Adam Goldstein, Nebraska Examiner President Joe Biden hosted more than 200 of the nation’s mayors at the White House on Friday afternoon, highlighting economic growth and the effectiveness of their bipartisan leadership as the country moves on from the COVID-19 pandemic. “I want to thank the mayors across the country …
Read More »White House Asks Congress For Billions In Ukraine, COVID-19 Funding During Lame Duck
Jennifer Shutt, Michigan Advance The Biden administration on Tuesday asked Congress for billions more in funding this year to address COVID-19 and the ongoing war in Ukraine, suggesting lawmakers attach it to a spending bill that must pass before Dec. 16. The $9 billion request for COVID-19 operations and nearly …
Read More »White House Requests $47 Billion In Emergency Funding For Ukraine, Vaccines And More
Jacob Fischler, Georgia Recorder The Biden administration is asking Congress for emergency funding to support Ukraine’s military, national COVID and monkeypox responses and to help communities affected by natural disasters. The current fiscal year ends Sept. 30 and Congress has not passed a funding measure for next year, so a …
Read More »White House Calls Meeting With College Officials On How To Curb Monkeypox On Campus
Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent The White House held a virtual meeting Thursday with more than 1,000 college and university officials to help them prepare for a school year when monkeypox cases are expected to crop up on campus. The Biden administration’s monkeypox and COVID-19 response teams as well as representatives …
Read More »Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Joins White House As Senior Adviser
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has been tapped to join the White House as a senior aide. Bottoms will replace Cedric Richmond and take on the role as director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. The Hill reported Richmond left the White House last month. According to …
Read More »Ketanji Brown Jackson At White House: ‘We’ve made it, all of us’
by Jacob Fischler, Idaho Capital Sun April 8, 2022 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson accepted her dual roles Friday as the next U.S. Supreme Court justice and as a symbol of racial progress. Speaking outside the White House with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris looking on, and her …
Read More »White House Announces $500 Million In Grants To Improve Energy Efficiency In Schools
The Biden administration has announced that it is launching a $500 million Department of Energy grant program aimed at making the nation’s school facilities more energy efficient. The Action Plan for Building Better School Infrastructure will award grants to school systems so they can carry out building improvements, such as …
Read More »White House Raises Alarm On COVID Funding Shortfall
by Jennifer Shutt, Missouri Independent March 15, 2022 WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning that the United States would not be prepared for another COVID-19 variant or surge in cases if Congress doesn’t approve billions in stalled emergency funding. Senior administration officials told reporters Tuesday that without the $22.5 billion the …
Read More »White House Unveils New National COVID Preparedness Plan
White House officials on Wednesday unveiled an updated National COVID Preparedness Plan, which includes increased access to treatment, enhanced surveillance, keeping schools open, and vaccinating the world. White House COVID Response Coordinator Jeff Zients emphasized that this was a “new moment” in the fight against the virus, with a new …
Read More »Report: Trump Took White House Documents With Him to Mar-a-Lago
When former President Donald Trump retreated to his Mar-a-Lago Club in January 2021, he took with him several boxes of official White House documents and memorabilia that should have been given to the National Archives, the Washington Post reported. The National Archives recently had to recover the documents from Trump’s Palm Beach …
Read More »How To Get Your Free N95 Masks From The Federal Government
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 …
Read More »White House To Provide 400 Million N95 Masks To Americans
As the omicron variant surges and hospitals are pushed to capacity, the White House announced a new program Wednesday to give 400 million nonsurgical N95 masks to Americans free of charge. According to a White House official, Americans will be able to receive the masks at tens of thousands of …
Read More »White House Issues A Proclamation on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2022
On a late summer day in 1963, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., stood on the National Mall before hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who had gathered to march for freedom, justice, and equality. On that day, Dr. King shared a dream that has continued to inspire a Nation: To bring …
Read More »COVIDTests.gov will distribute free rapid tests starting January 19th
The Biden administration on Friday launched a new website for Americans to request up to four free COVID-19 rapid tests per household. The administration is buying 1 billion at-home rapid COVID-19 tests, and Americans will be able to begin ordering the tests online on Jan. 19 at COVIDtests.gov. This is part …
Read More »White House Unveils Plan To Replace Every Lead Pipe In U.S.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday announced a White House initiative to eliminate lead from water pipes and homes in the next decade using billions in new funding allocated through the new bipartisan infrastructure law. “Here’s the truth, and it’s a hard truth: Millions of people in our country, many …
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