Oct 01 U.S. tries to repair relations with France after Australia sub snub By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The State Department says Blinken will visit Paris next week for an international economic conference but will also meet with French officials to discuss the rupture in relations. Continue reading
Oct 01 Nation's most restrictive abortion law back in Texas court By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Biden administration has called the law unconstitutional and sued Texas last month. It's unclear when the judge will decide whether to put the law on hold. Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: White House says Biden, Congressional Democrats making progress on infrastructure deal By Associated Press The event is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. ET. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:26 Where infrastructure negotiations stand ahead of expected vote A bill extending funding for two months is now before President Joe Biden, making it all but certain that there will be no government shutdown. But it is still unclear whether the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the… Continue watching
Sep 30 Ban on 'surprise' medical bills on track for Jan. 1 rollout By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press Patients will no longer have to worry about getting a huge bill following a medical crisis if the closest hospital emergency room happened to have been outside their insurance plan's provider network. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 12:32 Why Manchin, Sinema are holding out on reconciliation, and how their constituents feel By Lisa Desjardins, Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Tess Conciatori, Matt Loffman, Casey Kuhn As Democrats work to reach an agreement on trillions of dollars of government spending, the fate of the reconciliation bill's final cost — and the passage of the president's overall legislative agenda — largely hinges on support from two key,… Continue watching
Sep 30 Democrats try again to find compromise ahead of infrastructure deal vote By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press President Joe Biden is heading to Capitol Hill as Democrats strain to rescue a scaled back version of his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill. Continue reading
Sep 30 Justice Alito pushes back against SCOTUS criticism By Casey Smith, Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Three controversial cases were brought to the court as emergency motions and were decided without the court's more typical full briefing and oral argument. That process has been called the court's "shadow docket."… Continue reading
Sep 30 Biden signs continuing budget resolution to fund government through Dec. 3rd By Kevin Freking, Associated Press With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden on Thursday evening signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep the government funded through Dec. 3. Congress had passed the bill earlier Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 30 Biden plan at stake, Pelosi pushes ahead for $3.5T deal By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Thursday's promised vote on the first piece, a slimmer $1 trillion public works bill, is faltering amid stalled talks on his more ambitious package. Continue reading