Tag Archives: President Joe Biden

Next month, more than 7 million unemployed Americans are expected to lose the extended unemployment benefits Congress first passed via the March 2020 CARES Act, and then extended through the American Rescue Plan. Gig workers, contractors, recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, and Americans receiving Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation will …

The Biden Administration announced on Monday that food stamp benefits would be increased indefinitely by about 27% in October. The increase in benefits to the food stamp program, officially called the  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), is the largest increase in the history of the program. The Thrifty Food Plan, which …

President Joe Biden, last week, nominated Damian Williams to oversee the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York — a role that no Black man has ever been nominated for. The office, which covers Manhattan, the Bronx, and the area north of New York City, is …

President Joe Biden is pushing a plan to lower prescription drug costs for Americans covered by the federally-funded Medicare program. Yesterday, the White House released its initiative to lower healthcare costs that include the ability for Medicare to negotiate prices for prescription drugs. In a fact sheet released by the White …

The Senate approved a sweeping $3.5 trillion budget spending plan early Wednesday that aims to fund many top Democratic priorities, including expanding Medicare, addressing climate change, and improving education. The chamber voted 50 to 49, along party lines, to pass the substantial budget framework that covers the bulk of President …

The Senate on Tuesday passed a $1.2 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure bill in a 69-30 vote. The Infrastructure Investment And Jobs Act puts $110 billion into roads, bridges, and other major projects, $66 billion into passenger and freight rail, $65 billion into broadband, $55 billion into water systems, and $39 billion into …

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday said he would resign as governor, effective in 14 days, in the wake of an attorney general’s report that concluded he sexually harassed multiple women and even sought to retaliate against an accuser who went public with her allegations. The investigation led to top …

The White House announced on Friday that the moratorium for federal student loan payments is being extended until January 31, 2022. The Department of Education says that this will be the final extension. “The payment pause has been a lifeline that allowed millions of Americans to focus on their families, …

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced four judicial nominees, including two historic nominations of LGBTQ judges, marking his sixth round of judicial nominees since taking office. Biden has nominated Justice Beth Robinson, has who has been an associate judge on the Vermont supreme court since 2011, for a seat on the US …

Florida accounts for 1 in 5 new cases of COVID-19 — the Sunshine State is now the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, and experts believe that the state has not yet reached its peak. Many are questioning if the Governor of Florida is doing enough to stop the spread of …

The White House announced on Tuesday that the United States donated more than 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more than sixty countries. The vaccines were distributed through COVAX, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) global vaccine initiative. “This is more than the donations of all 24 countries that donate …

Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and fostered a toxic work environment, violating federal and state law, according to a bombshell, and much-anticipated investigation by State Attorney General Letitia James released Tuesday. The five-month probe led by outside lawyers Joon Kim and Anne Clark found that Cuomo harassed 11 …

The United States on Monday hit President Joe Biden‘s goal of administering at least one dose of a Covid vaccine to 70% of adults almost a month late, as the newest wave of infections pushed hospitalizations to levels seen last summer. Biden’s administration had initially targeted July 4 to reach …

Democrats are looking to reinstate the now expired eviction moratorium to avoid a public health emergency. The federal eviction moratorium expired on July 31, 2021. Last week, two days before the eviction moratorium expired, President Joe Biden asked Congress to extend the suspension, which protects renters from being evicted for …

A group of bipartisan senators unveiled the text of a bipartisan infrastructure proposal on Sunday night that aims over the next eight years to revitalize U.S. roads, public transit, ports, the electric grid and clean drinking water and wastewater systems, as well as Internet access. The 2,702-page bill, the Infrastructure …