Low-income Americans who aren’t usually required to file taxes could be leaving a lot of money on the table if they don’t file a 2020 return thanks to changes made by the latest pandemic relief package. Many may still be waiting on a stimulus payment because the Internal Revenue Service didn’t have their information on
Continue Reading Low-income Americans who aren’t usually required to file taxes could be leaving a lot of money on the table if they don’t file a 2020 return thanks to changes made by the latest pandemic relief package. Many may still be waiting on a stimulus payment because the Internal Revenue Service didn’t have their information on
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved new legal protections against coronavirus lawsuits as one of the final actions of their 2021 session. The bill passed Friday would shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged wrongdoing during the pandemic. The bill now goes to Gov. Mike Parson, who made it
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GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Friday that she is “offended” by some House Republicans who are whitewashing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, pushing back on the revisionism by some in the party who have tried to shield the pro-Trump mob from blame over the deadly insurrection during the certification of President Joe
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The first semi truck full of 2020 election ballots rolled slowly through the Arizona State Fairgrounds on Friday, past the “Crazy Times Carnival” set up in the south parking lot to a warehouse where the approximately 2.1 million ballots cast by Maricopa County voters will be stored for the next week. This is the latest
Continue Reading A ransomware group said it published its “full data” on the Washington Metropolitan Police Department this week, claiming the department’s payment offer wasn’t enough to prevent the release, according to screenshots of online posts by the group that were reviewed by CNN. “We publish the full data of the police department, including HR, Gang Database,
Continue Reading Some unaccompanied migrant children, waiting to be reunited with family in the United States, were stuck in parked buses — at least one for more than three days — with no access to showers or places to sleep, according to an immigrant advocate. Joel, a 15-year-old boy from Honduras, waited on buses from Saturday to
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An indicted close confidant of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has struck a deal with federal prosecutors to greatly reduce his criminal case and plans to help investigators in their sprawling investigation that includes a sex trafficking probe. Joel Greenberg, a former Seminole County, Florida, tax commissioner, had faced decades in prison on 33 federal
Continue Reading The General Services Administration has provided House Democrats with documents related to former President Donald Trump’s Washington hotel, in the second case this week where the Biden administration gave the House information that the Trump administration had blocked it from obtaining. The Biden administration revealed in a court filing on Friday that the House committee
Continue Reading A former Army Green Beret was sentenced to 188 months in federal prison for conspiring with Russian agents to provide them with US defense intelligence, the Justice Department announced Friday. Peter Rafael Dzibinski Debbins, 46, of Gainesville, Virginia, pleaded guilty to the conspiracy, which started back in 1996 when he made frequent visits to Russia
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At least three Army bases are now offering incentives for soldiers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, including additional days off, gym access and reduced movement restrictions. Near Seattle, Joint Base Lewis-McChord announced in a memo obtained by CNN on Thursday that there will be “up to four hour periods each day during which Welfare/Recreation activities
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill that could let college athletes cash-in on their fame but could also result in higher tuition for students. The bill says colleges and universities can’t prevent student-athletes from making money off their name, image or likeness. The bill given final approval Friday also repeals
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A federal judge ruled on Friday that the Justice Department must create a digital “drop box” where media outlets can access videos used in Capitol riot court cases after 15 news outlets, including CNN, sought body camera and surveillance video that’s been seen by judges but not the public. The ruling is the latest in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a measure that could let people buy alcohol at more times and in more ways. A bill given final approval Friday would make permanent a special pandemic area policy allowing restaurants to sell carry-out drinks, so long as they are sold with food and come in
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The House voted 111-42 to approve the bill Friday at about 5 p.m.
Continue Reading This week, congressional dealmakers sought bipartisan progress on key Biden agenda items. Meanwhile, the White House continued to push its infrastructure agenda forward despite gas shortages at home and a worsening conflict in the Middle East. Monday Congress faces make-or-break moment to secure bipartisan deals on key Biden priorities Biden pushes economic aid proposals as
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed legislation taking aim at the defund-the-police movement. A bill given final approval Friday would allow people to sue local governments that cut police budgets by more than 12% compared to other departments over a five-year period. The bill also includes other protections for police, including a
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Neera Tanden, the new administration’s only Cabinet nominee rebuffed by the Senate, has become a senior adviser to President Joe Biden, a White House official told CNN. A longtime health policy expert, Tanden will begin planning for potential policy changes that could result from the forthcoming US Supreme Court decision on Republican legal efforts to
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Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, whose criticism of former President Donald Trump led to her ouster from House Republican leadership, said Friday that her role as a member of Congress obligated her to oppose the widespread lie of fraud in the 2020 election. “This is duty, and it’s about truth, and we’ve had a collapse
Continue Reading President Joe Biden issued executive orders on Friday revoking several executive actions taken by former President Donald Trump, including a proclamation that required that visa applicants have health insurance or the means to pay for medical care, an action related to online censorship and an order to build “the Garden of American Heroes.” The 2019
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