Policy · 116th Congress
Workplace testing for coronavirus remains a challenge
The questions of who receives tests and who pays for them are crucial as political leaders seek to balance economic concerns with public health.
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Policy · 116th Congress
Foreign students’ dilemma: Risk COVID-19 exposure or deportation?
New ICE guidance for international students, barring them from taking a full online class load prompted, prompted Harvard and MIT to file a lawsuit.
Policy · 116th Congress
Census to start door-knocking after pandemic pause
About 900,000 people have accepted job Census Bureau job offers. Many of them will be on the doorsteps of households that haven't responded to the census.
Policy · 116th Congress
CDC to revise school reopening guidance
Vice President Mike Pence announced the administration will issue new guidelines for reopening schools, after President Donald Trump tweeted that he disagreed with current guidance.
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court upholds Trump administration birth control rules
The Supreme Court upheld two Trump administration rules that would expand the types of employers exempt from covering birth control under health plans.
Policy · 116th Congress
Defense spending bill finds creative ways to shift billions
House appropriators add billions for programs the president didn't request, paid for from obscure sources that virtually no one but they knew about.
Policy · 116th Congress
Back-to-school looms for kids without Wi-Fi — and Congress
With the start of the school year looming, the clock is ticking for Congress to help close the digital divide in education.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Social media platforms gird for 78 days of disinformation chaos after Election Day
If election results are not known on Election Day in November, a war of disinformation could ensue all the way to Inauguration Day.
Policy · 116th Congress
Trump notifies World Health Organization of US intent to leave
President Donald Trump notified the World Health Organization that the U.S. will withdraw as a member, citing WHO's response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Policy · 116th Congress
Public health experts worry CDC is being stifled on COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says people should wear cloth masks in public, but has done little to publicize such guidance.
Policy · 116th Congress
Medicaid enrollment increase puts pressure on state budgets
State officials are pushing Congress to increase Medicaid funding during the pandemic.
Policy · 116th Congress
Different standards on masks in retail stores raise questions
Many major brick-and-mortar stores are not requiring customers to wear masks as COVID-19 hospitalizations reach crisis levels in new hot spots nationwide.
Policy · 116th Congress
House clears bill to extend loan program for small business
The House cleared an extension to a loan program for small business, passing the measure by unanimous consent one day after the Senate did the same
Policy · 116th Congress
EPA sets date to end reduced enforcement; Democrats are unmoved
EPA in March said that it wouldn’t penalize companies that fail to meet water and air pollution limits during the coronavirus pandemic.
Policy · 116th Congress
Investors want details on bonds that pay for police misconduct
Investors say municipal bond offerings should disclose when the money will be used to pay settlements reached because of police misconduct
Policy · 116th Congress
‘Supergrid’ and nukes: Ins and outs of Democrats’ climate plan
The report suggests legislative and policy changes that touch virtually every corner of the economy. It emerged from a 17-month effort by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.
Policy · 116th Congress
Facebook bans, removes hundreds of far-right “boogaloo” groups
More than 300 boogaloo-affiliated Instagram and Facebook accounts were removed, in addition to 400 other groups for dangerous and violent content
Policy · 116th Congress
Supreme Court rules Montana can’t keep religious schools out of funding program
The 5-4 decision reversed a Montana Supreme Court ruling that eliminated the entire state program based on a “no-aid” provision in the state’s constitution.
Policy · 116th Congress
Senate agrees to extend PPP loan program to early August
The Senate passed the PPP extension bill hours before the SBA will stop taking applications, but the House hasn't passed its own measure.
Policy · 116th Congress
Fauci warns US needs to reverse COVID-19 trends
Anthony Fauci says the U.S. could see up to 100,000 new cases per day of the virus that causes COVID-19 if it does not take steps to control the pandemic.