Today's Top Political and Coronavirus News Compilation - Friday, March 26, 2021 (1 Viewer)

Below are some of the top political news stories of the day:

Biden attacks Georgia's new voting limits as 'an atrocity,' civil rights groups sue state
(Reuters) -Georgia's sweeping new voting restrictions came under attack on Friday, with civil rights groups challenging them in court and President Joe Biden saying the U.S. Justice Department was examining what he called an "atrocity" of a law.

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Republicans ask U.S. Supreme Court to let them defend Trump immigration rule

Democrats assail Georgia law, make case for voting overhaul

Kemp fires back at Biden: Nothing 'Jim Crow' about Georgia law

Homeland Security chief fires almost every member of advisory council

Biden looks into taking action on 3D printer guns, imported firearms

Amazon picks Twitter fight with Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren amid union campaign
U.S. Voting tech company sues Fox News for $1.6 billion over election-fraud claims

MAGA World says Biden's lost it. Republican senators disagree.

Conservative news outlets, accused of election falsehoods, air disclaimers

Reporter's Notebook: Along the southern border with GOP senators

Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks

Frustrated Trump demands to know if Special Counsel Durham is still 'living'

Appeals court ruling paves way for release of alleged Capitol rioters with extremist ties, but at least one Oath Keeper will stay in jail

North Korea says Biden administration took wrong first step over latest missile test

'Prepared to do violence': Alleged Oath Keeper leader jailed

Pelosi picks first Black American to lead U.S. House security

Capitol riot defendants notch win at appeals court

What to know about Dominion's legal fight with Fox News

WH confirms Biden will sign executive order on gun control in wake of Boulder

Harris acknowledges major new social welfare spending in $1.9T COVID relief bill was ‘intentional’

'Outrageous': Biden condemns new Georgia law as a 'blatant attack' on voting rights

Biden says he wants to ramp up expulsions of migrant families, but most are being allowed to stay

The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?

U.S. Senate Democrats aim to undo Trump-era shareholder voting rights rule

POLITICO Playbook PM: Senators seek answers on Hunter Biden gun incident

Arkansas governor signs law that lets doctors refuse service based on religious beliefs

Biden uses press conference as a chance to point fingers at Trump

Biden suggests plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative to UK prime minister

Police, protesters clash over sweep of Echo Park homeless encampment

Michigan GOP chair seen on video calling state's female leaders "witches" and joking about assassinating Republicans who voted for Trump impeachment

Efforts to refloat ship stranded in Suez Canal suspended till Saturday: sources

Supreme Court poised to jump into Second Amendment disputes, as nation mourns mass shootings

Rejected By 1 Mexican Port Of Entry, Migrants Are Flown By U.S. To Another

The F-35 may be unsalvageable

Biden urges Congress to pass election reform in wake of Georgia voting restrictions (video)

GOP senators reveal shocking images of migrants, babies packed in border facilities

A simple truth behind a complex problem: Why U.S. immigration is broken

Number of migrant children in federal custody jumps by nearly a thousand in one day

Colorado shooting suspect passed check in legal gun purchase

6 dead after tornadoes rip through South

Trump might visit southern border as he slams Biden handling of migrant surge

A Biden Administration Strategy: Send In the Scientists - NY Times

Border Patrol on pace to have most monthly encounters with border crossers in more than a decade

Lawmakers take dueling trips to border amid concerns about migrant surge

Tim Scott blasts Biden, Democrats for filibuster flip-flop: They cry 'racist whenever they want to scare you'

Bill Clinton on Georgia's new voting restrictions: 'An attack on our democracy'

Colorado mass shooting suspect moved to another jail over 'safety concerns'

GOP turns up heat on Biden after border tour
Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen blasts prosecutors in bid to end home confinement

Biden team holds fire after North Korean missile launches

How Trump's election fraud lie turned into law in Georgia

DOJ Has Charged Nearly 500 With COVID-Related Fraud In The Past Year

VP to focus on border diplomacy; no immediate plans to visit

Ted Cruz details viewing 'Biden Cages' packed with migrant children at the Texas-Mexico border

'Heartbreaking': Republicans slam Biden for migrant influx, while Democrats call on Biden to quickly move children to sponsors

Sen. Warnock: New Georgia voting law is 'anti-democratic'

