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One person was killed and four others seriously injured after a gunman opened fire at a Southern California church on Sunday, authorities said.The shooter was arrested outside the Presbyterian Church of Geneva in Laguna Woods, Calif., said…

Udaipur: In what is clearly an acknowledgment of the success that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has achieved through its multi-level outreach program among the unrepresented and under-represented sections within the Other Backward Class…

Kashmiri Pandit government employees and their families protest the murder of Rahul BhatPhoto: ANINew Delhi: Congress flayed the Bharatiya Janata Paty (BJP) on Friday for the brutal murder of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri pundit who was shot dead…

We are fortunate in the Bay Area to have a strong Democratic congressional delegation. That trend appears to be continuing even as the 15th congressional district selects a new representative to succeed retiring Jackie Speier,…

Norman Y. Mineta will forever be remembered as the man who achieved justice for those incarcerated by Japanese internment. He pushed through reparations in a Republican administration. Reparations, the holy grail of BIPOC. After Mineta did…

Ali Younes, an 8-year-old child from Lebanon, sits with his mother after becoming an American citizen during a ... Citizenship ceremony at the Bronx Zoo on May 5, 2017 in New York City. Many Americans don't know that a…

Members of Congress are working to lower the cost of insulin for more than seven million Americans who struggle to afford lifesaving drugs. Representative Joe Morelle stopped by Highland Hospital on Saturday to highlight a report he…

Representatives Cindy Axne (IA-03) and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) led a letter to House leadership urging them to bring bipartisan, bicameral legislation – HR 6448, the Invest to Protect Act – to the House to better support rural areas and…

Daughter of a Sikh Punjabi father and an Ecuadorian mother to meet the challenges of daily struggles in her community The daughter of a Punjabi Sikh father and an Ecuadorian mother, Victoria Virasingh, an Arlington-born and raised…

Madison Cawthorn, the 26-year-old Republican congresswoman from western North Carolina, has racked up tickets. In March, a cop arrested him for crossing the center line in Cleveland County. As the officer discovered, Cawthorn was driving…

In Reverend Cedric Harmon's religious tradition, prayers offered in church almost always begin the same way. The faithful recognize God and then give thanks for life, health, strength and security,…

Most Americans put their clocks forward last month observing daylight saving time, but the debate over semi-annual daylight saving time changes continues at the California State Capitol. Assemblyman Steven Choi AB2868 would add…

The future development site of the 200 Academy (Photo by Jana Birchum)…

Rep. Adriano Espaillat and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus met with President Joe Biden on Monday, discussing a wide range of immigration-related topics, including Title 42, the Trump-era rule that simplified the removal of…

Eau Claire, WI - Today, Eau Claire Fire Department Local 487 announced its endorsement of Rebecca Cooke in Wisconsin's third congressional district. Local 487 joins Stevens Point Firefighters, IAFF Local 484 and workers across the district…

HOW MUCH?$2,900 on March 30WHO UNDERSTOOD IT?Carrick Flynn, candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Oregon's 6th congressional district.WHO GAVE IT?Elizabeth Vaintrob, from Eugene, who works for the Oxford-based Center for…

An organization representing Ukrainian Canadians is calling on police to investigate the arson attack on a Victoria pastor's home as a targeted hate crime. In the early hours of Wednesday, April 20, Father Yuriy Vyshnevskyy says his wife…

I was the first to report in Gulf News that India's most prominent election strategist, Prashant Kishor (PK), is in talks to join India's big old political party - the Congress. The reason for the pat on the back - it's…

More and more young people seem to be choosing dumbphones over smartphones, but is it for privacy reasons or because it's trendy? John Oliver, host of the "Last Week Tonight" show, used data brokers to get lawmakers' digital fingerprints…

Without money and permanent staff to address the public health effects of global warming, low-income and elderly populations risk devastating consequences, from weather emergencies to chronic diseases, leading to preventable deaths and…

BARCELONA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In “Innovations in Neuromodulation,” the International Neuromodulation Society (INS) brings together industry leaders, innovators and investors on May 22 to discuss commercialization from a global…

