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by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 3, 2022 WASHINGTON —The Biden administration is asking Congress to provide $10 billion in assistance to Ukraine and $22.5 billion in COVID-19 funding on a fast timeline — within the next week. White House acting budget director Shalanda Young wrote in a letter to lawmakers that …

By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Jan. 28, 2022 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and seven other attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal judge to halt a Biden administration immigration program that allows some Central American children to legally migrate to the United States and reunite …

In its latest effort to control the spread of COVID-19, the White House announced last week that it would distribute 400 million high-quality N95 face masks to Americans in the coming weeks. The government also rolled out a website last week where households can order four free at-home COVID-19 tests. The …

The Biden Administration is taking steps to help distribute billions of dollars in additional aid to help with heating and utility bills this winter. The funding will come from the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan passed in March of this year. The package provided an additional $4.5 billion for the …

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced its support for waiving intellectual property protections for coronavirus vaccines with the aim of getting “as many safe and effective vaccines to as many people as fast as possible.” U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai wrote in a statement that the coronavirus pandemic calls for …

The Biden adminstration announced sanctions against two Chinese government officials and two military leaders in Myanmar. The Department of the Treasury said that Wang Junzheng and Chen Mingguo are “connected to serious human rights abuses against ethnic minorities in Xinjiang, which reportedly includes arbitrary detention and severe physical abuse, among …

The calls for President-Elect Joe Biden to diversify his cabinet has intensified. The incoming president with Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris met virtually with leaders of seven of the nation’s most prominent civil rights organizations. The meeting included the NAACP, the National Urban League and the National Action Network, led by …

In President-Elect Joe Biden‘s victory speech, he made it clear it was Black voters who saved his once-struggling campaign and delivered him the presidency. Biden emphatically exclaimed “You [Black voters] always had my back, and I’ll have yours”, and now this powerful voting bloc is holding him to his promise. …