Tag: COVID-19

Biden signs $1.9 trillion ‘American Rescue Plan’ — here’s what’s in it

Emily Brooks · March 11, 2021 9:51 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters about the massive government spending bill moving through Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2018. The bipartisan $1.3 trillion spending bill pours huge sums into Pentagon programs and domestic initiatives ranging from building roads to combatting the nation's opioid abuse crisis, but left Congress in stalemate over shielding young Dreamer immigrants from deportation and curbing surging health insurance premiums.

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The Democrats’ stimulus package is partisan and bloated, no matter how well it polls

Zachary Faria · March 11, 2021 9:28 pm

Texas attorney general sues city of Austin and Travis County over mask mandates: Report

Jeremy Beaman · March 11, 2021 9:01 pm

Kentucky Democratic Governor Andy Beshear speaks to the press at the Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020.

Beshear has big plans for Kentucky’s rescue plan money

Washington Examiner · March 11, 2021 9:00 pm

"Franken is a creep who acted inappropriately, but his facts are different," Fleischer tweeted. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Ari Fleischer: New York’s ID requirement for vaccine is ‘tantamount to vaccination suppression’

Michael Lee · March 11, 2021 8:59 pm

Georgia GOP fumes over Biden spending bill: White House won’t tell us ‘we can’t cut taxes’

Michael Lee · March 11, 2021 8:05 pm

Biden spikes political football as he signs massive spending bill into law

John T. Bennett · March 11, 2021 7:11 pm

A nurse administers a flu shot, manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur, at Perry Memorial Hospital in Princeton, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017. Senate in both political parties say they've reached agreement on fixes to stabilize Obamacare just two weeks before Americans start signing up for 2018 coverage.

Multiple EU countries pause doses of AstraZeneca vaccine after widespread reports of blood clots

Michael Lee · March 11, 2021 6:43 pm

Financially strapped Illinois to get billions of federal tax dollars COVID-19 relief bill

Washington Examiner · March 11, 2021 5:00 pm

President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., as he returns to Washington after spending the weekend at his home in Delaware.

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Biden is readying to embark on a lot of nonessential travel despite his own CDC guidelines

Eddie Scarry · March 11, 2021 4:58 pm

Michelle Obama considers retirement from public life citing recent lifestyle changes

Michael Lee · March 11, 2021 3:28 pm

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New Pfizer data shows promise for preventing infections with no symptoms

Mike Brest · March 11, 2021 3:25 pm