Feb 05 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds briefing as U.S. reaches new grim milestone in deaths By Michelle R. Smith, Amy Taxin, Associated Press Infectious disease specialists expect deaths to start dropping soon, after new cases hit a peak right around the beginning of the year. New COVID-19 deaths could ebb as early as next week, said the new director of the Centers for… Continue reading
Feb 05 WATCH: Pete Buttigieg speaks after meeting with transportation workers By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg meets with frontline transit and rail workers today at 10 a.m. EST. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Feb 05 Senate approves fast-track of COVID-19 aid, Harris casts tie-breaker By Josh Boak, Associated Press The Senate has approved a measure that would let Democrats muscle through President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan without Republican support. Vice President Kamala Harris was in the chair to cast the tie-breaking vote, her first. Continue reading
Feb 05 The post-Trump identity crisis that's fracturing the GOP By Daniel Bush Republicans will soon be forced to choose sides in the Senate, where Donald Trump will face an impeachment charge of inciting a violent insurrection. But the party has struggled to separate the former president from the deeply loyal base of… Continue reading
Feb 04 Congressional report finds some amounts of toxic metals in baby food brands By Dee-Ann Durbin, Associated Press A congressional investigation has found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic metals in many popular baby foods, including organic brands. Continue reading
Feb 04 House votes to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from committees By Alan Fram, Brian Slodysko, Associated Press It was an unprecedented punishment for the chamber and it reflected Democrats' outrage at the hateful and violent conspiracy theories she has helped spread. Continue reading
Feb 04 Watch 6:51 Debate over one of their own opens new fault lines in Republican ranks By Lisa Desjardins The U.S. House of Representatives spent hours on Thursday in impassioned debate over the future of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and her past statements espousing support for conspiracy theories and violence against lawmakers. The issue has widened an already… Continue watching
Feb 04 Watch 6:29 Sen. Bill Cassidy on Rep. Greene: 'She's part of the conspiracy cabal' Sen. Bill Cassidy, of Louisiana, is one of 10 Republicans to meet this week with President Biden about the administration's COVID relief bill, and one of only a handful of medical doctors serving in Congress. He joins Judy Woodruff to… Continue watching
Feb 04 Trump rejects request to testify at his impeachment trial By Meredith Lee Former president Donald Trump quickly rejected a request by House impeachment managers on Thursday to testify at his upcoming Senate impeachment trial. Lead impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., sent a letter to the former president's attorneys on… Continue reading
Feb 04 Johnson & Johnson asks U.S. regulators to approve its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press Preliminary results from a massive study showed J&J's vaccine was safe and offered strong protection against moderate to severe COVID-19. Continue reading