May 21, 2021, 8:14am Politics
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration and some employers have not extended COVID-19 vaccine paid leave policies to parents helping kids get shots, which children’s health advocates say could make it difficult for some of the most vulnerable to get vaccinated. Read story
May 20, 2021, 11:13am Politics
The Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday approved President Joe Biden’s nomination of Eric Lander to be chief science adviser, one of the last unfilled Cabinet posts in the Biden administration. Read story
May 20, 2021, 8:20am Politics
The Biden administration’s $4 trillion economic agenda is at risk of getting tangled up in the calculations of Congress’s budget scorekeepers. Read story
May 19, 2021, 7:14pm Nation & World
Republicans are rebelling against the requirement that they wear a mask on the House floor, stoking tensions with majority Democrats who are refusing to change the rules following updated guidance from federal health officials. Read story
May 19, 2021, 6:45pm Politics
Rep. Ilhan Omar says she probably wouldn’t be in Congress if not for a change in federal rules three years ago that allowed candidates to use campaign money for child care. Read story
May 19, 2021, 5:59pm Clark County News
New candidate declarations continued to trickle in at the Clark County Elections Department on Wednesday, bringing the total number of local people seeking public office up to 97 as of 5 p.m. Read story
May 19, 2021, 1:33pm Politics
The Democratic-led House on Wednesday approved a resolution condemning attacks in March that killed six women of Asian descent at Atlanta-area massage businesses, which they characterized as a grim reminder of a surge in violence directed at Asian Americans. Read story
May 18, 2021, 2:45pm Politics
In agreeing to hear a potentially groundbreaking abortion case, the Supreme Court has energized activists on both sides of the long-running debate who are now girding to make abortion access a major issue in next year’s midterm elections. Read story
May 18, 2021, 9:35am Politics
A top White House aide made his pitch for young people to get vaccinated personal on Tuesday, sharing the struggles his son has experienced since contracting COVID-19 last fall. Read story
May 15, 2021, 6:34pm Nation & World
A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz has agreed to cooperate with federal investigators and admits paying an underage girl to have sex with him and other men, according to court documents filed Friday. Read story
