Tom Cotton, borrowing his 1993 arguments. Andrew Harnik / Pool / AFP via Getty Images On Friday, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would make the District of Columbia 51S t state. While the bill is unlikely to outlive the Republican-controlled Senate, or President Donald Trump’s veto pen, it …
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Free tarot reading for June 27, 2020
Passion and purpose begin, star signs! Today’s free tarot reading is here for you and for all astrological zodiac signs on Saturday June 27, 2020. The sun is in the zodiac of emotional cancer. The crescent crescent moon will be on the Virgo zodiac and will enter Libra at 4:15 …
Read More »House of Representatives approves statehood for DC in vote 232-180
The House on Friday passed landmark legislation granting statehood to Washington, DC, in a 232-180 vote. The vote was historic, marking the first time that one of the houses passed a law to elevate the District to state 51 and grant its residents long-sought voting representation in the halls of …
Read More »Federal judge orders release of children from ICE detention centers as coronavirus cases rise
A federal judge ordered the release of the children from ICE detention centers, saying “there is no more time for half the measures,” after 2,500 immigrants tested positive for coronavirus and an increase in infections in the United States. Judge Dolly M. Gee of the United States District Court for …
Read More »NASA pioneer Mary Jackson: how the ‘hidden figure’ became the space agency’s first black engineer
Earlier this week, NASA announced that it will rename its headquarters building in Washington DC after Mary W. Jackson, the space agency’s first black engineer. “Jackson began his career at NASA in the segregated West Area Computing Unit of the agency’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,” NASA said in …
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