Oct 01 Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms By Associated Press The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:26 Where infrastructure negotiations stand ahead of expected vote A bill extending funding for two months is now before President Joe Biden, making it all but certain that there will be no government shutdown. But it is still unclear whether the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: Number of active-duty military suicides jumped 15% in 2020 In our news wrap Thursday, the number of suicides in the active-duty U.S. military rose 15 percent last year — to 580. The Biden administration is rolling out a more lenient approach to immigration enforcement. U.S. senators attacked Facebook over… Continue watching
Sep 30 Ban on 'surprise' medical bills on track for Jan. 1 rollout By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge bill following a medical crisis if the closest hospital emergency room happened to have been outside their insurance plan's provider network. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 12:32 Why Manchin, Sinema are holding out on reconciliation, and how their constituents feel By Lisa Desjardins, Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Tess Conciatori, Matt Loffman, Casey Kuhn As Democrats work to reach an agreement on trillions of dollars of government spending, the fate of the reconciliation bill's final cost — and the passage of the president's overall legislative agenda — largely hinges on support from two key,… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 5:18 Only 32% of pregnant Americans are vaccinated, with divide worsening along racial lines The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its most urgent appeal for pregnant individuals to get the COVID-19 vaccine. New CDC data shows that pregnant people are twice as likely to be hospitalized due to the virus. Just… Continue watching
Sep 30 Democrats try again to find compromise ahead of infrastructure deal vote By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Joe Biden is heading to Capitol Hill as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled back version of his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill. Continue reading
Sep 30 Military suicides rise 15 percent as senior leaders call for action By Lolita C. Baldor, Robert Burns, Associated Press Data released by the Pentagon showed there were 580 suicides last year, compared to 504 the prior year. Continue reading
Sep 30 Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Blige, Lamar to perform at Super Bowl By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Associated Press Roc Nation founder Jay-Z said in a statement that their show will be "history in the making." The 2022 game will be the first time the Super Bowl has been played in the Los Angeles area since 1993. Continue reading
Sep 30 Justice Alito pushes back against SCOTUS criticism By Casey Smith, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Three controversial cases were brought to the court as emergency motions and were decided without the court's more typical full briefing and oral argument. That process has been called the court's "shadow docket."… Continue reading