Vice President Harris on Friday showered President Biden with praise for his work on the American Rescue Plan during a victory lap at the White House, singling out his empathy at length as a "trademark" of his young presidency.Harris delivered...
President Biden on Friday celebrated his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill as a measure that “puts working people in this nation first” but acknowledged that it would take “fastidious oversight” in order to ensure the bill is implemented as...
Why should Americans, faced with serious global challenges, care about Latin America and the Caribbean, a region not frequently in the headlines?From the Arctic to Antarctica, the Western Hemisphere is our shared neighborhood. At the center of that...
A group of top Republican senators are pushing for details about the beefed-up security around the Capitol complex, arguing police have failed to justify the enhanced measures following the Jan. 6 riot.Five GOP senators, who each hold top committee...
A new poll shows British public opinion of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Prince Harry is at an all-time low after their recent bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.Overall, 48 percent of Britons view Harry negatively while 45 see him...
The House Foreign Affairs Committee will consider in the “coming weeks” a bill to repeal the 2002 war authorization, the committee’s chairman said Friday.“Given that the 2002 AUMF is not needed for any ongoing military operations, there is no reason...
Boston University (BU) is planning to switch to on-campus learning in the fall, the school’s president announced Friday.BU President Robert Brown cited an increased number of vaccinations as the reason for the decision an email to students and...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Friday that he has invited Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos to testify at a hearing about inequality scheduled for next week.The Senate Budget Committee chairman has already secured the testimony of one worker...
The city of Minneapolis has settled a civil suit with the family of George Floyd for a record $27 million.The settlement was unanimously approved by the Minneapolis City Council on Friday. It’s the largest pre-trial settlement in a civil rights...
The city of Minneapolis has settled a civil suit with the family of George Floyd for a record $27 million.The settlement was unanimously approved by the Minneapolis City Council on Friday. It's the largest pre-tria...
President Biden and Vice President Harris are scheduled to deliver remarks on the American Rescue Plan from the White House Rose Garden on Friday afternoon.Biden signed the COVID-19 relief bill on Thursday.T...
Marijuana sales have jumped substantially over the past year in parts of the country where recreational pot is legal, giving a boost to states that have come to depend on tax revenue to bolster their pandemic-battered cof...
Former President Obama opens up about a wide range of topics in a new interview with The Skimm, including race relations, world leaders he would want to be in a group text with and which states have the best food.“The truth of the matter...
All adults in Michigan will be eligible to get the coronavirus vaccine by April 5, the state ...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said Friday he would not resign from office in the face of mounting allegations of sexual misconduct, hours after most Democratic members of Congress from his home state urged him to quit....
Journalists faced increased violence in 2020, with 65 media members worldwide killed on the job, 17 more than the previous...
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he is planning on introducing a resolution to remove Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee, arguing he is a national security threat due t...
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A global pandemic that fell disproportionately on low-income Americans is likely to lead to a recovery that will leave communities heavy on those same workers struggling to keep up.A new ...
The Biden administration is scrapping a Trump-era policy that connected immigration enforcement with efforts to find U.S.-based family members to house children who crossed the Southern border.The news comes as the U.S. has a record 3,500 children...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) issued an executive order on Friday ordering schools to reopen for in-person learning by April 19. ...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Friday threw his support behind the Amazon workers in Alabama who are fighting to unionize, because he said the company "has decided to wage culture war against working-class values""The Silicon Valley titan uses...
House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and a number of Democrats from New York's congressional delegation called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to resign on Friday amid the growing claims sexual harassment and misconduct against the...
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) in a statement released Friday said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) can “no longer effectively lead” given the controversies surrounding him, essentially urging him to resign. The two...
Hispanic and Black Americans are most likely to experience layoffs related to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a poll from The Associated Press and the NORC Center for Public Affairs Research that was released on Friday. Thirty-eight...
