Hierdie week, lawmakers in Honduras changed the country’s constitution to make it virtually impossible to legalize abortion in the future — an extreme election-year move that critics warn will further endanger women’s health.
Lawmakers raise concerns over reports of National Guard troops being served ‘raw, moldy food’ at Capitol
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Washington A bipartisan group of members of Michigan's congressional delegation sent the chief of the National Guard a letter Tuesday complaining about the food being provided to members of the state's National Guard...
Indiana girls bring concerns over ‘Men Working’ signs to their lawmakers, and the city vows action
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Two young sisters are using their voices to fight for gender equality in their city. When Blair Babione, 11, and her sister Brienne, 9, noticed "Men Working" signs at construction sites around Carmel, Indiana, they...
Two GOP lawmakers who supported the Equality Act in 2019 changed their votes this time
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Washington Two House Republicans who voted in 2019 to support the Equality Act flipped their votes Thursday and opposed the legislation, which intends to protect people from being discriminated based on sexual orient...
Wetgewers moet die voorstel vir federale kommissie laat herleef wat die taak het om Amerika se geskiedenis van rassisme te ondersoek
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Twee Demokratiese wetgewers sal Donderdag weer wetgewing instel waarin gevra word dat die eerste federale kommissie vir rasse-geregtigheid gestig word wat die land se geskiedenis van sistemiese rassisme teen Swart mense moet ondersoek..
A Texas woman sues an electric company after her bill was nearly $10,000
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A Texas woman has filed a proposed billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against electric company Griddy Energy that alleges the company engaged in unlawful price gouging during last week's statewide winter storm and ...
AZ lawmakers weigh bill that would allow legislature to review election results ‘if needed’
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Arizona lawmakers are debating a new set of voting bills -- including one that would allow lawmakers to review election results "indien nodig" and would grant the legislature the power to pick the state's presidential ...
Man sterf nadat die polisie byna op sy nek gekniel het 5 minute, familie sê in onregmatige doodseis
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'N 30-jarige man in Noord-Kalifornië wat 'n geestesgesondheidsepisode ondergaan het, is dood dae nadat polisiebeamptes byna vyf minute op sy nek gekniel het om hom te onderwerp., prokureurs vir sy gesin gesê. Angelo Here ...
FBI en internetagentskappe oorhandig eerste dokumente aan wetgewers voor aanvalverhore in Capitol volgende week
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Washington House-ondersoekers het die eerste groep dokumente ontvang wat hulle van die FBI en intelligensie-agentskappe versoek het as deel van hul voortdurende ondersoek na mislukkings rondom Januarie. 6 Amerikaanse Capitol by ...
Die Amerikaanse Capitol-polisie sê aan wetgewers dat skeermesdraadheinings tot September moet bly
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Die Amerikaanse Capitol-polisie het aan wetgewers gesê dat die skeermesdraadomheining rondom die Capitol tot minstens September moet bly vanweë voortslepende veiligheidskwessies wat verband hou met dreigemente teen lede van die Kongres,...
Tennessee lawmakers are proposing a bill that would let biological fathers petition to stop abortions
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In another anti-abortion push by Republican lawmakers, lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a bill that would allow a person to stop a woman who is pregnant with their unborn child from receiving an abortion. Die ...
Binne die Senaat: Sketches of lawmakers watching videos from Trump counsel on Day 4 van die beskuldigingsverhoor
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Former President Donald Trump's lawyers showed the Senate multiple videos of Democratic politicians saying they would "baklei" to argue that Trump's rhetoric on January 6 did not incite the rioters who attacked the C...