Jun 30 WATCH: Biden announces pay raises for federal firefighters By Aamer Madhani, Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Joe Biden announced the moves during a virtual meeting with governors from Western states and as a huge swath of the Pacific Northwest endures one of the worst heat waves in recent memory. Continue reading
Jun 30 WATCH: Farm owners testify on supply chain in local agricultural markets By News Desk and Associated Press After completing a review of supply chains, the Biden administration announced on June 8 that it was forming a task force to address the bottlenecks in the semiconductor, construction, transportation and agriculture sectors. Continue reading
Jun 30 Supreme Court leaves CDC eviction moratorium in place By Associated Press The Supreme Court is leaving a pandemic-inspired nationwide ban on evictions in place, over the votes of four objecting conservative justices. Continue reading
Jun 29 House votes to remove Roger Taney bust, Confederate statues from the Capitol By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The bill calls for the removal of statues such as those of Jefferson Davis. It would also remove the bust of Roger Taney, the U.S. chief justice who wrote an infamous pro-slavery decision. Continue reading
Jun 29 7 takeaways from NewsHour’s investigation into harassment Black women in politics face By Lizz Bolaji, Chloe Jones As Black women continue to achieve record levels of representation in elected office, the constant harassment and threats of violence many of them face challenge that trajectory. Some live in fear, others have chosen to leave public life. The PBS… Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 4:21 News Wrap: Biden to visit Surfside condo collapse site on Thursday In our news wrap Tuesday, rescue crews in Surfside, Florida, have spent another long day, delicately digging into a collapsed condominium tower and hoping to find survivors. A scorching heat wave along the Pacific Northwest coast has moved east after… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 3:33 Highly contagious delta variant on path to become dominant strain in the U.S. By William Brangham The U.S. is in a far better place this summer than many other countries witnessing new COVID cases. But the delta variant of the virus — now expected to become the dominant strain in the U.S. — is posing serious… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch 8:35 Dr. Fauci on delta variant, booster shots and masks for the vaccinated To understand more about the threat to Americans from the delta variant of the novel coronavirus, including the need for vaccinated individuals to wear masks or require booster vaccines, Judy Woodruff turns to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci is the director… Continue watching
Jun 29 U.S. House votes to ease entry process for Afghan interpreters By Associated Press The bill, which drew bipartisan support, eliminates a requirement that special visa applicants get a medical exam before they leave Afghanistan. They would be able to get the exam once they are in the U.S. Continue reading
Jun 29 Analysis: Public scrutiny of the Florida condo collapse is needed to prevent another catastrophe By Norb Delatte, The Conversation Investigators are searching for what caused the tall apartment building near Miami to suddenly fail. What they find could lead to changes in building codes. Continue reading