Feb 15 WATCH: State Department spokesperson Ned Price gives news briefing By News Desk The U.S. State Department says it will continue seeking a diplomatic path between Ukraine and Russia as the possibility of an imminent Russian attack remains. Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: House Judiciary hearing on immigrant physicians in the U.S. healthcare system By News Desk The House Judiciary committee held a hearing Tuesday on the role of immigrant physicians in the United States healthcare system. Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Biden delivers remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference By News Desk President Joe Biden delivered remarks Tuesday at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference. Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Sandy Hook families reach $73 million settlement with gun maker Remington By Dave Collins, Associated Press The families of nine victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have agreed to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 20 first graders and six educators in 2012, their attorney said… Continue reading
Feb 15 Accounting firm cuts ties with Trump, says financial documents aren't reliable By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The accounting firm that prepared former President Donald Trump’s annual financial statements says the documents, used to secure lucrative loans and burnish Trump’s image as a wealthy businessman, “should no longer be relied upon” after investigators said they found evidence… Continue reading
Feb 15 WATCH: Senate Finance committee hearing on protecting youth mental health and barriers to care By News Desk The U.S. faces a growing shortage of mental health professionals trained to work with young people — at a time when depression and anxiety are on the rise. Continue reading
Feb 14 West's megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Monday's study says the megadrought is now the worst-case scenario officials and scientists worried about in the 1900s. The drought deepened so much in 2021 that it is 5 percent worse than the old record in the late 1500s. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 2:50 Canada's Trudeau invokes emergency powers as demonstrations persist By John Yang, Alexis Cox, Tommy Walters The government of Canada declared an emergency Monday, targeting demonstrators who have tied up the capital city of Ottawa and critical border crossings. After weeks of obstruction, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers to halt the anti-vaccine protests. John… Continue watching
Feb 14 New York City fires more than 1,000 workers over COVID vaccine mandate By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press The mayor's office said Monday that 1,430 workers lost their jobs, representing less than one percent of the 370,000-person city workforce. … Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch 7:39 Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden's SCOTUS nominee? By Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Biden plans to personally interview potential nominees to the Supreme Court this week, and likely among them will be federal judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Jackson isn't new to the Supreme Court short list, she was considered a long-shot pick… Continue watching