Kevin McCarthy drags his heels on confronting far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green. What that says about the GOP
Feb. 02, 2021National MORE U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) wears a Trump Won face mask as she arrives on the floor of the House to take her oath of office as a newly elected member of the 117th House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2021. Photo by REUTERS/Erin Scott/Pool/File Photo
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green of Georgia has said the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut was staged.
Connecticut Democratic Congresswoman Jahana Hayes represents Newtown, and she said on Monday at a virtual news conference, “I wrote a letter last week asking that MTG [Marjorie Taylor Green] not be seated on the Committee of Education and Labor. On this committee, we discuss things like trauma-informed responses for kids, making school climate safe. So the fact that she’s even q
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The nation can’t afford Republicans’ stimulus sabotage February 2, 2021 9:26 AM CDT By Jesse Jackson
A business that has closed permanently displays a sign, Jan. 12, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. As Senate Republicans block and delay President Joe Biden s economic rescue package, millions of workers continue to sink. | John Raoux / AP
In his first ten days in office, Joe Biden launched an intense effort to address the “cascading crises” that America faces. In addition to issuing executive orders to reverse several of Trump’s most poisonous acts ending federal contracting with private prisons, reviving enforcement of discrimination laws, ending the Muslim ban, re-entering the Paris Climate Accord, and much more Biden has put forth a bold rescue plan to deal
The United States has designated the military takeover in Myanmar as a coup, the US State Department said on Tuesday, a move that triggers restrictions on US assistance to the country and could pave the way for sanctions.
The assessment comes a day after US President Joe Biden condemned the military’s removal of Myanmar’s civilian-led government and the detention of the country’s elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other officials.
“After a review of all the facts, we have assessed that the Burmese military actions on February 1, having deposed the duly elected head of government, constituted a military coup d’etat,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a Tuesday afternoon briefing, using Myanmar’s former name.