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Two Democratic members of Congress are demanding that the acting secretary of Labor explain planned mass dismissals and the dismantling of an agency that was reviewing Elon Musk’s Tesla for suspected discrimination.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among African American women in the United States, at 47% according to the National Library of Medicine. Hypertension, a major risk factor for CVD, affects 56% of African American women, nearly 1.5 times higher than the rates in Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Former longtime KARE 11 political reporter John Croman was recognized at the nation's Capitol for his 27 years of reporting.
Washington — Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, said Sunday that she doesn't think Republicans have the support in Congress to approve the Trump administration's gutting of federal agencies and programs, saying "that's why they're not bringing it through Congress."
Right-wing defenders of Elon Musk’s assertions of virtually unlimited authority over the government of the United States are pushing the big lie that the richest man in the world has been legitimately (and legally) empowered to make federal agencies his person
More than a dozen House Democrats are calling for the creation of a new, Cabinet-level department dedicated to preventing violence and fostering a culture of peace both domestically and abroad ― the latest effort by progressives to fight back against the Trump administration’s diplomatic shake-ups and targeting of marginalized groups within the Unite
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar was unanimously re-elected deputy chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus on Thursday.
On Friday, MinnesotaRep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will introduce a potentially groundbreaking piece of federal legislation in the House of Representatives â one allocating $10 billion in funding to fight Long Covid, the increasingly widespread, chronic condition that follows many Covid infections.
In the chaos that swallowed Afghanistan as the U.S. withdrew its last troops in August 2021, thousands of Afghans, their friends and their families called anyone they could think of for help.
Jenna Jaffe, the immigration specialist for Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), was one of dozens of congressional staffers who fielded those desperate phone calls.