Keya Vakil is the deputy political editor at COURIER. He previously worked as a researcher in the film industry and dabbled in the political world.
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How many votes are needed for Speaker of the House?
It usually takes 218 votes—a simple majority of the 435 members of the House—to become House Speaker, but due to two vacancies, only 217 votes are currently needed. For more than two weeks though, Republicans have failed to agree on a new leader, leaving the federal government paralyzed.
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Republicans Are About to Cause a Government Shutdown. Here’s How It Would Affect You.
The United States government is headed for a shutdown in less than 10 days, due to the failure of Republicans in the House of Representatives to agree on a new federal budget amongst themselves, let alone with Senate Democrats and Republicans and the White House. A shutdown, which would be the fourth Republican-caused shutdown over…
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Trump Wants to Cut Corporate Taxes Again
If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025—as polls suggest he has roughly a 50/50 chance of doing—slashing the tax rate for big corporations could be one of his top priorities, according to new reporting from the Washington Post. Trump and his economic advisers have discussed cutting the corporate tax rate to as…
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Republican Candidates Commit to Backing Trump Even if Convicted
On Wednesday night, six of the eight Republican candidates in the party’s first presidential primary debate committed to support former President Donald Trump if he wins the party’s nomination—even if he’s convicted in a court of law for the many crimes he’s been charged with. Trump has been indicted four times this year, most notably…
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Top Trump Official Was Ready to Use Military Against Americans to Stay in Power
A top member of Donald Trump’s administration was prepared to use a pre-Civil War law to unleash the US military against American civilians if they protested Trump’s attempts to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election. That revelation was one of dozens of pieces of incriminating evidence in the 45-page indictment of Trump…
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‘Conspiracy to Defraud the United States’: Trump Indicted Again
Former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has been charged with conspiring to defraud the United States for his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, marking the third time Trump has been indicted this year. Trump faces four counts total in the case, according to the 45-page indictment filed by Special Counsel Jack…
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New Biden Rule Will Expand Mental Health Coverage—Here’s How
President Joe Biden this week announced new steps to improve mental health care in America, proposing a new rule that would require private health insurance companies to offer the same level of mental health benefits that they offer for physical health benefits. The proposed rule would strengthen enforcement of a 2008 law, the Mental Health…
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Prosecutors: Trump Tried to Have Security Footage Deleted to Hide Evidence
Special Counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed new charges against former president Donald Trump in relation to his mishandling of classified documents after he left the White House, providing new evidence that Trump sought to have security camera footage at his private Mar-a-Lago club deleted in order to keep it from being reviewed by investigators. …
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Teamsters and UPS Reach Tentative Deal to Avoid Strike, 340,000 Workers to Get Raises
The labor union representing 340,000 UPS workers announced it reached a tentative contract agreement with the shipping and logistics company on Tuesday, potentially averting a strike that could have begun as early as next week. The Teamsters announced the deal late Tuesday morning, just hours after the two sides resumed negotiations. The company had already…
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Trump Likely to Face Criminal Charges Over Effort to Overturn 2020 Election
It’s been two and a half years since Donald Trump tried to overturn the 2020 presidential election and incited a deadly attack on the US Capitol, but the former president and 2024 Republican frontrunner appears to be on the verge of facing accountability for his actions. Trump announced on Tuesday that he had received a…
