Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Coverage of American politics in Wikipedia is a subject that has received substantial attention from the media. Since its founding in 2001, Wikipedia has provided coverage of six United States presidential elections, six mid-term elections at the federal level, and numerous "off-year" state elections and special elections.
Cuomo is under investigation regarding underreporting nursing home deaths during the early stages of the pandemic and another alleging sexual misconduct. [82] March 6 – The Senate votes 50-49 along party lines to approve the COVID-19 relief bill (American Rescue Plan Act of 2021) including $1,400 stimulus checks. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) was ...
The George Floyd protests are an ongoing series of protests, riots, and demonstrations against police brutality and racism in policing. The protests began in the United States in Minneapolis on May 26, 2020, [40] following the murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, who knelt on Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes during an arrest the ...
American politics is dominated by two parties which since the American Civil War have been the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, although other parties have run candidates. Since the mid-20th century, the Democratic Party has generally supported left-leaning policies, while the Republican Party has generally supported right-leaning ...
Biden received more than 81 million votes, [10] the most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in U.S. history. [11] In a competitive primary that featured the most candidates for any political party in the modern era of American politics, Biden secured the Democratic presidential nomination.
The bills of the 119th United States Congress list includes proposed federal laws that were introduced in the 119th United States Congress.. The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States consisting of two houses: the lower house known as the House of Representatives and the upper house known as the Senate.
The House of Representatives voted 228—187 to restore parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. [12] President Trump threatened to veto if the bill is approved by the Senate. [13] December 16 New deal announced regarding US-China trade dispute. [14] December 17
By a 306–232 vote, the United States Electoral College votes to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris president and vice president of the U.S. [325] Presidents López Obrador of Mexico [326] and Putin of Russia congratulate him. [327] Saudi Arabia says an explosion on the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine was a terrorist attack from an undisclosed ...