Progressive Democrats push for $15 minimum wage as House set to consider stimulus bill
Progressive Democrats on Sunday argued to keep the $15 minimum wage increase in President Joe Biden’s stimulus package, as the provision faces…
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Fauci: ‘Possible’ Americans will be wearing masks in 2022 to protect against Covid-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that it’s “possible” Americans will still need to wear masks in 2022 to protect against the…
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Biden administration says 2 million Covid vaccine doses have been delivered after winter storms delay shipments
The Biden administration has partially caught up on its delayed vaccine shipments, having delivered about 2 million of the 6 million doses backlogged…
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Biden’s polling is steadier than Trump’s
Poll of the week: A Quinnipiac University poll finds that President Joe Biden’s job approval rating stands at 52% to a disapproval rating of…
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Arkansas GOP governor says he wouldn’t support a Trump 2024 reelection bid
The Republican governor of Arkansas, who had previously supported Donald Trump‘s reelection bid, said Sunday that he would not back the former…
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Lone Star state’s trouble comes in bunches
“O Gertrude, Gertrude,” King Claudius says to his wife in Act IV of Hamlet. “When sorrows come, they come not single spies. But in…
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These two charts show how much minimum wage workers have fallen behind
With Congress already battling over hiking the minimum wage to $15 an hour, President Joe Biden likely raised a few eyebrows when he recently said…
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Democrats turn to Biden’s agenda after impeachment trial
With impeachment in the rearview mirror, congressional Democrats are directing their full attention toward President Joe Biden’s agenda as they…
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Garland to call Capitol riot ‘heinous attack’ and tell Senate Judiciary Committee he’ll supervise prosecution of White supremacists
Judge Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, calls the January 6 attack on the US Capitol a “heinous…
Continue Reading READ: Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland’s opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee
President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, Judge Merrick Garland, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next…
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Biden visits Bob Dole following cancer diagnosis
President Joe Biden visited former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon, according to the White House, after the longtime Kansas senator announced…
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Biden is racing a ticking clock to fulfill this campaign promise
When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…
Continue ReadingTrump to speak at CPAC in first public appearance since leaving White House
Former President Donald Trump will speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, next Sunday, according to a source…
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What Biden’s future hinges on
When Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis ran for President against George H. W. Bush in 1988, he made competence one of his major campaign themes.…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 hospitalizations in the US dip to lowest level since November
Covid-19 hospitalizations in the United States are at the lowest level since early November, when a fall surge in cases and deaths was picking up…
Continue Reading Biden visiting Bob Dole following cancer diagnosis
President Joe Biden is visiting former Sen. Bob Dole Saturday afternoon after Dole announced earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with stage…
Continue Reading‘You did the unthinkable’: Ohio’s Anthony Gonzalez faces fury over impeachment vote
To Shannon Burns, the betrayal that local Republicans felt when Ohio State wide receiver-turned-Republican-congressman Anthony Gonzalez voted to…
Continue ReadingSanders says $15 minimum wage not ‘incidental’ to federal budget as its place in Covid relief bill questioned
Sen. Bernie Sanders argued Saturday that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour isn’t “incidental” to the federal budget, despite…
Continue ReadingJill Biden is hitting the ground running — in all directions
As far as Jill Biden is concerned, there isn’t necessarily going to be one “first lady platform,” or even two or three. A month…
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Covid-19 vaccines may prevent infection and not just symptoms, study suggests
Health experts have said that data so far has shown that Covid-19 vaccines prevent symptoms of the virus — but a new study suggests that the…
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