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This post was originally published on this siteMore than a year and a half after COVID-19 concerns prompted the U.S. to close its borders to international travelers from countries including Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the United Kingdom and much of Europe, restrictions are shifting to focus on vaccine status.  Beginning Monday, bans on travel from […]

This post was originally published on this sitePresident Biden is traveling to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday to pitch his agenda amid reports that he has privately informed Democratic lawmakers that he will slash his proposed spending plan by nearly a trillion dollars in order to garner support from both progressives and moderate […]

This post was originally published on this siteA retired U.S. Army Special Forces soldier has organized a nonprofit effort to get American citizens and Afghan allies safely out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan – and so far, he has had success evacuating nearly 1,000 individuals. AFGfree was founded by Lt. Col. Perry Blackburn, a member of the […]

This post was originally published on this sitePentagon spokesman John Kirby declined Friday to provide the names of the ISIS terrorists the military killed in airstrikes late last week and early this week, as the Biden administration worked to complete its withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.  “I don’t believe we’ve refused to say who […]

This post was originally published on this siteDemocratic Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison have endorsed a Minneapolis ballot measure that would replace the city’s police department with a new department of public safety. Question 2 on the Minneapolis ballot for the Nov. 2 election will ask voters if they want the […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe White House has been silent on whether the Biden administration agrees with its anti-Semitism envoy nominee’s previous remark deeming a comment by Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., to be anti-Semitic. In 2019, President Biden’s pick to be his administration’s envoy against anti-Semitism, Deborah Lipstadt, said she believed Omar’s […]

This post was originally published on this siteSen. Joe Manchin says he “can’t imagine” supporting making an exception to Senate filibuster rules in order to pass the Democrats’ wide ranging elections and campaign finance reform bill, which is a top priority for his party. “I can’t imagine a carve-out,” the moderate Democratic senator from West […]

This post was originally published on this siteGeorgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said the state is prepared to fight the Justice Department’s lawsuit against its election law up to the United States Supreme Court and is “confident” it will “prevail” after the state sought to dismiss the case altogether this week.  Georgia filed a […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers celebrated their recent Super Bowl victory with a trip to the White House on Tuesday, but President Biden took the opportunity to urge unvaccinated players to “get one.” Bucs’ co-owner Bryan Glazer, head coach Bruce Arians, Tom Brady and several other members of the […]

This post was originally published on this siteThe White House and Biden campaign have questioned former President Trump’s fitness to serve as questions continue to swirl around President Biden’s mental acuity. Asked during a news conference Tuesday if Biden had Alzheimer’s or any form of dementia, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said “no” while […]