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President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning again took to Twitter to blast the impeachment inquiry against him — and this time he deployed a term synonymous with racial hate crimes. Trump tweeted, “All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching.
“Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned — well, we have been scorned,” Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna S. Pressley said Tuesday, lending a little sass to the Democratic Women’s Caucus news conference to roll out its policy agenda.
Members of Congress will hear on Oct. 23 how a simple, inexpensive progesterone gel can reduce the number of premature births and delivery room deaths.
Members of Congress will hear on Oct. 23 how a simple, inexpensive progesterone gel can reduce the number of premature births and delivery room deaths.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, a longtime Maryland Democrat best known for his role as the top congressional watchdog of the Trump administration, was a chief force in propelling the Flint, Mich., water crisis to the national stage. Cummings, chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, died early Oct. 17 from a prolonged illness at 68.
A House Appropriations subcommittee held a hearing on the budget funding NASA’s push for a 21st Century manned landing on the moon. Testifying before the panel was NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine as well as the agency’s acting associate administrator for human exploration of space.
Black-Jewish Relations Caucus: The brainchild of Michigan Democrat Brenda Lawrence, this caucus was formed to strengthen a historic bond that has frayed in recent years.
Detroit lawmakers are expressing concern about law enforcement’s use of facial recognition technology. City council member Roy McCalister, Jr. will be discussing the technology at an upcoming community forum, while US Representative Brenda Lawrence is planning to introduce legislation that would regulate the technology at the federal level.
U.S. Rep. Brenda Lawrence plans to introduce legislation to require a deeper examination of the racial biases found in facial recognition technology. As more law enforcement agencies begin using the controversial technology, researchers are finding that the face-scanning technology is significantly flawed when used to identify people of color.
A world-renowned expert on maternal-fetal health who developed a method that reduces preterm birth will present her findings during an Oct. 23 congressional briefing.