U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC.--This article originally appeared at . It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely.Days before the U.S. Congress is set to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Nov. 3 election, political observers on Sunday demanded to know how much effort President Donald Trump has put into pressuring state officials into naming him as the winner, after the Washington...…U.S. President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office while arriving back at the White House on December 31, 2020 in Washington, DC.--This article originally appeared at . It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Feel free to republish and share widely.Days before the U.S. Congress is set to certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the Nov. 3 election, political observers on Sunday demanded to know how much effort President Donald Trump has put into pressuring state officials into naming him as the winner, after the Washington...WW…

--Report typos and corrections to: .A New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with the crew on a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles that had to be diverted to Phoenix because of her actions, reports. Kelly Pichardo and another female passenger, who were both flying first class, engaged in "intimidating behavior" on the flight and had to be removed from the plane when it landed in Phoenix. According to police, both women each assaulted a passenger and used racial slurs when another passenger asked them to stop. When the passenger tried to record their...…--Report typos and corrections to: .A New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with the crew on a flight from Dallas to Los Angeles that had to be diverted to Phoenix because of her actions, reports. Kelly Pichardo and another female passenger, who were both flying first class, engaged in "intimidating behavior" on the flight and had to be removed from the plane when it landed in Phoenix. According to police, both women each assaulted a passenger and used racial slurs when another passenger asked them to stop. When the passenger tried to record their...WW…

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SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsA home health aide who earns just under $13 per hour is the lead plaintiff in a filed Thursday against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose department has continued garnishing the wages of hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.The CARES Act, which was signed into law in late March, prohibits the Education Department from seizing the wages and tax refunds of student loan borrowers who have defaulted on...…SharePrisons & PolicingPolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsA home health aide who earns just under $13 per hour is the lead plaintiff in a filed Thursday against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, whose department has continued garnishing the wages of hundreds of thousands of student loan borrowers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.The CARES Act, which was signed into law in late March, prohibits the Education Department from seizing the wages and tax refunds of student loan borrowers who have defaulted on...WW…

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SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeaceProgressives on Saturday denounced anreport which detailed the Department of Health and Human Services’ refusal to take an American company up on its offer to supply millions of N95 respirators to the government early on in the coronavirus pandemic.TheWashington Postreported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, detailed...…SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeaceProgressives on Saturday denounced anreport which detailed the Department of Health and Human Services’ refusal to take an American company up on its offer to supply millions of N95 respirators to the government early on in the coronavirus pandemic.TheWashington Postreported that federal scientist Rick Bright, who filed a whistleblower complaint last week over his demotion following his criticism of the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, detailed...WW…

SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeaceSen. Ron Wyden was joined by privacy advocates Wednesday in forcefully condemning a new proposed amendment to the PATRIOT Act put forward by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would greatly expand the U.S. attorney general’s surveillance powers under FISA.McConnell’s amendment, which the Senate began debating Wednesday as lawmakers took up the reauthorization of the 2001 PATRIOT Act, would explicitly permit the FBI to collect records of Americans’...…SharePolitics & ElectionsRacial JusticePolitics & ElectionsEnvironment & HealthPolitics & ElectionsWar & PeaceSen. Ron Wyden was joined by privacy advocates Wednesday in forcefully condemning a new proposed amendment to the PATRIOT Act put forward by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that would greatly expand the U.S. attorney general’s surveillance powers under FISA.McConnell’s amendment, which the Senate began debating Wednesday as lawmakers took up the reauthorization of the 2001 PATRIOT Act, would explicitly permit the FBI to collect records of Americans’...WW…

"Yet another abdication of duty by those that are entrusted with protecting Americans from needless and preventable harm." The EPA signaled Thursday it will not regulate perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, in drinking water. (Photo: wonderisland/Shutterstock) Environmental campaigners vowed to fight President Donald Trump's EPA Thursday after the agency said it would propose that the rocket-fuel chemical perchlorate does not need to be regulated, despite its links to cognitive damage in fetal and child development. According to the New York Times, the EPA plans to tell the...…"Yet another abdication of duty by those that are entrusted with protecting Americans from needless and preventable harm." The EPA signaled Thursday it will not regulate perchlorate, a chemical used in rocket fuel, in drinking water. (Photo: wonderisland/Shutterstock) Environmental campaigners vowed to fight President Donald Trump's EPA Thursday after the agency said it would propose that the rocket-fuel chemical perchlorate does not need to be regulated, despite its links to cognitive damage in fetal and child development. According to the New York Times, the EPA plans to tell the...WW…