WASHINGTON — Today, the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Bureau of the Fiscal Service announced they are disbursing more than 25 million payments in the fourth batch of Economic Impact Payments from the American Rescue Plan.
MoreGOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is being investigated by the Department of Justice regarding an alleged relationship he had with a 17-year-old girl and the possibility that he violated sex trafficking laws by paying her to travel with him, according to multiple reports.
MoreOne US Capitol Police officer died on Friday and one was injured following a security incident involving a vehicle at the Capitol’s northern barricade. The Capitol grounds were placed under a lockdown following the incident.
MorePresident Biden unveiled a series of new initiatives on Tuesday in response to the recent rise across the US of anti-Asian violence and discrimination.
MoreOn Monday, attorneys will lay out their cases in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged in the death of George Floyd last spring.
MoreOn Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the Democrats’ signature voting rights bill, the “For the People Act,” unnecessary, because “states are not engaging in trying to suppress voters whatsoever.”
MoreWhite House says Biden will consider executive action as Congress votes on gun control bills
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday that US President Biden is considering “a range of levers” including executive action on gun control. The US House voted to pass two gun reform bills in early March.
MorePostmaster General Louis DeJoy announced a 10-year strategic vision for the US Postal Service on Tuesday. DeJoy’s plan which would mark “the largest rollback of consumer mail services in a generation,” according to the Washington Post.
MoreEvanston, Illinois, will become the first US city to offer reparations to Black residents
The Chicago suburb’s reparation initiative will distribute $10 million over 10 years for Black families affected by racist government policies, housing discrimination and the lingering effects of slavery between 1919 and 1969.
MoreOn Tuesday, the Boulder Police Department named the 10 victims killed in a shooting incident at King Soopers store in Boulder, Colorado, on Monday. Officials also named a suspect, currently in the hospital, who will be charged with 10 counts of first-degree murder. The suspect’s motive is still unclear, authorities also confirmed.
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