The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged for the death of George Floyd, is scheduled to begin Monday, March 8 at 8 a.m. in Courtroom 1856 of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis. Minneapolis…
Author: Amanda Rapace
Task force examines armed services supply chain threats
Two New Jersey Democrats will be part of an eight-member bipartisan task force is chartered to review the industrial base supply chain to identify and analyze threats and vulnerabilities. Reps. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) and Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman and ranking…
Pollster John Zogby: Removing the Oxygen
John Zogby discussed the question of how can Americans can avert future riots such as the January 6, US Capitol insurrection. The famed pollster answers, “What is fueling anger and mistrust across the country and what are ways for us…
Senate rejects $15 federal minimum wage
The U.S. Senate rejected an amendment to more than double the federal minimum wage over five years, as it launched what is expected to be a long debate over President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The vote on…
Missouri man threatened to kill two Democratic congressmen
A Missouri man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for threatening two members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Kenneth R. Hubert, 63, of Marionville, Missouri, was charged in a three-count indictment returned under seal by a federal…
Lawyers discuss structural Supreme Court reforms
Polarization across the country and among political parties has affected the Supreme Court nomination and confirmation process and amplified calls for structural reforms of the nation’s highest court, according to a panel of legal experts at the American Bar Association…
London to raise corporate tax to cover Covid-19 deficit
Even after a 19-25% hike, the UK will still have the lowest corporate tax rate of any G7 country, says British budget minister British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak announced during the presentation of his draft budget an extension of emergency…
Conservative judges may complicate Joe Biden’s job
Presidential decrees and actions taken by federal agencies mean a lot to the president, who has only a narrow majority in Congress but the Republican-packed judiciary is skeptical about delegated powers and conservatives intend to take political advantage of Democratic…
Senate confirms Rouse as top economic adviser to Biden
Cecilia Rouse is the first African-American, and only the fourth woman, to serve as Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. The former dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, was nominated by President…
Care for All Agenda would revitalize, strengthen & expand the care economy
Representative Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced the Care for All Agenda, a resolution that dramatically expands and strengthens the care economy and improves conditions and compensations for care workers nationwide. The resolution calls for far-reaching public investments to…