Image by Jackie Ramirez from Pixabay Last week, an independent business owner, Cassie LaBelle, posted a Twitter thread about the delay of her packages. Like many small business owners, LaBelle relies on the United States Postal Service to deliver mail, including packages, in a timely and affordable manner. The thread, …
Read More »How the Senate GOP Bill Would Affect Unemployment Benefits
The change would greatly affect low-income workers, who represent a disproportionate number of those who lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican Party’s unrestricted proposal calls for cutting the weekly federal improvement to unemployment benefits to $ 200 over the next two months, below the $ 600 the …
Read More »Republican Senate Coronavirus Relief Bill includes $ 1.75B for new FBI building at administration request
The bill includes $ 1.75 billion “for the design and construction of a Washington DC headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” according to the text of the bill. The disposition comes after the administration’s successful push for funds caused significant problems during intraparty negotiations. But funding could still face …
Read More »Barr Says Russia’s Scandal Is “False,” Says He Acts Independently Of Trump In Amputee Opening Statement
In Barr’s prepared statements, which were provided to CNN by the Justice Department on Monday, the attorney general says he has acted independently of President Donald Trump in decisions he has made in several criminal cases he has handled. “Since I made it clear that I was going to do …
Read More »Republican Senate candidates attacked Obama for Ebola, but defend Trump in a coronavirus pandemic
Six years later, Perdue, a first-term senator, is back on the ballot in Georgia, and is now running on the same ticket as a president who is fighting to control a far more deadly virus for the country. “It is an entirely different situation,” Perdue told CNN last week when …
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