When the coronavirus pandemic struck in March 2020, Congress approved an unprecedented expansion of the nation’s unemployment program to help those who suddenly lost their jobs.
US and Mexico set to negotiate updated bilateral security arrangement to fight drug trafficking and other threats
Senior US officials meeting with their Mexican counterparts Friday will discuss ways to establish a new security agreement that updates the $3 billion Merida Initiative, a 2008 pact meant to fight drug trafficking and organized crime, State Department …
Hope for another Covid-19 turning point as vaccines for kids near
There’s good news on the Covid-19 front. But we’ve seen this movie before, when the data trended in the right direction only to be reversed.
Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments to be expanded by Biden administration, Utah governor says
The Biden administration will expand the size of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said on Thursday.
Woman charged with stealing a laptop from Pelosi’s office during US Capitol riot
Nine months after the US Capitol riot, a Pennsylvania woman has been formally charged with stealing and then selling or disposing of a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office.
Trump indicates he will try to assert executive privilege to prevent House investigators from getting information
Former President Donald Trump indicated on Thursday that he will try to exert executive privilege to prevent a House committee investigating January 6 the insurrection at the US Capitol from getting information from certain witnesses.
Inside the Manchin-Sanders feud that has Democrats nervous about Biden’s agenda
Rep. Ro Khanna had a suggestion for President Joe Biden on a private conference call earlier this week: Have Sens. Joe Manchin and Bernie Sanders sit in the same room and try to cut a deal on the Democratic Party’s massive social safety net expansion.
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US submarine hits underwater object in South China Sea
A US nuclear powered submarine struck an object underwater in the South China Sea on Saturday, according to two defense officials.
Takeaways from the Senate Judiciary Committee report on Trump’s attempted coup
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee released a sweeping report Thursday detailing what they say is evidence former President Donald Trump and a top lawyer in the Justice Department attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
January 6 committee issues new subpoenas for 2 leaders of ‘Stop the Steal’ group
The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol issued a new round of subpoenas on Thursday, targeting two leaders of the “Stop the Steal” group, Ali Alexander and Nathan Martin, who are also affiliated with the planning of the…