Jan 15 King family rally in Arizona for voting bills for MLK Day By Terry Tang, Associated Press As the nation prepares to mark the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some members of his family are spending it in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation. Continue reading
Jan 14 Federal testing website launches next week, limited to 4 tests per home By Zeke Miller, Associated Press The announcement on Friday comes as the administration looks to address nationwide shortages, but supplies will be limited to just four free tests per home. Continue reading
Jan 14 WATCH: Pentagon press secretary John Kirby holds briefing on Russia's activities in Ukraine By Associated Press The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine, and Moscow has already prepositioned operatives to conduct "a false-flag operation" in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Jan 14 Biden administration threatens to take COVID relief funds back from Arizona over anti-mask rules By Fatima Hussein, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The Treasury Department warns in a Friday letter that Arizona has 60 days to remove the anti-masking provisions before the federal government moves to recover the relief money. Continue reading
Jan 14 Biden to hold news conference next Wednesday amid agenda roadblocks By Associated Press The news conference comes as Biden is attempting to salvage his voting rights initiative and economic agenda, both of which lack the votes to move forward in the evenly-split Senate. Continue reading
Jan 14 Ohio Supreme Court rejects GOP-drawn congressional map By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a new map of the state’s 15 congressional districts as gerrymandered, sending the blueprint back for another try. Continue reading
Jan 14 WATCH: White House says Russia is prepping pretext for Ukraine invasion By News Desk The White House says U.S. intelligence officials have determined a Russian effort is underway to create a pretext for its troops to further invade Ukraine, and Moscow has already prepositioned operatives to conduct “a false-flag operation” in eastern Ukraine. Continue reading
Jan 14 WATCH: Biden reflects on program designed to fix 15,000 U.S. bridges By Associated Press President Joe Biden announces his administration's plan to help rebuild the nation's bridges as part of the infrastructure law approved in November. Continue reading
Jan 13 Watch 5:57 Democrats' voting rights legislation 'on ice' with opposition to filibuster change By Lisa Desjardins, Geoff Bennett, Tess Conciatori President Biden and congressional Democrats made a new push Thursday for voting rights legislation. The House passed a repackaged set of two bills aimed at blunting Republican-passed state laws that Democrats say will limit voting. But they still face hurdles… Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch 8:10 Sen. Warnock on the prospects for voting rights legislation: 'This is about our democracy' President Biden on Thursday made his case for voting right legislation directly to Senate Democrats and heatedly denounced the Republican efforts to put limits on voting. But Sen. Kyrsten Sinema reiterated that she would not support a change to the… Continue watching