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U.S. immigration, border agencies face funding shortfall after public health order ends
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security expects to be short on cash for border and immigration operations later this year after the federal government ends a policy prevents migrants from claiming asylum during a health crisis.
States rush to revise their abortion laws as a major U.S. Supreme Court decision nears
The court’s decision on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban is expected sometime within the next two months. But state legislatures have been racing to prepare for the expected landmark ruling by shepherding new, vastly different pieces of legislation to their governors.
U.S. lawmakers look for path ahead on billions in restaurant, small business aid
The restaurant funding would go to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund that Democrats established last year.
New federal COVID aid delayed after U.S. Senate Republicans insist on immigration debate
Despite reaching a bipartisan agreement Monday for $10 billion for testing, treatments and vaccines, much of it needed in states, the U.S. Senate was unable to begin floor debate due to a dispute about whether Republicans should be able to offer amendments, including one on Title 42.
Congress votes to back Ukraine by suspending normal trade relations with Russia
Ending Russia’s most favored nation status, or permanent normal trade relations, allows the U.S. government to increase tariffs on Russian imports.
U.S. Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson, ‘America at its best,’ to Supreme Court
The 53-47 vote comes just six weeks after President Joe Biden announced his nomination of Jackson from the White House, fulfilling a promise he first made on the campaign trail.
Biden administration details new research plan on ‘long COVID’ illness
The illness that lasts for months and possibly even years has so far confounded doctors trying to figure out exactly why some people are left with life-changing symptoms after fighting off the initial illness.
U.S. Senate strikes bipartisan agreement on $10 billion in COVID-19 funding
The funding total announced Monday is less than half of the $22.5 billion the Biden administration asked Congress for at the beginning of March.
5 questions about COVID-19 funding that’s stuck in D.C.
Congress remains undecided over how exactly to provide billions more to fight the COVID-19 pandemic as a new variant spreads throughout states and public health officials caution the virus doesn’t show signs of fading away.
Biden pleads with Congress for more COVID aid, gets his own second booster
Speaking from the White House, Biden said that without a bipartisan agreement on new funding, the federal government will need to roll back or end programs meant to curb the spread of the virus.
Second COVID booster authorized by FDA for those 50 and older
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized another round of COVID-19 booster shots for people 50 and older, as well as those who are immunocompromised.
Biden budget plan would levy minimum tax on billionaires, boost national security
“I’m calling for one of the largest investments in our national security in history, with the funds needed to ensure that our military remains the best-prepared, best-trained, best equipped military in the world,” Biden said in a statement.