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Looming COVID drug cuts prompt plans to reclaim, redistribute unused supply
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With President Joe Biden’s $15.6 billion request for COVID-19 relief stalled in Congress, the federal government plans to begin significantly cutti...
Mar 18, 2022
How schoolhouse culture wars may factor into the 2022 midterms
Jetta Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- States nationwide are grappling with ongoing debates over critical race theory, sexual orientation and book censorship. In many ways, some of the most conte...
Mar 18, 2022
DHS evaluating Ukrainians' asylum claims on case-by-case basis: Mayorkas
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that Customs and Border Protection will handle asylum claims by Ukrainian and Russian nationa...
Mar 17, 2022
Move over Iowa. New Jersey Democrats vie to hold early presidential primary
chokkicx/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As the Democratic National Committee considers changes to its primary calendar, New Jersey Democrats are pitching themselves for consideration as one of the ear...
Mar 17, 2022
Irish prime minister's COVID case scrambles St. Patrick's Day plans in Washington
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden met virtually with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin Thursday after Martin tested positive for COVID-19, scrambling holiday plans i...
Mar 17, 2022
Ketanji Brown Jackson's Harvard ties scrutinized over affirmative action case
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- At her Senate confirmation hearing next week, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson will face calls to recuse herself from one of the first major cases s...
Mar 17, 2022
What to know about the 100 US 'Switchblade' drones heading to Ukraine
U.S. Marine Corps(WASHINGTON) -- In a White House list of weapons being sent to Ukraine as part of a new $800 million military support package announced by President Joe Biden Wednesday -- among nearl...
Mar 17, 2022
Congress addresses bomb threats at historically Black colleges
Image Source/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Congress is addressing campus security at historically Black colleges and universities in the wake of dozens of high-profile bomb threats. The House Committee ...
Mar 17, 2022
Message to Moscow: Biden boosts military aid to Ukraine in public display
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Hours after an emotional address to Congress by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, where he pleaded for a no-fly zone and more ...
Mar 16, 2022
Biden calls Russia's Putin a 'war criminal' over invasion of Ukraine
Alex Wong/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Wednesday called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" for his violent invasion Ukraine, including attacks on civilians. The pr...
Mar 16, 2022
