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Texas Democrats meet with Senator Manchin, backtrack on voting rights bills The more than 51 Texas Democrats who fled Austin for Washington D.C. this week in an effort to block passage of reactionary voter suppression laws introduced by state Republicans have received effusive praise, but little practical support, from their fellow Democrats in the US capital. West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin talks with reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Texas is one of more than two dozen states that have enacted or plan to enact new restrictions on vot...

Kathy Blair, mother of Cameron Blair who was murdered in Cork city in January of 2020, said she and her family were at home with friends when they received the threatening phone call

Senator Mike Lee Calls on Tech Companies to Be More Open About Their Political Biases On 4/21/21 at 12:00 PM EDT In A Starting Point's second chat looking into monopolies, antitrust laws and the power of Big Tech, Chris Evans and Mark Kassen talked with GOP Senator Mike Lee of Utah about the fine line of government regulation on businesses. During the chat, Lee echoed the sentiment of Senator Amy Klobuchar, his colleague on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights who spoke with ASP about monopolies earlier this week. "Antitrust [laws] ensure that consum...

Location: Japan COVID-19 Numbers on the Rise COVID-19 numbers in many parts of Japan are rebounding, causing the national and some prefectural governments to announce new infection mitigation measures. Osaka and Hyogo prefectures recently received authorization from the Government of Japan to place specific municipalities under a medical emergency status, which allows authorities to fine restaurants and bars that do not comply with closure orders. This is in response to record numbers of COVID-19 cases and rapidly diminishing hospital capacity in these prefectures. Government and media sour...

UK cries foul on "patriots" in power.