Financial sector companies and water plant operators are both identified as critical, but banks have far more resources and capacity than water plant operators. “The financial services industry is well-resourced, regulated and capable of…

Congress adjourned for a two-week recess last week without voting on the package, which would provide more funding for treatments, tests and vaccines."We need this Covid funding," Jen Psaki, the White House press secretary, said on "Fox…

A retired Chautauqua County resident has announced his independent candidacy for Congress in the 23rd…

Confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee will continue for 4 days.(Arizona family)NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) — Members of the New Orleans legal community reacted to the unfolding story when the U.S. Senate confirmed Federal Judge…

Source: Shutterstock. NAFCU and CUNA are among 11 banking and consumer groups that have sent a letter to Congress to close a loophole that allows some companies to escape regulation that the groups say is necessary to protect consumers…

washington d.c. – Today, America once again mourns another community devastated by gun violence. In a single act in Sacramento, six people were killed and at least a dozen others injured. Families have changed forever. Survivors left to…

Big change was in store for the likes of John Garamendi and Ken Calvert and Raul Ruiz from the time…

The website will feature a new Test-to-Treat locator tool to help people access more than 2,000 locations that offer COVID-19 tests and antiviral pills in one convenient place The administration continues to urge Congress to…

Legal recreational cannabis sales begin in New Mexico this week, and two tribal communities are poised to jump into the industry. The Pueblos of Picuris and Pojoaque have signed an intergovernmental…

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told 'The Kashmir Files' director Vivek Agnihotri that the film showed the pain and…

The Court today delivered opinions in two cases, both interesting in their particular factual circumstances, but neither controversial, one having been decided unanimously and the other with a single dissent. Houston Community…

WASHINGTON — Here's a look at how Georgia members of Congress voted over the past week.Along with roll call…

Actress Lauren Potter, center, appears alongside other people with Down syndrome in 'Not Special Needs', a 2017 short film that questions whether the needs of people with Down syndrome are really 'special ". (Publicis New York)…

Along with roll call votes last week, the Senate also passed, by voice vote, the Secure Connections Act (S. 120), to prevent and respond to the misuse of communications services that facilitates violence. domestic and other crimes. HOUSE…

After weeks of negotiations and months of interim funding bills since the start of the federal fiscal year in October 2021, on Tuesday the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, an omnibus funding bill that includes…

LOS ANGELES - The resignation of former U.S. Representative from California Devin Nunes, head of Donald Trump's media company, has left his former voters with a strange special election: voters will choose someone to complete the remaining…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on Monday began the years-long process of restructuring its national health-care system, a venture that will require presidential and congressional approval before it can begin.…

The long-awaited Gateway Tunnel came one step closer to becoming a reality when Congress included $3 billion in the giant federal spending bill that can be tapped to help fund the project.The allowances were included in the $1.5 trillion…

Acts of hate are the antithesis of justice.As a nation of laws, America must hold perpetrators of racially…

Be it resolved that the Puerto Rican Civic Association of Central and Southern New Jersey proudly endorses Hector Tavarez in the 2022 Democratic Primary I am proud…

LANSING, AP — Former Macomb County judge and prosecutor Carl Marlinga announced his campaign for a new House seat in suburban Detroit on Monday, becoming the…

For Michigan Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence, it was a question from her husband, "When is it our time?" For North Carolina Congressman David Price, it was the judgment that "the time has come" to resign.Some retired Democrats have blamed…

City officials negotiated a $20 million grant for a developer's renovation of the famed…

Senator Bill White's Capitol Report of March 3, 2022 Approaching the halfway point The first half of the 2022 legislative session will end on March 4, so I had the honor of presenting six more of my bills at hearings. On February…

Subscribe to Alarm Clock, cleveland.comThe free morning newsletter from , delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m.Gray skies are forecast with a chance of showers in the afternoon and highs in the mid 40s. Winds will be calm. Rain…

WASHINGTON A Republican tech executive battling to replace former Congressman Devin Nunes will also run for the U.S. House of Representatives in a left-wing San Joaquin Valley district that political analysts say could go to either…

