Oct 28 Watch 6:32 Honoring the federal employees who are solving America’s biggest problems The past two years have tested the U.S. government’s response to crises after a global pandemic, struggling economy, tumultuous election and natural disasters. And while oversight committees and the media focus on the problems within government, one organization chooses to… Continue watching
Oct 28 U.S. introduces more stringent standards for lead poisoning in children By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials are changing their definition of lead poisoning in young children. The more stringent standard was announced Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 28 ‘It’s stupid,’ billionaires complain about proposed tax By Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press Elon Musk isn't happy. With a personal fortune that is flirting with $300 billion, the Tesla CEO — the richest person on earth — has been lashing out at a Democratic proposal to tax the assets of billionaires like him. Continue reading
Oct 28 This curator shows how art becomes a lifeline for those in and out of prison By Justin Stabley For Fleetwood, who was named a 2021 MacArthur fellow, the project was originally a way to reflect on her family’s legacy and what she could do to highlight what she considers a great injustice to her community. Continue reading
Oct 28 WATCH: Families of 9 killed in racist attack on SC church reach legal settlement with feds By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Families of nine victims killed in a racist attack at a Black South Carolina church have reached a settlement with the Justice Department over a faulty background check that allowed Dylann Roof to purchase the gun he used in the… Continue reading
Oct 28 WATCH: Biden gives remarks on legislative agenda, infrastructure and climate change proposal By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, Alan Fram, Associated Press President Joe Biden declared Thursday he has reached a “historic economic framework” with Democrats in Congress on his sweeping domestic policy package, a hard-fought yet dramatically scaled-back deal announced just before he departs for overseas summits. Continue reading
Oct 28 Why Congress is looking closely at the Jan. 6 rally By Mary Clare Jalonick, Michelle R. Smith, Associated Press The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has focused some of its early work on the planning of the rally at which President Donald Trump told his supporters to "fight like hell."… Continue reading
Oct 28 How live ammo got on set still a mystery in Baldwin shooting By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, Gene Johnson, Associated Press Accounts and images from court documents, interviews and social media postings have revealed much of what happened when actor Alec Baldwin shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on an Old West movie set in New Mexico. Continue reading
Oct 28 Paid family leave falls out of Biden bill as tempers rise By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, Alan Fram, Associated Press Top Democrats signaled a deal is within reach on President Joe Biden's big domestic bill but momentum fizzled and tempers flared late Wednesday as a paid family leave proposal fell out and a billionaires' tax appeared scrapped, mostly to satisfy… Continue reading
Oct 28 Biden heads to Capitol to push agenda with fellow Democrats By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, Alan Fram, Associated Press President Joe Biden is traveling to Capitol Hill to pitch House Democrats on a dramatically scaled back domestic policy package. Continue reading