Mar 19 WATCH: COVID-19 task force holds briefing as U.S. hits 100 million vaccinations goal By Zeke Miller, Associated Press With the U.S. closing in on President Joe Biden’s goal of injecting 100 million coronavirus vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, officials say the nation is now in position to help supply neighbors Canada and Mexico with shots. Continue reading
Mar 18 U.S., China spar in first face-to-face meeting under Biden By Matthew Lee, Mark Thiessen, Associated Press In unusually pointed remarks for a staid diplomatic meeting, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Communist Party foreign affairs chief Yang Jiechi took aim at each other's country's policies at the start of two days of talks in Alaska… Continue reading
Mar 18 Treasury to launch education effort for relief package By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Officials at the Treasury Department briefed reporters Thursday on the efforts they are planning, including highlighting a provision in the measure that expands the child tax credit. Continue reading
Mar 18 Students who got partial loan relief to see full discharge By Carole Feldman, Associated Press The Education Department says the change could lead to $1 billion in loans being canceled for 72,000 borrowers, all of whom attended for-profit schools. Continue reading
Mar 18 WATCH: Biden says U.S. to hit 100 million vaccination goal on Friday By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Ahead of Biden's remarks, the White House said it was finalizing plans to send a combined 4 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Mexico and Canada in its first export of shots. Continue reading
Mar 16 Child border crossings surging, straining U.S. facilities By Ben Fox, Elliot Spagat, Associated Press An official says U.S. authorities encountered nearly double the number children traveling alone across the Mexican border in one day this week than on an average day last month. Continue reading
Mar 16 U.S. report says Putin approved operations to help Trump against Biden By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election. Continue reading
Mar 16 Watch 4:27 With a stop in Pennsylvania, Biden begins his pitch to Americans on new COVID relief law By Yamiche Alcindor, Geoffrey Lou Guray President Biden is on the road, aiming to sell his COVID relief law to the American public. His first stop Tuesday was in Pennsylvania with a visit to a Black-owned flooring business near Philadelphia, highlighting the aid that his administration… Continue watching
Mar 16 Watch 6:26 How the economic relief law narrows the equity gap for farmers of color By Lisa Desjardins The COVID relief and economic package is a massive bill that has a far-reaching impact in ways that many Americans don't know about yet. One provision calls for debt relief for Black farmers, who have long been denied access to… Continue watching
Mar 16 Senate confirms Isabel Guzman to lead small business agency By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Guzman is a former Obama administration SBA official who currently heads California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate. Continue reading