Maya Brown, CNN As a third-generation Japanese-American, Kathy Nishimoto Masaoka remembers the struggle for repairs during the Japanese repair movement in the 1970s. Black leaders of the civil rights movement were among the…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine was met with bipartisan condemnation by Minnesota's congressional contingent.Representatives on both sides of the aisle were quick to condemn Russia's declaration of war on Ukraine as Russian forces launched!-->…

Carl Marlinga will step down as judge on Friday, after which he could announce his candidacy for Congress. Marlinga said last week he would soon step down from the bench, months before his term expires as he considers a bid as a Democrat…

Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a multi-tier assembly election in which the Samajwadi Party (SP) is seen as the main challenger to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while party leader Bahujan Samaj (BSP) Mayawati is Supposed to be…

Dawn in Shipshewana, Indiana had an arctic chill. Even through the cold and wind, attendees at the Lake Union Youth Evangelism Convention were invigorated by the…

Meghan Mott believes in political scholarship. She completed three herself. Mott is now a member of the professional staff of the US Senate Appropriations Committee. Specifically, she works for the Sub-Committee that funds the…

February 17, 2022 (Washington, DC) - Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the Northern Boundary Regional Commission (NBRC) Reauthorization…

Wisconsin has a new recipe for increasing affordable housing development thanks to a "cookbook" released Wednesday. "Enabling Better Places: A User's Guide to Neighborhood Affordabilityis a 45-page report that outlines zoning and building…

WASHINGTON — Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia — who leads a powerful grassroots progressive political operation — endorsed state Rep. Delia Ramirez in her Democratic primary candidacy on Tuesday to represent Illinois' new Hispanic…

Westchester County legislator and congressional candidate Vedat Gashi On Feb. 8, Westchester County Legislator Vedat Gashi filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for Gashi for Congress, taking…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected on Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. Although neither the agency nor lawmakers are releasing details…

washington d.c. - This week, Congressman John Curtis stood alongside Representative Maria Elvira Salazar and a group of Republican House colleagues to introduce the long-awaited Dignity Act, a comprehensive health reform bill.…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was in the Oval Office with his daughter Ivanka and Vice President's national security adviser Mike Pence on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021, when he made another push to put pressure on Penny.Trump…

SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Burgess Owens has a new challenger in the 2022 election.Darlene McDonald announced on Saturday that she will run against the incumbent who represents Utah's 4th congressional district.**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Today I…

On March 3, City Council will vote on whether to allow developers of 118 acres of prime real estate just south of Lady Bird Lake (from…

Cassy Garcia and Sandra Whitten Remarks made at a policy forum intended to give Republican candidates for the District 28 congressional seat a chance to discuss their platforms turned deceptive when one candidate spoke about security along…

PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — A former top aide to retired Democratic U.S. Representative Jim Langevin announced Monday that she plans to run for her seat in Rhode Island.Joy Fox, who also worked in former Governor Gina Raimondo's administration,…

George W. DavisNestled in the northeast corner of the Stark County community, Alliance is making a commercial, residential, and business comeback.Struggling in recent years, the town is being remodeled with new housing and several retail,…

Express press service AHMEDABAD: With Gujarat heading to the polls later this year, all political parties are ready to woo the powerful Patidar community. The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party are reaching out to…

Iowa Agriculture Secretary Mike Naig presented the Wergin Good Farm Neighbor Award to Mike and Michelle Ehlers and their family, Buena Vista County pork producers. The award was presented Wednesday at the Iowa Pork Congress in Des…

Chandīgarh: The ECI's decision to postpone the polling date in Punjab by six days to facilitate the celebration of Guru Ravidas Jayanti by its followers on February 16 shows how crucial Dalit votes are for various political…

Alabama Secretary of State John H. Merrill declined to comment on the decision.Adam Kincaid, executive director of the National Republican Redistricting Trust, the party's main mapping organization, said the map was based on a map that was…

Mayawati hits out at Congress, says his 'CM candidate' changed position within hoursBahujan Samaj party leader Mayawati hit out at Congress on Sunday, saying his "main ministerial candidate" changed his position within hours."The condition…

