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U.S. to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

May 1, 2023, 2:13pm Health

The Biden administration will end most of the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends, the White House said Monday. Read story

California man to serve 4½ years in prison for role in riot at Capitol

April 29, 2023, 7:41pm Nation & World

A Southern California man who assaulted police with pepper spray during the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 4½ years in prison, federal authorities announced. Read story

Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes

April 28, 2023, 1:17pm Politics

President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes who were serving time in home confinement, the White House announced Friday. Read story

FILE - Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks with reporters about reproductive rights for U.S. veterans, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington. Durbin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary, has invited Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to testify next month at a hearing on ethics standards.

U.S. Supreme Court on ethics issues: No need to fix what isn’t broken

FILE - Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., speaks with reporters about reproductive rights for U.S. veterans, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in Washington. Durbin, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Judiciary, has invited Supreme Court Justice John Roberts to testify next month at a hearing on ethics standards.

April 26, 2023, 8:09pm Nation & World

The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken. Read story

In this photo provided by Seres Therapeutics, technicians use an anaerobic chamber to prepare oral microbiome drugs for clinical studies in the company's Cambridge, Mass., facility in May 2022. On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, U.S. health officials approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections -- an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.

First pill for fecal transplants wins FDA approval

In this photo provided by Seres Therapeutics, technicians use an anaerobic chamber to prepare oral microbiome drugs for clinical studies in the company's Cambridge, Mass., facility in May 2022. On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, U.S. health officials approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections -- an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants.

April 26, 2023, 4:33pm Health

U.S. health officials on Wednesday approved the first pill made from healthy bacteria found in human waste to fight dangerous gut infections — an easier way of performing so-called fecal transplants. Read story

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for Julie Su to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington.

Murray’s 10,000th vote marks a new era for women in the Senate

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for Julie Su to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington.

April 25, 2023, 8:04am Latest News

Sen. Patty Murray ‘s history-making 10,000th vote in the Senate last week as the first woman to reach that mark is the latest milestone in a long career that has seen her break several records in the chamber long dominated by men. Read story

House panel releases border security plan

April 24, 2023, 3:41pm Politics

The House Homeland Security Committee released proposed legislation Monday that would restart border wall construction, increase the number of Border Patrol agents and modernize border security technology. Read story

President Joe Biden hugs Rebecka Peterson, 2023 National Teacher of the Year, during a ceremony honoring the Council of Chief State School Officers' 2023 Teachers of the Year in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington.

Biden says teaching should not be ‘life-threatening’ job

President Joe Biden hugs Rebecka Peterson, 2023 National Teacher of the Year, during a ceremony honoring the Council of Chief State School Officers' 2023 Teachers of the Year in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington.

April 24, 2023, 1:24pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden honored the nation’s best teachers Monday, saying they go above and beyond by providing food and supplies out of their own pockets and often find themselves “explaining the unexplainable, from banned books to duck-and-cover drills.” Read story

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation's debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. (AP Photo/J.

Speaker McCarthy faces big test as debt bill heads for vote

FILE - Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation's debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. (AP Photo/J.

April 24, 2023, 1:24pm Latest News

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority as he labors to pass a partisan package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep cuts that some in his own party oppose. Read story

The Supreme Court isn’t done with abortion. Not by a long shot

April 24, 2023, 8:06am Politics

Getting out of the fray over abortion is proving easier said than done for the U.S. Supreme Court. Read story