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Biden to praise progress against COVID-19 pandemic ahead of major holiday weekend
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- Appearing in Virginia ahead of Memorial Day weekend, President Joe Biden is expected to tout the state's and the country's "strong progress" a...
May 28, 2021
Mother of fallen Capitol Police officer lobbies GOP senators on Jan. 6 commission
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The mother of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick returned to the site of the Jan. 6 attack on Thursday to lobby Senate Republicans to vote to establ...
May 27, 2021
Senate Republicans unveil latest counteroffer to Biden on infrastructure spending
ajansen/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- A group of Senate Republicans on Thursday announced a $928 billion counteroffer to President Joe Biden's plan on infrastructure spending, the latest attempt to make progr...
May 27, 2021
States lead charge on policing reform while Washington stalls: 'You have to move now'
dlewis33/iStock(NEW YORK) -- A year after George Floyd's murder sparked a national racial reckoning over police brutality, lawmakers in Washington have yet to pass any new policing reforms that might ...
May 27, 2021
Republicans poised to block creation of Jan. 6 commission
drnadig/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- Senate Republicans are poised to quash an effort Thursday to establish a bipartisan, independent commission to study the Jan. 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol that that left...
May 27, 2021
DHS mandates pipeline companies report breaches within 12 hours
Gwengoat/iStock(WASHINGTON) -- The Department of Homeland Security is mandating that pipeline companies report cyber breaches to federal authorities within 12 hours, according to government officials....
May 27, 2021
Jon Stewart joins lawmakers to push benefits for vets exposed to toxins
Zach Gibson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Comedian Jon Stewart joined lawmakers to unveil broad legislation on Wednesday that would make it easier for veterans exposed to toxic substances to access Vete...
May 27, 2021
Arizona voting bill fails in the House, with 2 Republicans crossing party lines
adamkaz/iStock(PHOENIX) -- An Arizona state bill that would have required absentee ballots list more personal information failed in the Republican-controlled state House on Wednesday. Arizona state Se...
May 26, 2021
White House makes history with deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The White House made history Wednesday when Karine Jean-Pierre, the principal deputy press secretary for the White House, briefed reporters ...
May 26, 2021
US embassies authorized to hang Black Lives Matter flags, banners on anniversary of Floyd's murder
Kittipot Suwattarakul/EyeEm/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- In advance of the one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized all U.S. embassies and consulates ...
May 26, 2021
