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U.S. to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, levy more sanctions on Russia
The new economic restrictions on Russia and billions more in aid for Ukrainians were detailed as President Joe Biden huddled with North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Group of Seven leaders at a summit in Brussels.
Ketanji Brown Jackson vows to decide U.S. Supreme Court cases from a ‘neutral posture’
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson began her four-day confirmation process to become the nation’s first Black female associate justice on Monday, listening to hours of opening statements from Senate Judiciary Committee members before giving her own.
U.S. House moves to revoke Russia, Belarus trade status; 8 Republicans vote no
The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, another step the federal government hopes will end the Russian war in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy reminds Congress of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in pleading for U.S. help for Ukraine
During the speech, delivered virtually to members of Congress in an auditorium on Capitol Hill, Zelenskyy drew a comparison between attacks on the United States and on his democracy and called on the U.S. to institute a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
U.S. Senate confirms Louisiana’s Shalanda Young to head up White House budget agency
Young, former staff director for the House Appropriations Committee, will become the first Black woman to head up the Cabinet-level agency that releases the president’s budget request, oversees federal agencies’ performance and reviews significant federal regulations.
With COVID funding stuck in Congress, White House raises alarms about shortfall
Senior administration officials told reporters Tuesday that without the $22.5 billion the White House requested last month, there will be a drop-off in the federal government’s ability to purchase tests, treatments and vaccines.
Louisiana’s Shalanda Young advances toward Senate confirmation as Biden’s budget director
The U.S. Senate gave President Joe Biden’s budget director nominee a first nod of approval Monday night, voting to advance her to a final confirmation vote later this week.
VA eyes major changes in health care system as veterans flock to the South, Southwest
The restructuring would mean the closures or consolidations of some medical facilities, likely provoking opposition from communities and members of Congress.
U.S., other democracies limit Russian trade benefits in reaction to war against Ukraine
President Joe Biden on Friday announced a new round of sanctions on Russia by the United States, as well as countries within the European Union and the Group of Seven nations.
Congress nears finish line on spending package that omits aid for COVID tests, treatment
Congress is close to clearing a massive government funding package that includes billions in aid to Ukraine, but Democrats and Republicans remain locked in a stalemate over additional pandemic relief.
Return of earmarks a boon for members of Congress facing midterm battles
Vulnerable lawmakers from throughout the country are set to rake in federal cash for home-state projects after a major spending bill included the first round of earmarks in more than a decade.
COVID aid stripped from U.S. spending bill after protests states would lose relief money
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement that it was “heartbreaking” to remove the COVID-19 funding, but added that the House needed to immediately pass the rest of the $1.5 trillion spending package, including aid to Ukraine.