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/PRNewswire/ -- On the heels of news that the Biden Administration will announce a global vaccine plan, which will include purchasing 500 million Pfizer...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, breaking with colleagues who say they would “choose democracy” over the filibuster, said, “I don’t see it being in jeopardy right now.”

The West Virginia Democratic senator has come under fire for refusing to support the For the People Act following an op-ed he wrote for the Charleston Gazette-Mail.

"[Republicans] say that theyre gonna negotiate in good faith, they get Democrats to give them concessions and then they come out and they vote against it," Zac Petkanas, senior advisor at Invest in

Stimulus check latest: Will you get a 4th relief payment? Published: May 2, 2021 8:22 PM EDT Updated: May 3, 2021 6:18 AM EDT Recommended A possible fourth stimulus check remains a popular topic with the third round of economic relief payments almost concluded. About 161 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have been issued since the third stimulus package passed in mid-March. Paper checks and EIP cards continue to show up in mailboxes. And plus-up payments, for those who didn’t receiv...

Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images A majority of American voters think the need for police reform is even more urgent in the wake of former police officer Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd, according to a new Vox/Data For Progress poll. In a survey fielded in the week after his conviction, 55 percent of likely voters said they felt this way, compared to 30 percent who said they believe there was no change in urgency, and 9 percent who said there was less urgency f...

With the latest round of stimulus checks already distributed to most eligible Americans, many wonder if additional aid is coming.

Democrats push forward Civilian Climate Corps with support from Biden and AOC Christopher Wilson As part of their renewed push for the Green New Deal, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and other congressional Democrats have introduced a “Civilian Climate Corps” service plan to both employ Americans and tackle climate change. “Livable wages with benefits, on-the-job training with local unions, sweat equity that builds racial, moral and politica...

Burned Out on the Left? Fri Apr 16, 2021 New York City went from being run by a Republican and a moderate Democrat, and descended into hard leftist under De Blasio. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortezs win, the defeat of Rep. Elliot Engel, and the campaign to replace Cuomo with a Socialist seemed to solidify the city and perhaps even the state as leftist territory. And yet, despite all that, the Left seems unable to get a grip on the upcoming mayoral election. A survey conducted by...

The survey found Andrew Yang leading his opponents in every demographic. | Andrew Harnik/AP Photo Yang widens his lead in latest public poll as PAC forms to boost his candidacy With a little more than two months until New Yorkers head to the polls to pick the Democratic candidate for mayor, Andrew Yang is widening the gap over his second-place rival, Eric Adams. A survey conducted by Data For Progress, a national think tank, found 26 percent of voters are supporting Yang’s candidacy — doubl...