President Joe Biden made two major announcements related to COVID-19 Thursday: He is allowing the eviction moratorium to end Saturday, and requiring federal workers to either prove they’ve been vaccinated or get tested weekly. The video above shows clips from President Biden’s speech announcing the federal worker requirements. They are aimed at boosting sluggish vaccination…

A federal judge blocked an Arkansas abortion law Tuesday, as she gets set to hear a challenge to its constitutionality. The law, set to take effect July 28, bans nearly all abortions in the state. While there is an exception for situations where the mother’s life is in danger, exceptions do not cover cases of…

Gwen’s picks for Friday, July 16 include: Elephants slide down a cornfield and ruin crops. Stephen Breyer says he’s happy at the Supreme Court despite calls for his retirement. A summer supply shortage is making it difficult for Americans to enjoy the outdoors.

He’s stayed mum for months, but Thursday Justice Stephen Breyer told CNN he is not feeling pressure to retire. 82-year-old Breyer is the oldest member of the Supreme Court, and also one of just three justices appointed by a Democratic president. With Democrats controlling both the Senate and White House, some progressives have been calling…

The Texas House of Representatives voted Tuesday to arrest the State Democrats who skipped out on the legislature and flew to Washington, D.C. Monday. The House Republicans voted 76-4 to send law enforcement to find and return absent Democrats “under warrant of arrest, if necessary”. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened Democrats Monday with arrest once…

President Joe Biden called bills aiming to curtail voting accessibility by state legislatures across the country a “21st century Jim Crow assault” Tuesday. The video above shows parts of the president’s Tuesday speech in Philadelphia. “This year alone, 17 states have enacted, not just proposed, but enacted 28 new laws to make it harder for Americans…

Former President Donald Trump blew away the competition in Sunday’s Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, winning with 70 percent of the vote. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came in second place at 21 percent. The rest of the contenders only got one percent or less of the votes each. The ones that got one percent…

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order on Friday targeting tech, health care and other parts of the economy. What exactly is an executive order and can Congress or the Supreme Court do anything about it?

Authorities in Haiti said police killed three suspects in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and took 17 others into custody. The video above shows two of those suspects being arrested Thursday. It also includes the United States’ response to the assassination, from State Department Spokesman Ned Price. “Those who seek to accomplish their political…

Tuesday evening, the House of Representatives voted to remove Confederate statues from the U.S. Capitol. The bill had bipartisan support, passing with a vote of 285 – 120. It will now move over to the Senate. Under the terms of the bill, a bust of Roger B. Taney, the former Supreme Court Justice who wrote the…