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President Joe Biden held a nearly 2-hour press conference at the White House on Wednesday. The president touched on a range of topics including the pandemic, the economy, bipartisanship and tensions along the Russian-Ukrainian border.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinkenwill travel to Ukraine this week and meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over a possible Russian invasion of its neighbor, the!-->…

On Monday, January 10, Kimberly Lowe officially announced her candidacy for Virginia's 9th congressional district on the Republican ticket. With the redistricting, the southern portion of Roanoke County and Bedford and…

Abdullah Hammoud was officially sworn in as mayor of Dearborn in a historic ceremony in the city that has the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the country. Mayor and members of the Dearborn City Council and Charter Commission were…

Severing his five-decade ties to Congress, Joginder Singh Mann, former Punjab minister and Phagwara party leader Joginder Singh Mann resigned from Congress on Friday and as chairman of the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation (ministerial…

Lawmakers from both parties introduced various bills last year offering up to $ 120 billion in restaurant aid, but neither gained enough ground to win a floor vote in either. other bedroom. Cardin introduced a bill last summer that would…

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Office collaboration. As cities across the United States are increasingly inundated with fierce storms and sea level rise, a group…

There are already plenty of people in the race to replace Representative Bobby Rush in Illinois 1st District, but a prominent name also jumped into the fray, as Karin Norington-Reaves announced her candidacy on Sunday.…

Stepping up its campaign to confront the ruling Bharatiya Janata (BJP) party in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the Samajwadi (SP) party has embarked on several outreach programs to appeal to different communities. What has…

A Chicago city councilor who was running for the post of Illinois secretary of state dropped her bid for the title, announcing Wednesday that she had instead launched a campaign in Congress to succeed incumbent Rep. Bobby Rush (…

ATLANTA, Georgia - Nine 4-H delegates recently represented West Virginia at the 4-H National Congress held in Atlanta, Georgia.During the 4-H Congress, youth engage in community service, develop personal development skills, experience…

In “A Different Perspective on Climate,” (12/19) Katie Tubb of the Heritage Foundation first argues that there are “areas of uncertainty in our scientific…

The late Rep. John lewisJohn Lewis History Shows Only New Voting Rights Law Can Preserve Our Fragile Democracy Democrats Must Not Give In To Self-Achieving Defeatism Hillicon Valley - Five Eyes Nations Warn Against Cyber…

The spread of chronic wasting disease among deer and elk is a concern in North Dakota. Conservation groups hope bills passing through Congress will gain more support for states to research and manage them.…

DECATUR, Ga. (AP) - Stacey Abrams, who has built her national reputation by defending the right to vote, calls on Congress to take action on federal voting rules as the Democrat launches a second candidacy for governor of Georgia.Senators,…

Robert Menendez Jr., the 36-year-old son of the senior senator from New Jersey to the United States, told political leaders he would run for Congress to replace Rep. Albio Sires, who announced on Monday that he would not stand for…

HUMBOLDT PARK - Read / Write Library, a community center filled with forgotten media that tells the stories of Chicago neighborhoods, leaves its longtime home on California Avenue in Humboldt Park.With just a few weeks before the library…

The northeastern corner of Arizona which largely includes the state's current 1st Congressional Districtis again considered up for grabs in the next election cycle of 2022.The final boundaries for the new district won't be set by the…

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - Many Americans first discovered amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) when baseball legend Lou Gehrig said he was the luckiest man on the planet.75 years later, people were splashing cold water for the Ice Bucket…

In less than 24 hours, U.S. Representative Lizzie Fletcher went from competitive primary elections in March to a free pass to the November general election for Houston's 7th Congressional District.On Monday morning, Centrell Reed, a…

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / December 12) - Two candidates vying for a seat in Congress are pushing for a more community-based approach to the pandemic and the gradual decline of a militarized response to an epidemiological…

Saddened by the overdose epidemic that is worsening across the country and crippling communities like mine, I recently spoke in the House to raise awareness and urge Congress to take much needed action as synthetic opioid deaths continue…

