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Rep. Rick Allen (R-Ga.) introduced legislation Tuesday aiming at boosting startups and small businesses across the country by expanding access to training programs and resources for entrepreneurs. The Startup Act would amend the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act — a 2014 law that helps job seekers access training and matches them with employers — by...

The Biden administration announced plans on Tuesday to leverage financial and technical tools to ensure that historically underserved communities can access wastewater sanitation resources. The pilot initiative, a joint effort between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), will focus on 11 rural communities across the country where residents lack...

A federal judge on Tuesday refused to delay a trial for a group of Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, rejecting concerns that the Sep. 26 trial date could coincide with new information from the House committee investigating the attack. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta told...

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the state of Idaho's six-week abortion ban. The department argued that Idaho's law conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), a law that requires providers to offer medically stabilizing treatment in an emergency, even if that care is an abortion.  The Idaho law...

A group of Senate Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation that would protect physicians who provide abortion services in states where they are still legal from what the lawmakers referred to as "Republicans’ non-stop attacks." Democratic Sens. Patty Murray (Wash.), Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), Alex Padilla (Calif.) and Jacky Rosen (Nev.) said in a statement that...

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayoral candidate Karen Bass on Tuesday ahead of November’s election. In a joint statement, Biden and Harris said Rep. Karen Bass (D) “has earned our respect through her leadership in Congress on crime prevention strategies, effective and fair policing, and the welfare of children and...

Per screenshots of the now-deleted listing, the home was advertised as "the last remaining antebellum mansion standing" in the area.

Story at a glance A private Christian university in Washington state has filed a federal lawsuit against the state’s attorney general over an investigation into the school’s hiring policies. Seattle Pacific University in its employee handbook requires employees to refrain from engaging in “same-sex sexual behavior,” which its says is inconsistent with the university’s “understanding...

Story at a glance Using digital devices to store vital information could clear the mental space to recall less important things. Researchers at University College London found that digital devices help people remember both saved and unsaved information. “When people had to remember by themselves, they used their memory capacity to remember the most important information,” the...

Story at a glance Pew Research Center released one of the largest analyses Tuesday of the experiences of Asian Americans.  In the analysis, over 250 people helped researchers better understand Asian American experiences.   In order to conduct the study, researchers created 66 focus groups with native- and foreign-born people.   Most Asian Americans report having a...

The U.S. already has 100 million doses in its stockpile. So why aren't they being used to vaccinate the at-risk population?

The U.S. uninsured rate fell to a record low of 8 percent in the first quarter of 2022, according to a new report from the Biden administration.   President Biden touted the number on Tuesday, saying it showed the success of his efforts to build on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). “This progress did...

A group of Democratic lawmakers on Monday urged the Supreme Court to uphold affirmative action in higher education next term when the justices review challenges to race-conscious admissions policies at two U.S. colleges. Rep. Bobby Scott (Va.), who chairs the House Education and Labor Committee, led a group of 65 House Democrats in signing on...

Six GOP senators sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona late last month asking about the potential ramifications of the Biden administration’s proposal to extend Title IX protections to transgender students. The letter, sent by Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Tom Cotton (Ark.), Ted Cruz (Texas), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Mike Lee (Utah) and Marco...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday defended Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) controversial visit to Taiwan amid intense opposition from China and what he called “counterproductive” deterrence from the White House. “I believe she has every right to go, and it’s been unseemly and counterproductive for President Biden and his aides to have publicly...

President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again and is experiencing a loose cough, according to a memo Tuesday from his physician Kevin O’Connor, three days after the president experienced a rebound of his infection. “The president continues to feel well, though he is experiencing a bit of a return of a loose cough. He remains...

Former Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said President Biden’s recent successes may help Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections, reducing a “Category 5” loss to a “Category 3.” Axelrod said on CNN’s “New Day” that Democrats are still facing “gale force winds” going into the midterm elections, but added “success breeds success.”  He pointed to...

Correction: This file has been updated to clarify the One China policy. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, capping off days of speculation regarding whether or not the third-highest official in the U.S. government would visit the self-governing island amid criticism from China. Pelosi's arrival in Taipei was broadcast on major television...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is batting away questions about polling better than President Biden as a potential 2024 White House hopeful. He edged out Biden in a poll released last week of likely 2024 New Hampshire Democratic primary voters. The University of New Hampshire Survey Center Granite Poll found that 17 percent of those surveyed...

The House Oversight and Reform Committee has subpoenaed gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson after the company’s CEO declined to testify as part of the panel’s investigation into the industry sparked by recent mass shootings. Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) wrote a letter to Smith & Wesson CEO Mark Smith on Monday informing him of the subpoena,...

Jill Biden is professing a passion for Post-it notes. The first lady says she uses the sticky notes for virtually everything, but developed a Post-it system especially for family functions. “It started because the Bidens are a big family, and we have a lot of gatherings. And they would all say, ‘What can I do...

The approval rating of the Supreme Court dropped to 13 percent among Democrats, its lowest yet, according to a new poll that was conducted after the high court’s latest term ended. The Gallup poll released on Tuesday found that while Democrats’ view of the Supreme Court dropped from 36 percent when Americans were last polled...

The End Citizens United PAC rolled out a $2 million ad buy in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, hitting Republican Senate nominee Dr. Mehmet Oz over his ties to New Jersey and special interests. The ad buy, which will run Aug. 2 through Aug. 13 will air on broadcast, cable, and streaming in the Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and...

Joe Biden is no Ronald Reagan.  Some Biden partisans are trying to link the conservative icon with our current bumbling president and, of course, there is no comparison. Reagan was a gifted communicator. Biden is in the malapropist hall of fame. Reagan had a set of deep and unyielding beliefs. Biden blows with the wind....

Across nearly four centuries, the genius of Anglo-American political institutions has been their general tendency toward evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, change. This inclination has been clearly reflected in the development of the most stable and successful political party systems in the world. Over time, political ascendency has favored those parties that stood for a steady...