Sharon Osbourne leaving 'The Talk' amid allegations of racism

Ohio county election officials revolt to save Dominion voting machines contract
30 million people may receive $1,400 stimulus checks now that IRS has payment information

Most of the Democrats in the Senate are trying to make the expanded child tax credit permanent - BI

Sanders visits Alabama, boosting Amazon workers' union effort

Amazon's social media team bares its teeth in Washington

Here's why voting rights activists say Georgia's new election law targets Black voters

Sanders pushes Medicare expansion in Dems’ next big bill
It’s going to become harder to avoid reporting income from selling stuff online

DC police investigating noose found in tree near Capitol Hill church

Federal court hands win to Capitol riot defendants, rules they may be eligible for release

The eviction moratorium is expiring. What will Biden do?

Pentagon linguist pleads guilty to passing secrets to Hezbollah-linked man

Democrats work behind the scenes — and in public eye — to push against anti-Asian hate

Puerto Rico cleanup by U.S. military will take more than a decade

U.S. Navy offers to help clear cargo ship from Suez Canal

Police make arrests at violent protest in Bristol, England

House Democrats introduce 'DeJoy Act' to block postal service changes

Deep-red rural Ohio's solar energy boom divides farming communities
Vehicle mileage tax could be on the table in infrastructure talks, Buttigieg says

Since Myanmar coup, 320 protesters killed: 'Junta used live ammunition'

Bipartisan panel on Capitol riot in danger as Democrats proceed with their own investigation

Here's How A Long Shutdown Of The Suez Canal Might Roil The Global Economy

Newly unearthed photos may hold clues in long-running manhunt for 1965 killer

NASA gives all clear: Earth safe from asteroid for 100 years

26 governors condemn anti-Asian violence

Stellantis, Nissan, Nio cut more production due to chip shortage
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Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’

More Oath Keeper messages from DC attack released

Georgia Gov. Kemp signs GOP election bill amid an outcry

Meeting between Trump, Ohio Senate candidates turns tense: report

Biden compares Xi to Putin, Republican voting restriction plans to segregation-era laws

Bipartisan group of senators met to discuss immigration reforms

Why Trump’s White House Leaked and Biden’s Hasn’t

Key House chairs request wide range of documents on US Capitol riot

Georgia bans giving water to voters in line under sweeping restrictions

Georgia legislator arrested, pulled out of state Capitol as governor signs voting law

Warnock visits Georgia Rep. Cannon at jail following arrest: 'She did not deserve this'

Photos show Biden 'cheat sheets' during first formal press conference

GOP 2024 contenders enter Iowa, wary of Trump’s long shadow

Key takeaways from President Biden's first news conference

Biden presser delivers head-scratching moments, ammunition for GOP

Biden vows action on migrants as he defends border policy

Military and spy agencies accused of stiff-arming investigators on UFO sightings

Analysis: New title, same Biden in first White House news conference

Immigration takes center stage, the filibuster remains and other takeaways...

Social Security gives IRS data to speed delivery of COVID-19 relief checks

5 Takeaways From Big Tech's Misinformation Hearing

Kinzinger on political fundraising: 'We have fed a steady diet of fear'

HHS asks federal employees to volunteer to help with child migrant surge

New York poised to legalize marijuana as lawmakers agree on terms: reports

Dems want answers from White House, DOJ, FBI, and more on Capitol riot

Bernice King calls Georgia lawmaker's arrest over protesting voting bill 'despicable'

N Korea confirms missile tests as Biden warns of response

Biden says he 'can't picture' US troops still being in Afghanistan next year - BI

House launches wide-ranging review of federal handling of Jan. 6 insurrection

Bid to take back 'forever war' authority advances in U.S. Congress

Key takeaways from Biden's first White House news conference

Walsh touts American Rescue Plan in first appearance as Labor secretary

Death toll in Myanmar’s post-coup crackdown surpasses 300

DHS weighing major changes to fight domestic violent extremism, say officials

Uighurs: China bans UK MPs after abuse sanctions

Fact-checking Joe Biden's press conference claims (video)

Trump criticizes Biden's press conference full of 'softballs'

AP FACT CHECK: Biden skews figures on border, taxes, more

Suez blockage sets shipping rates racing, oil and gas tankers diverted away

VP Harris to American women: "You are strong.”

