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[ad_1] As Senate Democrats appear at a stalemate over removing legislative filibuster, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is now evaluating other approaches to passing bills that have little Republican support, including reinterpreting a decades-old rule to give Democrats new opportunities to advance legislation with a simple majority. Currently, filibuster means that the 50-person Democratic caucus, … Read more

[ad_1] President Biden announced Monday that the “vast majority” of Americans would be eligible to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine by April 19. “I am happy to report that at least 90% of all adults in this country will be eligible to be vaccinated by April 19, in just three weeks, because we have the … Read more

[ad_1] A Sunday morning calm in a community near Baltimore was shattered when a gunman killed his parents, two people at a convenience store, and then himself in a shootout, a motive that was not immediately clear, police said on Monday. Police were called around 6:45 a.m. for a shooting at a Royal Farms convenience … Read more

[ad_1] Garret Miller did not speak to law enforcement officers who arrested him for storming the U.S. Capitol in January, but the t-shirt he wore at his Dallas home that day sent a clear and possibly incriminating message. Miller’s shirt had a photo of former President Donald Trump, and he said “Take America Back” and … Read more

[ad_1] A Texas state soldier who was shot over the weekend “no longer shows signs of viable brain activity” and will remain alive until his organs can be harvested, authorities said Monday. Private Chad Walker had been hospitalized after a gunman shot him near Mexia in Limestone County, 85 miles south of Dallas, during an … Read more

[ad_1] A Texas state soldier who was shot over the weekend “no longer shows signs of viable brain activity” and will remain alive until his organs can be harvested, authorities said Monday. Private Chad Walker had been hospitalized after a gunman shot him near Mexia in Limestone County, 85 miles south of Dallas, during an … Read more

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Progressive Senate Democrats have suggested their new plan to tax unrealized capital gains on death should come with a $ 1 million per person exemption, setting that line 10 times higher than a earlier proposal of the Obama administration and protecting more high-income households. A discussion draft released Monday by Sen. Chris … Read more

[ad_1] New horrifying video captures an uncontrollable NYC subway cyclist mercilessly beating another unconscious burglar in front of other passengers – in what cops call a possible hate crime. NYPD Hate Crimes Unit tweeted images of the violent incident, and the department said the attack was being investigated for possible bias. However, sources said the … Read more

[ad_1] ALBANY – Governor Andrew M. Cuomo faces new allegations of sexual harassment from a Rochester-area woman who says the governor held her hand, grabbed her face and kissed her on the cheek twice without his permission while visiting his family’s residence following a 2017 flood in central New York City. Sherry Vill, 55, and … Read more

[ad_1] A ninth woman has come forward to charge New York Governor Andrew Cuomo with sexual misconduct. The accuser, Sherry Vill, 55, said Cuomo grabbed her face and kissed her cheeks outside her house in 2017. NYC ACTIVISTS INCREASE PRESSURE FOR CUOMO’S OUSTER “I know the difference between an innocent gesture and a sexual gesture,” … Read more