Jun 07 WATCH: Harris says leaders need to restore hope in Guatemala By Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris is emphasizing the need to restore hope for residents of struggling Central American nations to help address the increase in migration from the region. Continue reading
Jun 07 WATCH: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds news briefing By Associated Press White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki says the Biden Administration will push ahead with Voting Rights Act and Infrastructure despite hopes for bipartisan support slowly slipping away. Continue reading
Jun 07 Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary protected status By Mark Sherman, Associated Press A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that thousands of people living in the U.S. for humanitarian reasons are ineligible to apply to become permanent residents. Continue reading
Jun 06 Israel arrests Jerusalem activists in contested neighborhood By Josef Federman, Associated Press Israeli police burst into the home of a prominent family in the contested Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sunday, the family said, arresting a 23-year-old woman who has led protests against attempts by Jewish settlers to evict dozens of… Continue reading
Jun 06 Manchin say he’ll vote against ‘partisan’ Dem elections bill By Associated Press Manchin said lawmakers should instead focus their energies on revitalizing the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was weakened by a Supreme Court decision in 2013. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has joined him in calling for that approach. Continue reading
Jun 05 Justice Dept. says it’ll no longer seize reporters’ records By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Justice Department said Saturday that it no longer will secretly obtain reporters’ records during leak investigations, a policy shift that abandons a practice decried by news organizations and press freedom groups. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch 12:00 Brooks and Capehart on infrastructure talks, VP Harris’s role and Trump’s influence New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including negotiations between President Biden and Republicans over infrastructure, Vice President Kamala Harris's focus on the border and voting… Continue watching
Jun 04 USDA sending $1 billion in funding to country’s food bank networks By Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press The Department of Agriculture is sending $1 billion to the country's food bank networks, seeking to expand the reach of the system and revamp the way food banks acquire and distribute aid. Continue reading
Jun 04 Biden administration reassessing part of Georgia health plan By Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press The Biden administration is reevaluating a plan by Georgia officials to overhaul how state residents buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Jun 04 Unrest erupts after man dies in Minneapolis arrest attempt By Amy Forliti, Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press Authorities said Friday that members of the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force were trying to arrest a man on a warrant for illegally carrying a firearm when he was shot by a deputy from Hennepin County and a deputy from… Continue reading