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US Surpasses More People Vaccinated Than All-Time COVID Cases
Cases, hospitalizations and deaths are finally trending downward after holiday-related highs in January.
Virginia Poised to Become First State in the South to Abolish the Death Penalty
Since 1976, Virginia has executed 113 individuals, second only to Texas.
Trump Is the First President to Leave Office With a Loss of Jobs Since Hoover
The unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent, but job growth is still weak.
Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Is Now Ready to Pass With or Without Republicans
The popular $1.9 trillion stimulus is now set up to be passed with a simple majority vote.
Austin Leads the Way in Cutting Police Funding and Using the Money for Housing
The moves come as new Travis County DA José Garza rolls out bail reform and diversion policies.
Cori Bush Demands Expulsion for Every Republican Who Incited the Capitol Siege
Representative Bush called the January 6 Capitol breach a “blatant, heinous, vile white supremacist attack.”
Democrats Ramp Up Pressure on Biden to Cancel Student Debt
Democrats introduced a resolution calling on Biden to use executive authority to cancel $50,000 for each student debtor.
Betsy DeVos’s Agenda to Privatize Public Schools Is Continuing Without Her
Legislative proposals to privatize public schools are becoming even less transparent.
Trump Won’t Testify at His Own Impeachment Trial, Spokesman Says
In rejecting an invitation for Trump to testify, his lawyers called the impeachment trial itself “unconstitutional.”
AOC Blasts GOP Lawmaker for Her “Deeply Cynical” About Face on Events of Jan. 6
Republicans have attacked Ocasio-Cortez for talking openly about the terror she experienced during the Capitol siege.