Politics

The House of Representatives Monday night passed legislation to award the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion the Congressional Gold Medal, one of the highest civilian honors.  The women of the 6888th or “Six Triple Eight” deployed to Europe in 1945 to sort through the backlog of mail whose delayed delivery …

Democratic governors in several states are rolling back mask mandates, getting ahead of Biden administration guidance that still call for masking in schools and many other indoor spaces.  California Governor Gavin Newsom, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Delaware Governor John Carney and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont on Monday all announced …

White House press secretary Jen Psaki spent part of Thursday clarifying comments President Biden made in his marathon press conference Wednesday about whether future elections will be fair and legitimate. Psaki ultimately said “yes,” the president is still confident elections this fall will be legitimate even without voting law changes.  Democratic …

Russia’s domestic intelligence service announced a special operation campaign against the notorious criminal ransomware group, REvil, Friday. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), Russian authorities raided 25 addresses, resulting in the arrest of 14 individuals and seizure of more than $1 million worth of assets: 426 million rubles, $600,000, …

Sacramento — California lawmakers on Tuesday will start debating whether to create the nation’s first universal health care system, a key measure of whether the proposal has the support to pass this year. Progressives have tried for years to create a government-funded universal health care system to replace the one …

A vulnerability living inside a Java-based software known as “Log4j” shook the internet this week. The list of potential victims encompasses nearly a third of all web servers in the world, according to cybersecurity firm Cybereason. Twitter, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Oracle, Cisco, Google, and one of the world’s most …

cIllinois’ Democratic governor JB Pritzker on Tuesday signed off on a new congressional map that could result in the loss of two GOP seats, but the state is an outlier in a trend giving Republicans the advantage in redistricting ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.  Republicans control the process for redrawing …

President Biden acknowledged the soaring inflation rate in a speech Wednesday at the Port of Baltimore that was meant to tout his infrastructure and social spending plans. “The American people, in the midst of an economic crisis, that recovery is showing strong results, but not to them,” Mr. Biden said. …

The latest tax plan to pay for President Joe Biden’s social spending bill would exact a minimum tax on the nation’s biggest companies and slap a surtax on the very wealthiest Americans, among other provisions. It also includes international taxation reforms, would close tax loopholes benefiting the rich and boost …

Washington — The House on Tuesday approved a short-term extension of the debt ceiling, which would temporarily avert a fiscal crisis but tees up a second showdown over the federal government’s borrowing limit in the coming weeks. The resolution passed along party lines, 219-206, with no Republicans voting for it.  …