Senate slogs through overnight series of votes to push Biden’s Covid relief plan
The Senate is voting Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly 12-hour struggle to get…
Continue ReadingPolitics
70 years later, a US Army chaplain’s remains are found
Seventy years after renowned Army Chaplain Capt. Emil Kapaun died as a prisoner in the Korean War, his remains have been identified by the Defense…
Continue Reading
Senate Democrats strike deal for $300 unemployment benefits boost into September
Jobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for a little longer under the Senate’s…
Continue Reading
There’s a lot of misinformation around what’s happening at the border. Here are the facts.
The Biden administration is facing an increasing number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing into the United States, placing added strain on a…
Continue Reading
Here’s what a ‘vote-a-rama’ is (and what it means for Biden’s stimulus)
Senate Democrats’ push to quickly pass President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief package has met a time-consuming and stamina-challenging…
Continue Reading
Senate leaders win over key Democratic holdout as party struggles to push through Biden’s Covid relief plan
The Senate is voting into the wee hours of Saturday morning on a series of amendments to the $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill, following a nearly…
Continue Reading Task force examining Capitol security calls for installment of mobile fencing among host of other changes
A task force established to review security at the US Capitol following the violent insurrection on January 6 is calling for mobile fencing around…
Continue Reading
Is there a border crisis? It depends who you ask, but it’s clear that more migrants are crossing into the US
An American flag blew in the South Texas wind as Father Roy Snipes prepared to welcome 100 migrants to the school close to his church. He set the…
Continue ReadingProgressives grapple with path forward as hopes of passing minimum wage fade
The Senate dealt progressives a blow they have been trying to prevent but knew was coming by voting down an amendment to include a $15 minimum wage…
Continue ReadingBiden administration tells facilities for migrant children to reopen to pre-pandemic levels
The Biden administration has notified facilities caring for migrant children that they can open back up to pre-Covid-19 levels, acknowledging…
Continue Reading Attorney for Cuomo accuser asks NY AG to protect all documents and notes of conversations from ‘potential spoilation’ by governor’s administration
The attorney for Charlotte Bennett, who is accusing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, sent a letter Friday to New York Attorney…
Continue ReadingBill to repeal Cuomo’s emergency executive powers reaches governor’s desk
The New York State Senate and State Assembly passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded emergency executive powers Friday, sending it…
Continue Reading Biden administration considers opening additional tent facilities in Arizona amid influx of migrants
The Biden administration is considering opening additional temporary border facilities in Arizona to manage the influx of migrants arriving at the…
Continue Reading
Trump State Department official charged for attacking police in Capitol riot
A former Trump State Department political appointee appeared in Washington, DC, federal court Friday after being charged for pushing against police…
Continue ReadingNew York Times and Wall Street Journal: Top Cuomo aides rewrote nursing home report from state health officials to hide higher death toll
Some top aides for New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo allegedly rewrote a June nursing home report from state health officials to hide the higher…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill has picked Shalanda Young to lead OMB — but Biden hasn’t yet
Congressional Democrats are pushing President Joe Biden to nominate Shalanda Young to lead the Office of Management and Budget after Neera Tanden…
Continue Reading
Senate Democrats look to trim weekly unemployment benefits boost but add a month of payments in stimulus bill
Jobless Americans would get a smaller weekly boost to unemployment benefits but receive those payments for an additional month under a last-minute…
Continue ReadingFact-checking Detroit mayor’s misleading statements on Johnson & Johnson vaccine
As the demand for coronavirus vaccines continues to outpace the supply, the newly approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine came as encouraging and much…
Continue ReadingWhite House and Detroit officials seek to limit fallout after mayor initially declines Johnson & Johnson vaccine
White House and Detroit officials tried to limit fallout after Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan initially declined to accept an allocation of Johnson &…
Continue ReadingNew York State Senate passes bill to repeal Cuomo’s emergency executive powers
The New York State Senate passed a bill to repeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s expanded emergency executive powers Friday. The vote split straight down…
Continue Reading