Jacob Fischler, Alabama Reflector U.S. officials are working to recover American hostages from the Middle East and provide aid to Israel as violence continues in the region following last weekend’s attack by Hamas, administration and congressional leaders said Wednesday. Speaking to Jewish community leaders at the White House late Wednesday …
Read More »Biden Urged to Take Emergency Action After ‘Disastrous’ Climate Ruling by Supreme Court
Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams Progressive lawmakers and activists are demanding an emergency response from the Biden administration and congressional Democrats following Thursday’s 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. With their decision, the U.S. Supreme Court’s reactionary majority drastically limited the EPA’s authority to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, …
Read More »Baby Formula Maker Abbott Reaches FDA Deal To Reopen Plant In Two Weeks
Months after it stopped production and recalled its products, worsening a pandemic formula shortage, baby formula maker Abbott has entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, making way for the pharmaceutical company to reopen its infant formula plant in Michigan, Abbott announced Monday. Once the …
Read More »White House Announces Plan To Boost Affordable Housing
The Biden administration released a new plan on Monday to alleviate the rising cost of housing in the U.S. and to address the housing supply shortfall within five years through executive and legislative actions. The plan would give cities and towns with reformed zoning and land-use policies higher scores for certain …
Read More »Biden To Ask Congress For More Ukraine Aid After Earlier U.S. Funding Runs Dry
by Jennifer Shutt, Virginia Mercury April 22, 2022 WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is preparing to ask Congress for billions more in aid to Ukraine as the war shifts to the Eastern regions of the country, following Russia’s failure to take the capital city of Kyiv. “I’m asking the Defense …
Read More »Biden Administration Announces Boost For Rural Health Care In Midterm Election Push
by Katheryn Houghton, Kaiser Health News, Ohio Capital Journal April 15, 2022 As the midterm election season ramps up, the Biden administration wants rural Americans to know it’ll be spending a lot of money to improve health care in rural areas. It has tasked Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack with delivering …
Read More »Supreme Court Dismisses Texas’ and President Trumps’s Lawsuit to Overturn Election Results
The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a long-shot bid by President Trump and the state of Texas to overturn the election results in four states won by Joe Biden. “Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections,” the court wrote …
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