A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Mississippi this week began to draft a resolution to change the state’s flag, as calls have grown to remove the Confederate battle emblem, according to a report.Mississippi is the last state with the Confederate symbol on its flag, Mississippi Today reported.The crescendo of calls comes amid protests over the May 25…
If members of Congress can’t be bothered to show up and vote, they shouldn’t collect their pay, according to a group of House Republicans who announced legislation Thursday that would strip them of their pay if they use Democrats’ new designated voter scheme. Rep. Ted Budd, North Carolina Republican, is leading the rebellion against what…
Christal Hayes, USA TODAY Published 6:28 p.m. ET May 26, 2020 | Updated 8:19 p.m. ET May 26, 2020CLOSE House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy charged congressional Democrats of committing a power grab by adopting "proxy program" during the coronavirus pandemic. (May 19) AP DomesticWASHINGTON – A group of Republican lawmakers have filed a lawsuit against House Speaker…
Top House Democrats and Republicans demanded Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs remove headstones over German prisoner-of-war graves that bear swastika insignias and words praising Hitler, calling it “callous” to leave them in place. The VA has defended the grave markers, saying they are part of history and to remove them would violate a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…