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By Tom Williams
Posted June 16, 2022 at 3:09pm
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., follow along as Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks on May 17 at the Capitol.

Power Rankings: Rick Scott, McConnell soar as Democrats look for a win at start of hectic June

By John T. Bennett
Posted June 3, 2022 at 11:20am
An aerial view of the East Bay Municipal Utility District Wastewater Treatment Plant in Oakland, California. Public health experts hope monitoring wastewater will help not just detect COVID-19 outbreaks but other public health threats such as opioids and the flu.

COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions

By Lauren Clason
Posted May 16, 2022 at 6:00am
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., above, and President Joe Biden are attacking each other. Scott has called on Biden to step down.

Rick Scott has no regrets about calling for Biden to resign as both sides go bare knuckles

By John T. Bennett
Posted May 13, 2022 at 11:24am
Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., right, walks with fellow Mississippi Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to the Senate Republicans’ lunch in the Capitol on May 3.

Restaurant, small-business aid bill vote expected next week

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 11, 2022 at 6:10pm
Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., says a school meals waiver extension would be expensive and benefit households that don't need it.

Democrats mull COVID-19 aid options as House preps new bill

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 11, 2022 at 3:46pm
The Gun Violence Memorial, composed of 40,000 flowers that represent the deaths from gun violence in the United States each year, is pictured on the National Mall on April 14, 2021.

CDC: 2020 saw most firearm deaths since 1994

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 10, 2022 at 3:01pm
Dwayne Thomas, owner of events lighting company Greenlight Creative, is pictured standing in his company's Portland, Ore., warehouse with cases of lighting fixtures, cabling, rigging hardware and other supplies they take out on jobs.

Small businesses worry final aid package will neglect them again

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 10, 2022 at 5:30am
Doctors worry that waivers allowing medication-assisted therapies for opioid use disorder will vanish as the pandemic subsides.

End of COVID-19 emergency endangers substance use treatment

By Jessie Hellmann
Posted May 10, 2022 at 5:00am
Senate Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., is seeking a one-year extension of pandemic waivers that allow schools to provide universal free meals to children, regardless of income.

School nutrition waiver issue emerges in supplemental talks

By Lindsey McPherson
Posted May 6, 2022 at 1:50pm