Washington — President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a relaunch of the government’s cancer “moonshot” effort, with a goal of cutting deaths from the disease by half. The so-called “moonshot” against cancer was first launched in 2016 with $1.8 billion in federal funds to be spread out over seven …
Read More »Biden signs order making sexual harassment an offense under military code
President Biden has signed an executive order to make sexual harassment an offense under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and to improve the military’s response to domestic violence and the unlawful distribution of intimate images. Establishing sexual harassment as an offense under the code was called for by the …
Read More »Biden to hold news conference capping first year in office
President Biden will hold his 10th news conference as president on Wednesday, the day before he marks one year in the White House. Mr. Biden, who has held fewer press conferences at this point in his presidency than recent predecessors, is wrapping up his first year in office with some …
Read More »New CDC reports find “test to stay” policies can help children stay in school, but barriers exist
Schools that allowed unvaccinated students exposed to COVID to stay in school as long as they continuously tested negative and followed mitigation measures were able to reduce the time students lost in the classroom and limit the spread of the virus, according to two reports released by the Centers for …
Read More »Taxes in the House social spending bill could bring in $1.48 trillion
Tax hikes on the wealthy and large corporations in the proposed social spending bill would rake in $1.48 trillion, the Joint Committee on Taxation estimated. Their analysis comes as Democrats are hitting the gas pedal on efforts to pass President Joe Biden’s agenda, arguing the plan would be paid for. …
Read More »Justice Department asks court to stop Texas abortion law from being implemented
The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Monday to stop the implementation of Texas’ restrictive abortion law, requesting the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to deny a stay against an injunction blocking the law from going into effect. The move comes days after a three-judge panel on the 5th Circuit …
Read More »Republicans dig in on debt limit fight as economists warn of catastrophe
Republican Senators said Wednesday that they will not help address the debt limit as the United States barrels toward default, an unprecedented situation that experts warn would plunge the United States into a financial crisis. Democrats tied the debt limit suspension to a short-term budget bill to keep the government …
Read More »McAuliffe, Younkin spar over vaccine mandates and abortion bans in Virginia’s first gubernatorial race debate
The same campaign topics that dominated in the weeks leading up to California’s recall election were front-and-center days later in the first debate of Virginia’s gubernatorial race. Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin and Democratic candidate and former Governor Terry McAuliffe deeply differed over their views of COVID-19 vaccination mandates and abortion …
Read More »DHS bulletin warns of potential threat of domestic violent extremists to Afghan evacuees, immigrant communities
As tens of thousands of evacuated Afghans prepare to rebuild their lives in America, the Department of Homeland Security warned law enforcement of a potential uptick in “grievances” by domestic violent extremists that “could lead some to commit violence,” according to an intelligence bulletin obtained by CBS News. The assessment …
Read More »Biden says Republicans won’t let U.S. default amid debt ceiling standoff
The Biden administration and Democratic congressional leaders are pushing back on Republican lawmakers who have said Democrats will have to go it alone on raising or suspending the debt ceiling. President Biden said Wednesday that he is not worried about the debt ceiling and pointed out that the national debt …
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