The roadmap for Biden’s infrastructure plan goes back to 1956
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden will unveil an infrastructure bill during a visit to Pittsburgh. Estimates place the bill’s total cost…
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Biden’s massive infrastructure push sets up critical test for Democratic unity
As President Joe Biden prepares to announce his own infrastructure plan Wednesday, Democrats on Capitol Hill are bracing for a months-long push that…
Continue ReadingWith an eye on history, Biden moves on big, bold and progressive infrastructure package
Every day he works from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden stares across from his desk at the portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt he selected to…
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14 GOP-led states file long-shot bid with SCOTUS to defend Trump-era ‘public charge’ rule
Texas and 13 other Republican-led states have filed a long shot bid with the Supreme Court asking the justices to allow the states to defend a…
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Children sleeping on mats in overcrowded plastic pods: Inside a facility on the US-Mexico border
Children lying side by side in plastic-lined pods. Shelves stocked with supplies, including baby bottles and diapers. Girls huddled together in a…
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Republicans press ahead with voting restrictions in key states, even as legal fights mount over new Georgia law
Republicans in key electoral states continue to advance bills to clamp down on ballot access, even as voting and civil rights groups move to…
Continue ReadingJudge allows Summer Zervos’ defamation lawsuit against Trump to proceed now that he’s out of office
A New York appeals court on Tuesday paved the way for a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump to move forward. In a one-sentence…
Continue Reading Nursing home residents have a little more time to spend stimulus checks before losing Medicaid
Nursing home residents on Medicaid have some more time to spend their stimulus checks, but they shouldn’t wait too long. Typically, Medicaid…
Continue ReadingDNC to review presidential nomination process
The Democratic National Committee on Tuesday announced it will review the 2020 presidential nomination process, setting the stage for changes on how…
Continue Reading John Lewis’ posthumous graphic novel ‘Run: Book One’ to be released this summer
Late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis‘ posthumous graphic novel, “Run: Book One,” is set to be released this summer, as the…
Continue Reading Blinken dismisses Pompeo’s controversial initiative to rank human rights
Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Tuesday formally dismissed the statements of a controversial Trump-era committee that argued that some rights may…
Continue Reading John Durham is looking at FBI’s launch of Trump campaign probe, sources say
After two years of searching for problems with the investigation into Donald Trump’s campaign advisers in 2016 and their ties to Russia,…
Continue ReadingJustice Department launches 30-day review of how to better combat hate crimes
Attorney General Merrick Garland has launched a 30-day “expedited review” to figure out how the Justice Department can “deploy all…
Continue Reading Kentucky legislature passes bipartisan election bill expanding early and absentee voting
Kentucky’s Republican-led General Assembly this week passed bipartisan voting reform legislation setting rules for absentee and early voting…
Continue Reading Low-income Social Security recipients will get their stimulus payments next week
The Internal Revenue Service will start sending stimulus payments to low-income Social Security recipients this weekend, and expects most of the…
Continue Reading Biden administration expanding pause on student loan interest and collections
The Biden administration is expanding the pause on student loan interest and collections to the more than a million borrowers who are in default on…
Continue ReadingNATO scrambles jets 10 times to track Russian military planes across Europe
NATO scrambled fighter jets 10 times Monday to track and intercept an unusually “rare peak” of Russian bombers and fighters flying over…
Continue ReadingBiden won’t throw Washington Nationals opening day pitch, White House says
President Joe Biden is not scheduled to toss out the Opening Day first pitch on Thursday for the Washington Nationals, White House press secretary…
Continue ReadingRepublican Kelly Tshibaka launches Senate campaign against Lisa Murkowski
Republican Kelly Tshibaka, a former Alaska Department of Administration commissioner, launched her Senate campaign on Monday against Sen. Lisa…
Continue Reading Progressive caucus chair says Senate must eliminate the filibuster or override parliamentarian
The chairwoman of the House Progressive Caucus said Tuesday that she is convinced that in order to ensure that President Joe Biden’s…
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