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FILE - Prepared Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine syringes for children ages 5 to 11 and adults are displayed on a table at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Dec. 11, 2021. The Biden administration said Thursday, June 2, 2022, that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

White House: 1st shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21

FILE - Prepared Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine syringes for children ages 5 to 11 and adults are displayed on a table at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Dec. 11, 2021. The Biden administration said Thursday, June 2, 2022, that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. (AP Photo/Nam Y.

June 2, 2022, 1:19pm Politics

The Biden administration said Thursday that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. Read story

FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. "As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans," Cardona said.

Student loan debt wiped clean for former Corinthian students

FILE - Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during the 2022 National and State Teachers of the Year event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 27, 2022. The Biden administration says it will forgive all remaining federal student debt for former students of the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain. "As of today, every student deceived, defrauded and driven into debt by Corinthian Colleges can rest assured that the Biden-Harris Administration has their back and will discharge their federal student loans," Cardona said.

June 2, 2022, 1:05pm Business

Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration says, aiming to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Read story

Mike Westby, CEO of Westby Associates, left, shares an elbow bump with U.S. Sen. Patty Murray as she tours Family Solutions, a Vancouver mental health agency, on Wednesday morning.

Mental health matters, Sen. Patty Murray says during tour of Family Solutions nonprofit

Mike Westby, CEO of Westby Associates, left, shares an elbow bump with U.S. Sen. Patty Murray as she tours Family Solutions, a Vancouver mental health agency, on Wednesday morning.

June 1, 2022, 5:42pm Clark County Health

Local providers may see an increase of crucial funding to address youth mental health and substance use disorders. Read story

Former Corinthian students get federal student debt erased

June 1, 2022, 4:17pm Business

Hundreds of thousands of students who attended the for-profit Corinthian Colleges chain will automatically get their federal student loans canceled, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, a move that aims to bring closure to one of the most notorious cases of fraud in American higher education. Read story

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, on May 24, 2022. The Biden administration foresees unnecessary deaths if lawmakers don't approve billions of dollars more to brace for the pandemic's next wave. Yet the push to provide the money is in limbo in Congress. (AP Photo/J.

Gridlock could delay COVID funds until fall — or longer

FILE - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., takes a question during a news conference following a closed-door policy lunch, at the Capitol in Washington, on May 24, 2022. The Biden administration foresees unnecessary deaths if lawmakers don't approve billions of dollars more to brace for the pandemic's next wave. Yet the push to provide the money is in limbo in Congress. (AP Photo/J.

June 1, 2022, 9:02am Latest News

The U.S. is headed for “a lot of unnecessary loss of life,” the Biden administration says, if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the pandemic’s next wave. Yet the quest for that money is in limbo, the latest victim of election-year gridlock that’s stalled or killed… Read story

Jan. 6 panel won’t get all it seeks for public hearings this month

June 1, 2022, 7:57am Politics

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol will have a list of subpoenas that it may never get to fully enforce before it moves forward with a series of public hearings in the next few weeks. Read story

FILE - The sun rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2020. The federal government is warning law enforcement agencies around the nation of the increased potential for extremist violence following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion.

Supreme Court decisions due soon on abortion, guns, religion and climate change

FILE - The sun rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, on Nov. 10, 2020. The federal government is warning law enforcement agencies around the nation of the increased potential for extremist violence following the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion striking down the constitutional right to abortion.

May 31, 2022, 2:00pm Politics

The Supreme Court is heading into the final weeks of a term that may reveal the full impact of its newly dominant conservative bloc. Read story

Exclusive: Local law enforcement officials urge Senate to confirm Biden’s ATF director

May 31, 2022, 8:00am Politics

A group of more than 100 law enforcement leaders on Tuesday endorsed President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the White House said, bolstering the nominee less than a week after his Senate confirmation hearing. Read story

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 5, 2022. Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction -- but not until next year. That reflects what Becerra says was an overestimate in costs of covering a costly and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.

Medicare recipients to see premium cut — but not until 2023

FILE - Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 5, 2022. Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction -- but not until next year. That reflects what Becerra says was an overestimate in costs of covering a costly and controversial new Alzheimer's drug.

May 27, 2022, 3:58pm Health

Medicare recipients will get a premium reduction — but not until next year — reflecting what Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Friday was an overestimate in costs of covering an expensive and controversial new Alzheimer's drug. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, sits in the chair after Biden signed an executive order in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Washington. The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, and is focused on policing.

Biden signs policing order on anniversary of Floyd’s death

President Joe Biden speaks as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, sits in the chair after Biden signed an executive order in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 25, 2022, in Washington. The order comes on the second anniversary of George Floyd's death, and is focused on policing.

May 26, 2022, 7:50am Politics

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday to improve accountability in policing —a meaningful but limited action on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s death that reflected the challenges in addressing racism, excessive use of force and public safety when Congress is deadlocked on stronger measures. Read story