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Sour views on economy keep Biden approval on issues down: POLL
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(NEW YORK) -- With the midterm elections three months away, Americans maintain a sour view on the state of the economy and are pessimistic about its future co...
Aug 08, 2022
Republicans strip $35 insulin price cap from Democrats' bill -- but insist Senate rules are to blame
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly uniform Republican opposition in the Senate on Sunday stripped a proposed cap on insulin prices in private insurance from Democrats' party-line climate, ...
Aug 08, 2022
US may do '2-for-2' prisoner swap to get Griner, Whelan out of Russia: Ex-ambassador
ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Basketball star Brittney Griner and former Marine Paul Whelan should hopefully be released from Russia as part of a "two-for-two" prisoner swap, former U.S. Ambassador to the U...
Aug 08, 2022
Senate Democrats pass climate, tax and health care bill after marathon voting session
John Baggaley/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate on Sunday passed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) along party lines, 51-50, handing Democrats a crucial legislative win as the midterm cycle ramps...
Aug 08, 2022
Biden cleared to leave isolation following second negative COVID-19 test
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden has been cleared to break isolation now that he has tested negative for COVID-19 for the second time, his physician announ...
Aug 08, 2022
After Roe, some questions and concern over future abortion access in DC
Westend61/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Roe v. Wade's overturning in June returned the regulation -- or banning -- of abortion to individual states and at least 15 states have since ceased nearly all ab...
Aug 08, 2022
Biden tests negative for COVID but will keep isolating out of 'caution'
Evan Vucci - Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after experiencing a rebound infection but will continue to isolate until he gets a seco...
Aug 06, 2022
Senate parliamentarian gives green light to most of Democrats' drug pricing plan
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats' major spending bill. The rulings from Elizabeth Ma...
Aug 06, 2022
Indiana governor signs bill banning nearly all abortions into law
Michael Hickey/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an abortion bill into law Friday, banning the procedure with very few exceptions, making it the first state to pass such ...
Aug 06, 2022
What's in the Senate Democrats' landmark 'Inflation Reduction Act'?
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With the Senate Democrats' last remaining holdout -- Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema -- tentatively signing onto a $739 billion modified reconciliation deal, ...
Aug 05, 2022
