COVID-19 plans, more free tests
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again making some free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as it unveils its contingency plans for potential coronavirus surges...
Georgia Republicans want to nix runoffs after losing three Senate races in a row
Georgia's Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday called for the state to eliminate general election runoffs, saying they're a nuisance for voters.
"I'm...
Biden, Democratic-led Senate break record for confirming Black women to Court of Appeals
Dana Douglas, President Joe Biden's nominee to serve on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was confirmed by a vote of 65-31 in...
House Republican leaders want to shut down the government again
With federal government funding about to expire on Dec. 16, the Democratic majority in Congress is set to pass a one-week temporary extension to...
Biden invests $2.5 billion in electric vehicle production that could create...
The Department of Energy announced on Monday that it had finalized a $2.5 billion loan to Ultium Cells LLC, a joint venture of General Motors and...
Laboratory makes major advancement toward Biden administration's fusion energy goal
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced Tuesday morning that scientists working at the Department of Energy-funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have become the first...
