Policy · 117th Congress
With immigration bill in flux, Democrats mull executive action
Lawmakers and advocates are considering asking President Joe Biden to deliver immigration relief through temporary protected status.
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Policy · 117th Congress
Immigrant investors on edge as EB-5 lapse enters eighth month
After the program sunsetted on July 1, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services put investors’ green card applications on hold.
Congress · 117th Congress
Lawmakers at odds on how to handle guns at airport checkpoints
Republicans and Democrats disagree on how best to address skyrocketing numbers of weapons being confiscated at airport security checkpoints.
Policy · 117th Congress
CDC weighs plans to lift indoor masking recommendations
Director Rochelle Walensky said the CDC is now looking at other metrics besides case counts to determine future mitigation measures.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Masking battles show how issue that buoyed Biden in 2020 won’t help party in midterms
Attacks tying Democrats to unpopular mask mandates show how Republicans plan to try to tap pandemic fatigue in the midterms.
Congress · 117th Congress
GOP decries cost of Pentagon anti-extremism and diversity training
Republican senators criticized the Pentagon for the amount of time and money it's dedicated to diversity and anti-extremism training.
Policy · 117th Congress
Patients’ groups, progressives square off over Medicare Alzheimer’s decision
Competing campaigns look to influence the debate over dramatically restricting coverage of a controversial treatment drug Aduhelm.
Policy · 117th Congress
U.S. scientific research agencies tighten foreign affiliation rules
Countries like China, Russia and Iran operate talent recruitment programs to potentially steal U.S. technology, alarming U.S. officials.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate Democrats plot March legislative push on inflation
Senate Democrats plan to bring legislation to the floor in March designed to cut costs for Americans as rampant inflation drives up prices.
Policy · 117th Congress
IG finds a familiar pattern of delay at USDA civil rights office
The inspector general said a USDA office was slow to handle complaints of discrimination during the Trump administration.
Congress · 117th Congress
As bipartisan talks stall, GOP goes it alone on Russia sanctions
Republicans released their own Russia sanctions bill after Senate Democrats made a counteroffer on Monday, likely ending talks.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate confirms Califf to become Biden’s FDA commissioner
Six Republicans voted Tuesday to confirm FDA nominee Robert Califf, who had seen opposition from pockets of the Democratic caucus.
Congress · 117th Congress
Senate sets up Califf confirmation vote with narrow procedural win
The nominee to lead the FDA, Robert Califf, survived a Senate procedural vote Monday with the help of five Republicans.
Campaigns · 117th Congress
Vulnerable House Democrats anxious about stalled appropriations
Politically vulnerable House Democrats are anxious about the ongoing delay in finalizing fiscal 2022 spending bills.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden will split frozen assets between 9/11 victims, Afghan aid
An executive order launches a plan to divide $7 billion in foreign reserves held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Policy · 117th Congress
FDA seeks more data before reviewing COVID-19 vaccine for toddlers
The FDA postponed a Feb. 15 review of the Pfizer shots for young children ages 6 months to 4 years old, citing the need for more time.
Congress · 117th Congress
Defense appropriations likely to exceed fiscal 2022 NDAA levels
Defense would see a $30 billion boost above Biden’s budget request, or $5 billion more than even the fiscal 2022 defense authorization law.
Congress · 117th Congress
Even with spending framework, infrastructure delays loom
Programs approved in the bipartisan infrastructure law remain in a holding pattern until Congress can pass a spending bill.
Policy · 117th Congress
Why the US looks back 17 years to set its climate goals
The government can place its climate goals within closer reach if it bases its target on what happened in 2005 rather than subsequent years.
Policy · 117th Congress
USDA draws on critics for equity accountability panels directed by Congress
Agriculture Secretary Vilsack named Shirley Sherrod to an equity panel over a decade after dismissing her, and then apologizing for doing so.