A heavy heart loss was announced Saturday by the Bidens. Their “beloved” dog, Champ, had passed away that day.
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On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden raised his pen to a historically important bill known as “Juneteenth Independence Day,” making this the first new national federal holiday since 1983, when Martin Luther King Jr. Day was signed into law by former President Ronald Reagan.
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Due to concerns regarding a significant number of forced generation outages in combination with potential record electric use, ERCOT asked Texans to reduce their power usage from June 14 through June 18. Asking if it isn’t in use, unplug it.
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Naftali Bennett was sworn in as Israel’s new prime minister on Sunday after winning in a 60-59 vote, ending the 12-year ruling of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The Pulitzer Prizes awarded Darnella Frazier with a special citation for courageously capturing the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police on Friday.
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“If you do believe in this butterfly effect, I’ve got the butterfly’s wings and its antennas,” Anthony Weiner stated to The New York Times about possibly marketing his infamous not-safe-for-work tweet that caused his political downfall as an NFT.
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Thursday afternoon The Adult Survivors Act (S.66/A.648) passed in the New York Senate, 62-0. This pass from the Senate brings the measure closer to becoming law than it had been in recent years and expands current restrictions survivors face when reporting harassment.
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On Thursday, June 3, California State Senator Scott Wiener called on the Assembly to strip an amendment inserted by the Senate Appropriations Committee which makes it harder for journalists to cover events without a commanding officer’s authorization.
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In Pennsylvania state, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic Senate candidate, hung up the LGBTQ+ Pride flag Tuesday morning, only to be taken down five hours later.
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Tuesday afternoon that the city’s mask-wearing mandate, that’s been in place since May 2020, is now lifted.
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