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– PROGRESS Wrestling announced that the promotion will be returning to action later this month. PROGRESS’ next event is Chapter 104: Natural Progression. The card is slated for Saturday, February 20 at 3:00 pm EST. It will be streamind on Demand Progress and the WWE Network. WWE.com announced the following on the event: PROGRESS Wrestling returns with Chapter 104: Natural Progression Feb. 20 on WWE Network PROGRESS Wrestling is back! England’s biggest independent wrestling promotion retur...

Peace advocates rejoiced on Thursday in the wake of President Joe Bidens announcement that his administration will be ending U.S. support for "offensive operations" in the Saudi-led war on Yemen and appointing a diplomatic envoy to help resolve the devastating conflict that has caused an estimated 233,000 deaths. "This war has to end," Biden said during an address at the State Department. "And to underscore our commitment, we are ending all American support for offensive operations in the war i...

© Greg Nash Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne (Texas) is joining a previously uniformly progressive push to keep a former Big Tech adviser out of one of the top antitrust roles in the Biden administration. The first-year lawmaker wrote a letter to the president urging him against appointing Renata Hesse to head the Justice Department’s antitrust division Thursday on the heels of reports that she is a front-runner for the position. Hesse has advised both Google and Amazon, most notably helping s...

Dear Chair DeLauro, Chair Leahy, Ranking Member Granger, and Vice Chair Shelby: On behalf of the undersigned individuals, civil society organizations, and industry groups, we urge you to increase the share of discretionary funding available for the Legislative branch both to address the historically diminished resources available to the Legislative branch and to meet the challenges facing Congress in our current time of crisis. We firmly believe that dedicating resources to build a stronger, mo...

Progressives push Biden for recurring stimulus checks POLITICO 1/28/2021 By Sarah Ferris © Matt Rourke, File/AP Photo Progressives say President Joe Biden must go further on stimulus checks, which remain overwhelmingly popular with the public. More than 50 House progressives are pushing President Joe Biden to prioritize recurring direct checks instead of one-time payments in the next rescue package, upping the demands on Democratic leaders in their race to draft a bill. Th...

Pittman said Capitol Police had asked 1,200 officers to be ready for an attack, but only four of the platoons were outfitted with riot gear and less lethal ammunitions – less than a quarter of the officers. She expressed the belief that nothing could have prepared them to prevent a protest of that size overrunning the Capitol. The Capitol, even in its layout and design, was made to be open and welcoming to citizens, she said. "I doubt many would have thought it would be necessary to prot...

Pressure rises on Biden to shut tech out POLITICO 1/22/2021 By Nancy Scola © Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images Tech industry critics are ramping up the pressure on President Joe Biden to think twice before hiring tech industry veterans for the many still-unfilled administration roles that touch on tech. A Silicon Valley résumé is looking increasingly toxic in Washington — and that’s complicating President Joe Biden’s efforts to fill out his team to take on tech. I...

The Chopra Gambit The nominee for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director used his platform as a minority-party commissioner to build a profile. Democrats should do this more often. Rohit Chopra testifies during a Senate confirmation hearing in February 2018. The Revolving Door Project, a Prospect partner, scrutinizes the executive branch and presidential power. Follow them at therevolvingdoorproject.org. On Monday, President Biden announced his intention to name Federal Trade Commission...

As Joe Biden was being sworn in as president of the United States, digital rights groups called on him and legislators to curb the power of technology firms and guard consumers’ online privacy. Advocacy groups want Biden to ban facial recognition technology on his first day – which critics say can perpetuate discriminatory policing – and not to appoint individuals with extensive ties to big tech firms to his administration. “We are very much looking forward to the opportunity president-...

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