Mar 01 Union rejects MLB's last offer, likely leading to cancelled games By Ronald Blum, Associated Press MLB made its last offer about 90 minutes before a self-imposed 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday. The league has threatened to cancel March 31's opening day without a deal by then. Continue reading
Mar 01 What to watch in Biden's 2022 State of the Union By Joshua Barajas, Nicole Ellis, Lisa Desjardins When President Joe Biden delivers his first State of the Union address tonight, it will be to a nation in the throes of different crises. Continue reading
Mar 01 Unity between NATO and the West is key tool against Putin, Biden to stress in State of the Union By Judy Woodruff In a lunch with journalists hours before his address, Biden said unity is "the one thing that gives us power to impose severe consequences on Putin for what he’s done," and which will make him think twice as the fallout… Continue reading
Mar 01 Big tech grapples with Russian state media, propaganda By David Klepper, Amanda Seitz, Associated Press Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing big tech companies to decide how to handle Russian state media that spread propaganda and misinformation. Continue reading
Mar 01 Russia holds drills with nuclear submarines, land-based missiles amid Ukraine invasion By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russian nuclear submarines have sailed off for drills in the Barents Sea and mobile missile launchers are roaming snow forests in Siberia after President Vladimir Putin ordered his nation's nuclear forces put on high alert. Continue reading
Mar 01 Iowa Gov. Reynolds should return $450,000 in improperly spent COVID funds, says state auditor By David Pitt, Associated Press Iowa's state auditor again called for Gov. Kim Reynolds to return nearly $450,000 in federal coronavirus relief funds that were used to pay for 21 governor's office staff members for three months in 2020. Continue reading
Mar 01 Jackson prepares to meet with senators in swift start toward Supreme Court confirmation By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press If confirmed, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would be the first Black female justice in the court’s more than 200-year history. Continue reading
Mar 01 Twitter suspends U.S. Senate candidate for hateful conduct By Associated Press U.S. Senate candidate for Missouri says she has no plans to delete a transphobic tweet that violated Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct. Continue reading
Mar 01 WATCH: 'No one fought harder' for Biden agenda than progressives, Tlaib says By Associated Press President Joe Biden's domestic agenda has been supported by progressives but undermined by Republicans and "corporate-backed Democratic obstructionists," Rep. Rashida Tlaib said in the Working Families Party response to the State of the Union on March 1. Continue reading
Mar 01 Biden extends FEMA coronavirus aid for states through July 1 By Zeke Miller, Associated Press White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients informed governors Tuesday that Biden is approving the extension of Federal Emergency Management Agency support to help continue FEMA-backed efforts like vaccination clinics, mass testing sites and surging hospital resources to deal with local… Continue reading