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Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty on all charges in Kenosha protest shooting
After several weeks of a closely-monitored trial, and 3 1/2 days of jury deliberation, Kyle Rittenhouse was found not guilty on all charges related to the two people he killed and the one he wounded during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year. He was charged with homicide, attempted homicide and reckless endangering. The most serious… -
Build Back Better Act Vote informed by CBO score, filibustered by McCarthy
The House’s passing of the Build Back Better Act Friday did not come easy for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). In addition to the months of negotiating, a vote on the bill saw a last minute holdout and an 8 1/2 hour filibuster two weeks later. The original delay came two weeks ago, the same night… -
FDA, CDC approve Pfizer, Moderna booster shots for all American adults
Both the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration approved booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna for all adults Friday. Before Friday, only the Johnson & Johnson booster shot was approved for all adults. The Moderna and Pfizer booster shots had only been approved for seniors, adults who live in long-term care… -
Arbery defense rests after suspect says he wasn’t threatened, Malcolm X killing convictions thrown out, Oklahoma Gov. grants clemency
(11/19/21): Hours after a suspect in the trial of three men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery testified that he did not threaten the suspect in any way, the defense rested their case Thursday. They had called just seven witnesses over a couple days, compared to the 23 witnesses who testified for the prosecution over eight days.… -
House passes Build Back Better Act after vote was delayed for hours
Update (11/19/21): After an 8 1/2 filibuster from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pushed the vote on President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better Act back from Thursday night, the House passed the bill Friday morning. The final vote tally was 220-213, a nearly party line vote. The video above shows clips from the vote, as well… -
Iranians charged with threatening US voters, Belarus-Poland border cleared
The Justice Department announced Thursday it has charged two Iranians “for their involvement in a cyber-enabled campaign to intimidate and influence American voters, and otherwise undermine voter confidence and sow discord, in connection with the 2020 U.S. presidential election”. The suspects are Seyyed Mohammad Hosein Musa Kazemi and Sajjad Kashian. According to a Justice Department news… -
John Deere, workers union work out deal, ending month-long strike
Just over a month after more than 10,000 John Deere workers went on strike across the country, the company reached a deal with the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) to end the strike Wednesday. According to UAW, the deal “includes an $8,500 signing bonus; 20% increase in wages over the lifetime… -
President Biden, Prime Minister Trudeau, President López Obrador meet at North American Leaders Summit
For the first time since 2016, the American president, Canadian prime minister, and Mexican president were in the same room when Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau and Andrés Manuel López Obrador met in Washington Thursday. The three nations took a hiatus from meeting during the Trump presidency. The last “North American Leaders’ Summit” (NALS) meeting was… -
Pfizer inks another deal for its COVID-19 pill ahead of potential approval
Just two days after Pfizer inked a deal with the United Nations’ Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to allow generic drug companies to produce the company’s COVID-19 pill for use in 95 countries, the company announced Thursday it has made another deal. This time, it’s with the U.S. government. The COVID-19 pill deal is worth $5.29… -
10% of kids 5-11 get COVID-19 vaccine dose, Moderna asks for adult booster emergency use authorization
At a White House COVID-19 Response Team briefing Wednesday, coordinator Jeff Zients said 10% of kids aged 5-11 who are eligible for the vaccine have gotten at least one dose. That covers at least 2.6 million kids. The video above shows clips from the briefing. 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered in the last… -
Rittenhouse lawyers call for mistrial, Arbery suspect testifies, “QAnon Shaman” sentenced
For the second time in his trial, lawyers for Kyle Rittenhouse called for a mistrial Wednesday. The latest request, which came during day two of jury deliberations, surrounds video prosecutors played during the trial. Defense attorney Corey Chirafisi said the defense received an inferior copy of the video. He said the defense would have approached… -
CDC estimates 28% rise in drug overdose deaths, fueled by fentanyl
According to data on overdose deaths released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 100,306 Americans died from an overdose between April 2020 and April 2021. The estimate is not an official count. Since it can take many months for death investigations involving drug fatalities to become final, the CDC made the estimate… -
House votes to censure Paul Gosar for video attacking Biden, AOC
The House of Representatives voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar (R-AZ) Wednesday in response to a video made by Rep. Gosar’s staff. It depicts Gosar violently attacking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and President Joe Biden. “There is absolutely no place for, of any kind of, no place for any violence of any sort in this political…
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