U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
Signage for voters looking to vote in-person at the Wellington E. Webb Municipal Office Building on March 5, 2024 in Denver, Colorado. Fifteen states and one U.S. territory hold their…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
The Download: Political Notebook: Current and former transit chiefs on comeback trail
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Political Notebook: Current and former transit chiefs on comeback trail
DURING A SPEECH this week, Monica Tibbits-Nutt said she is a transportation secretary who doesn’t ride the commuter rail system. Her comments were part of a wide-ranging speech before the…
Senate GOP halts effort to add mental health records to gun background checks
New Hampshire does not submit commitment records to identify individuals who are legally prohibited from buying a gun. (Getty Images) Senate Republicans united late Thursday night in almost certainly defeating…
U.S. House panel debates voting by noncitizens, which is already illegal
U.S. House Republicans are promoting a bill to curb voting by noncitizens. Though noncitizens can vote in some local elections, it is already illegal for noncitizens to vote in federal…
Brown v. Board litigants, family mark anniversary as Biden decries ongoing school inequality
Plaintiffs and family members of plaintiffs in the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court case, Cheryl Brown Henderson, second from right, John Stokes, second from left, and Nathaniel…
Brown said he wants to ax multiple federal departments, promised spending cuts will ‘be painful’
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown asks that you please pay no attention to the 2022 version of himself. (Sam Brown for Senate campaign photo) Policy, politics and progressive commentary…
Medicare should include dental coverage, dentists tell U.S. Senate panel
Dr. Brian Jeffrey Swann, who is on the board of directors for Remote Area Medical and practices dentistry in Tennessee, told a U.S. Senate committee about low-income people who drive…
Biden administration seeks to speed some asylum cases with new immigration docket
sylum seekers board a bus en route to a shelter in New York City on May 18, 2023. The Biden administration announced changes Thursday, May 16, 2024, meant to speed…