Biden appointed Deborah Lipstadt, Emory professor of modern Jewish history and Holocaust studies, on July 30. So far, Lipstadt has not even been invited to be heard by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Lipstadt has previously…

As the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, Devin Nunes was next to become its chairman if Republicans took over the House in 2022. That is, Nunes would have achieved what is widely regarded as the most powerful presidency…

The California Citizens Redistricting Commission will soon make a decision on the legislative limits that…

A coalition of 240 organizations has come together to urge Congress to pass legislation to address the opioid crisis.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that more than 100,000 people in the United States…

Dalits represent 32 percent of eligible voters in the Punjab. Political parties appear to be scrambling for their votes ahead of the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections. Community leaders, on the other hand, complain that promises made in the…

DETROIT - Adam Hollier is an Army Reserve lieutenant, paratrooper, originally from Detroit, Democrat, and black man. He is also a state senator who represents a predominantly…

As we gather around our Thanksgiving tables to enjoy the perks of this unique American holiday - from turkey and cornbread dressing to sweet potato pie - many of us will be spending time thinking. to the blessings of life.We will rightly…

As climate disasters strike state after state, fossil fuel-funded members of Congress are focused on a false choice between economic prosperity and tackling climate change. Meanwhile, politicians' rhetoric about the devastating impact of…

The BJP and Congress are expected to woo the Madhya Pradesh tribal community ahead of the upcoming 2023 Panchayat, Urban Body and Assembly elections.Madhya Pradesh has a large tribal population (around 21 percent). Therefore,…

Each week at All Saints Church, we put our faith into action. This week, we sign a letter to our members of Congress urging them to support the introduction and passage of the Afghan Adjustment Act. Over the past few weeks,…

Jacquelyn Germany, from Black Baton Rouge, is "sick and tired of not being fairly represented in Congress." Germany and several other black residents of Louisiana told state lawmakers that Louisiana's…

Logo of the Oncology Community Alliance COA urges technical fixes to remove medics from mid-negotiations and end BBB's unintended collateral damage to U.S. cancer system Doctors and…

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By Arielle Robinson Two local and longtime Cobb community activists say they would like to see the next round of federal funds from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act move towards a county plan to promote equity. Congress…

WASHINGTON, DC - Campaigners at Village 337 are asking for help from members of the Congressional Black Caucus on behalf of the families of victims killed by police in Louisiana.KATC sat down with the mother of Dontronner Robinson, who was…

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sworn in two Ohioans on Thursday as members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives Shontel Brown, a Democrat, and Mike Carey, a…

November is Native American Heritage Month, and for Indigenous peoples across the country, it's a chance to share the unique ancestry, traditions and contributions their communities make today and have…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) - As the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted everyone's lives over the past year and a half - the country's undocumented community has been among the hardest affected by the pandemic. The undocumented…

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With just dozens of hours to go before the polls in New Jersey close, Gov. Phil Murphy looks likely to break the cap on a term that has haunted his Democratic predecessors since the 1960s. This could be great news for Jersey…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY (NEW10) - On Saturday, Public Works Commissioner Anthony "Skip" Scirocco announced that the NY 77e The regimental monument will be relocated in Congress Park on Tuesday, November 16. Police say the monument…

On the ninth anniversary of Storm Sandy, leaders of NJ THRIVES, a coalition of grassroots groups on the front lines of climate change, sent letters to members of the New Jersey Congressional delegation calling on elected officials…

“Redistribution is more of an art than a science,” said Lee. “Anyone can sit here and digitally move blocks until you get a balanced district, but the art is in understanding the…

Even before the pandemic, early childhood education centers in Evanston and across the country struggled to find enough teachers to stay afloat. The average kindergarten teacher in the…

General Motors announced a new community charging program to install up to 40,000 Level 2 EV chargers in the United States and Canada. GM and its dealers will work together to expand access to charging in local communities, including…

COVID-19 brought not only disease and death when it struck America early last year, but also great national sadness. In fact, when Dr Anthony Fauci said at the time that it would take another 18 months to develop a…