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After Hundreds of Meatpacking Workers Died From COVID-19, Congress Wants Answers (Waterloo, IA) - A key congressional panel launched an investigation this week into the wave of COVID-19 infections that killed hundreds of workers at meatpacking plants nationwide last year and highlighted longstanding hazards in the industry.

Senator Harris Makes Statement Regarding NFL Discrimination lawsuit.

Former President Donald Trump files answer to Article of Impeachment – Will the Constitution matter? (United States) - Former President Donald Trump has filed...

The New York City Council has announced an ambitious slate of legislation to reshape the NYPD and increase accountability at the nation’s largest police force. Among the proposed changes, the police commissioner would be stripped of final say over disciplining officers.

In response to a DOD request, Governor Pritzker has activated ~500 National Guard troops.

Supporters of President Donald Trum​p gather at the Washington Mon​ument to listen to the preside​nt address the crowd on Jan. 6, 2021. Later that day, the group walked to the U.S.​ Capitol and stormed inside.

In a bid to lower some of the highest electricity bills in the nation, Virginia lawmakers are pushing legislation that would strengthen oversight of the state’s largest utility, Dominion Energy, potentially setting up hundreds of millions of dollars in customer refunds.

Thousands more New York state nursing home residents may have died of COVID-19 than Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has publicly acknowledged, according to a report issued Thursday by the state’s attorney general.

The Government Donald Trump Left Behind - Donald Trump was elected president in 2016 following a campaign of pledges to build a wall along the border with Mexico, repeal and replace his predecessor’s signature health care legislation, “drain the swamp” of special interests in Washington, D.C., and cut through the federal government’s bureaucracy, all to “Make America Great Again.”

A federal economic relief package passed by Congress in March promised to provide a lifeline for hospitals, particularly those in rural communities where many facilities struggled to survive even before the coronavirus pandemic.