Mar 14 WATCH: President Biden asks local officials to help push for funding By Associated Press Biden used an address to the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference to highlight the one year anniversary of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan (ARP) and to appeal for local leaders to continue to push for more funding… Continue reading
Mar 14 WATCH: State Department spokesman Ned Price gives news briefing as Ukraine crisis continues By Associated Press Face to face, President Joe Biden's national security adviser warned a top Chinese official on Monday about China's support for Russia in the Ukrainian invasion, even as the Kremlin denied reports it had requested Chinese military equipment to use in… Continue reading
Mar 14 Ukraine’s Zelensky to deliver virtual address to joint session of Congress By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress as the Russian war on his country intensifies. Continue reading
Mar 14 For kids with COVID-19, everyday life can be a struggle By Colleen Long, Associated Press More than 12.7 million children in the U.S. alone have tested positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic began. Continue reading
Mar 12 US pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo, aide from Iran threat By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department says it’s paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face “serious and credible” threats from Iran. Continue reading
Mar 11 Texas judge blocks investigations of transgender youth’s parents By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday preventing the state from enforcing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's directive that compels the Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate. Continue reading
Mar 11 Wisconsin crime lab destroys Kyle Rittenhouse rifle By Associated Press Rittenhouse's attorneys and prosecutors agreed in January that the gun would be destroyed. Rittenhouse's attorneys has said Rittenhouse didn't want someone to buy it as a trophy. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 12:55 Capehart and Abernathy on the domestic impact of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine By PBS NewsHour Jonathan Capehart and Gary Abernathy, both columnists for The Washington Post, join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the financial squeeze Americans are feeling amid sanctions on Russia and whether new laws in Florida on race and… Continue watching
Mar 11 Judge says Trump’s attempt to delay E. Jean Carroll’s defamation claims is in ‘bad faith’ By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A judge says former President Donald Trump's moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser's defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and so far succeeding. Continue reading
Mar 11 WATCH: U.S. accuses Russia of using U.N. council to spread ‘disinformation’ about bioweapons in Ukraine By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The United States has accused Russia of using a U.N. Security Council meeting for "spreading disinformation" as part of a potential false-flag operation by Moscow for the use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine. Continue reading