U.S. sanctions companies that back Myanmar military following coup

Georgia state lawmaker arrested protesting voting restriction bill outside governor's office

VA asking California if net neutrality law will snag veterans' health app

Southwest Airlines pilot on hot mic rants against Bay-area 'liberal f---s'

Democrat who leaked photos from inside border facility speaks out ...

Biden nearing selection of new ATF director

Anger in Bangladesh as India’s Modi attends 50th Independence Day

Canada calling? Hong Kong residents shift billions abroad after clampdown

Deadly tornadoes hit Alabama, leaving path of destruction

FLASHBACK: Obama defended filibuster in 2005, now calls it ‘Jim Crow relic’

Two Capitol riot cases acknowledge plea talks with the Justice Department

Industry, unions make case against federal leasing ban

'Alex Azar Anonymous’: Trump health officials start a club to counter former HHS chief

Burberry becomes first luxury brand to suffer Chinese backlash over Xinjiang

Arkansas governor signs transgender sports ban

Egypt races to dislodge giant vessel blocking Suez Canal

Key moments from Joe Biden's first news conference (video)

Biden in 2005 said nixing the filibuster 'upsets the constitutional design' and would 'eviscerate the Senate'

Georgia Republicans speed sweeping elections bill restricting voting access into law

Exclusive: Hong Kong tells foreign governments to stop accepting special British passport

AR gov signs bill banning biological males from competing in girls sports

Jacob Blake files excessive force lawsuit against officer who shot him in the back

Anti-Cheney measure stalls in Wyoming

Sticky bombs latest weapon in Afghanistan’s arsenal of war

More than half of all migrants at US-Mexico border expelled under health order in recent weeks

Pandemic spurs Canada to offer path to citizenship to more temporary residents

Biden staff vetting Obama-era lawyer for DOJ antitrust division: report

Small Texas border town is thoroughfare for migrant children

Myanmar protesters hold more rallies, World Bank warns of slump

At least 5 dead as series of tornadoes strike Deep South

Houthis launch attacks on Saudi oil facilities, military sites

Coronavirus News and Updates:

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Trump's CDC director makes shocking statement about origin of COVID-19 in Wuhan lab

U.S. to distribute 11 million Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 shots next week - White House

CDC 'deeply concerned' about possible COVID-19 surge

Fauci says large trial on asymptomatic COVID spread is underway
White House weighs temporarily lifting intellectual property shield on Covid-19 vaccines

Britain nearing vaccine deal with European union: The Times

Shots in little arms: COVID-19 vaccine testing turns to kids

Biden administration kicks off vaccination outreach campaign

Former CDC director Robert Redfield believes the coronavirus escaped a lab in China. Scientists are dubious.

Why Pandemics Give Birth To Hate: From Bubonic Plague To COVID-19

Aid groups call on Biden to develop plans to share vaccines

Vaccine data suggests Biden equity goal remains elusive

Florida to feds: Allow cruise ships to operate or we'll sue

Coronavirus FAQ: To Travel Or Not To Travel? Plus, Tattoos And Vaccines Can Mix

Germany warns third coronavirus wave could be the worst so far

Mexico complains of maskless tourists, closes site

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A dozen anti-vaccine accounts are responsible for 65% of disinformation shared online, new report finds

As contact tracing ebbs in parts of US, NYC stays committed

Few Facts, Millions Of Clicks: Fearmongering Vaccine Stories Go Viral Online

Coronavirus: EU says AstraZeneca must 'catch up' on vaccine deliveries

A mouthful of nickels? Some say they taste metal after a Covid-19 vaccination

Reporters ask Biden zero questions on COVID-19

South Korea extends coronavirus distancing curbs as daily case count hits month high

Biden promised 200M shots in his first 100 days. Track the progress.

Why the pandemic could make this year's flu shot less potent

Eye pain: A potential addition to the list of COVID-19 side effects

New Jersey gym owners offer free membership to those who don't get COVID-19 vaccine

Thailand urges calm after death of COVID-19 vaccine recipient

Chile has one of the world's best vaccination rates — and a 'critical' second Covid wave

South Korea extends coronavirus distancing curbs as daily case count hits month high

Cuba's Revolutionary Dream: Making Its Own COVID Vaccine