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DHS: Undocumented immigrants will not be targeted at vaccination sites

February 3rd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week that federal COVID-19 vaccine sites will be off limits to enforcement actions, such as arrests for deportation. The department and its federal partners have vowed to keep the vaccine sites run by the federal government accessible to undocumented...

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Over 1 million vaccines administered in Michigan

February 1st, 20210 MICHIGAN — The state of Michigan has now administered just over 1 million COVID-19 vaccines, though many eligible people are still waiting on their first shots, officials announced on Monday. The number makes the state seventh in the nation for vaccine distribution. Governor Whitmer announced Monday that she is again calling on...

U.S.A

Moderate U.S. Republican senators urge Biden to compromise on COVID-19 plan

January 31st, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Sunday, a group of 10 moderate Republican U.S. senators urged Democratic President Biden to reconsider his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, saying they wanted a meeting to discuss a compromise that they said could win swift bipartisan support. In a letter to Biden, Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski...

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“Dead on arrival”: chances of Trump conviction dwindle in Senate

January 28th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — A test vote on Tuesday showed the unlikelihood of support among Republicans for a conviction in the historic second impeachment trial of former President Trump. The trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 9, but an objection to the constitutionality of the impeachment of the former president was raised by Kentucky...

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U.S. Senate aims to pass COVID-19 bill ahead of Trump trial

January 25th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Senate is aiming to pass COVID-19 relief legislation before former President Trump’s impeachment trial begins in early February, a lawmaker said on Monday, amid growing signs of agreement on the need to speed vaccine distribution. A day after some Republicans pushed back on the size of President...

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Trump impeachment trial put off until early February

January 23rd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leaders of the U.S. Senate agreed on Friday to push back former President Trump’s impeachment trial by two weeks, giving the chamber more time to focus on President Biden’s legislative agenda and Cabinet nominees before turning to the contentious showdown over Trump. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer,...

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House Dems to send Trump impeachment article to Senate Monday

January 22nd, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that the House's article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate on Monday, as Senate Republicans hope to delay the impeachment trail of former President Trump. The single article accuses Trump of inciting an insurrection on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,...

Crime

FBI offering $75,000 for information on D.C. pipe bomb suspect

January 21st, 20210 The FBI is offering a public reward for tips that lead to the “location, arrest and conviction” of the person or persons responsible for planting pipe bombs near the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. on Jan 6. The reward is set at $75,000 and was originally set at $50,000. The FBI’s Washington Field Office posted the...

Local

Biden seeks to overcome vaccine shortage with ambitious plan

January 21st, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — After kicking off his first day as president with a slate of executive actions, President Biden turned his attention to boosting supplies of the COVID-19 vaccine with an ambitious plan. Biden signed 10 executive orders as expected on Thursday. These ramp up the purchase and distribution of the vaccine, with...

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Democrats take narrow control of U.S. Senate as three new members sworn in

January 20th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats took control of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday when Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new members to give the party a narrow grip on both houses of Congress as well as the White House for the first time in a decade. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Alex Padilla of...

COMMUNITY

President Biden takes sweeping actions on Muslim Ban, DACA, COVID

January 20th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joe Biden followed through with some of his big sweeping day-one promises, shortly after his inauguration as president on Wednesday, Jan. 20. President Biden signed 15 executive actions, including ending the travel ban put in place by former President Trump on people from a list of Muslim-majority countries....

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Muslims warned against pro-Trump White supremacist violence around inauguration

January 18th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The pro-Trump violence in the U.S. Capitol earlier this month has pushed the nation’s law enforcement authorities to high alert for White supremacists groups seeking more chaos around Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration. Connected to this is a fear by minority groups, like Muslim Americans, that the anger...

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