Policy · 116th Congress
Biden picks Alejandro Mayorkas to head Homeland Security
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Policy · 116th Congress
Trump pushes Supreme Court to let him reshape apportionment
[jwp-video n=”1″] Should the Supreme Court reverse the lower court on technical grounds, states could then sue, saying the new apportionment hurt their representation in Congress.
Policy · 116th Congress
Biden’s infrastructure challenge: Finding common ground
He has an easy enough vehicle to start with: Congress in October punted on a new highway bill, opting instead to extend the 2015 surface transportation law by a year, to Oct. 1, 2021.
Policy · 116th Congress
Virus vaccination timeline depends on variety of factors
[jwp-video n=”1″] Number of doses and timing Vaccinating about 60 to 70 percent of the approximately 333 million U.S. residents — the percentage experts estimate need to be vaccinated in order
Policy · 116th Congress
OK to change Section 230, Facebook and Twitter CEOs say, but how remains elusive
[jwp-video n=”1″] But Republicans continued to level accusations that the companies use Section 230 protections to shield censorship of Trump and other conservatives.
Policy · 116th Congress
COVID-19 tracking apps may get a boost from Biden’s task force
[jwp-video n=”1″] Two weeks after the U.S. presidential election, new COVID-19 cases, daily death counts and hospitalizations all have reached record highs.
Policy · 116th Congress
Moderna vaccine shows high efficacy as questions about uptake remain
Operation Warp Speed — the joint venture between the departments of Defense and Health and Human Services on COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutics development — invested $1 billion for research and development
Policy · 116th Congress
Health care industry braces for challenge to 2010 ACA law
Some health industry officials and lawmakers have floated ideas such as reinstating a nominal fee — like $1 — for people who do not have insurance coverage; adding a severability clause to the law; or
Policy · 116th Congress
OCC payments charter proposal raises questions about what is a bank
[jwp-video n=”1″] But a lot of fintech companies, like PayPal Holdings Inc., act a lot like banks.
Policy · 116th Congress
Officials clarify military role in coronavirus vaccination amid wariness
[jwp-video n=”1″] “I know what the president means because [Operation Warp Speed leader Gen.
Policy · 116th Congress
High early turnout of voters eases tech and security worries on Election Day
[jwp-video n=”1″] Since then the agency has worked with state and local election officials who oversee federal elections in more than 9,000 jurisdictions to help them beef up their cybersecurity
Policy · 116th Congress
Next president will need to repair trust in health agencies
[jwp-video n=”1″] From April to October, the percentage of people reporting trust in the CDC dropped from 83 percent to 72 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s health tracking
Policy · 116th Congress
Election may affect whether North Carolina expands Medicaid
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Policy · 116th Congress
US Geological Survey director wrongly reassigned whistleblower, watchdog says
Park Police, a division of Interior, over its role and activities in the clearing of largely peaceful protestors from Lafayette Square on June 1.
Policy · 116th Congress
Gray wolf protections lifted by Trump administration
The UN warned in a landmark report in May last year that the human species has pushed about 1 million plants and animals to the brink of extinction.
Policy · 116th Congress
Schools weigh plans for rapid COVID-19 tests
[jwp-video n=”1″] States also aren’t sure whether additional rounds of free tests will come in the future and may not want to quickly deplete the tests they receive, which means they need to
Policy · 116th Congress
Facebook endorses Section 230 changes ahead of Senate hearing
[jwp-video n=”1″] Zuckerberg said Facebook supports “the ideas around transparency and industry collaboration that are being discussed in some of the current bipartisan proposals” and urged
Policy · 116th Congress
Top House tax writers unveil retirement savings proposal
The highest-cost measure, at $8.9 billion over 10 years, was increasing the age for required minimum distributions from 401(k)-type plans from 70 1/2 to 72 years of age.
Policy · 116th Congress
Ratcliffe’s warning on foreign interference with US voters provokes skepticism
[jwp-video n=”1″] Vice News said it obtained a copy of the video and posted it on YouTube after obscuring voter details.
Policy · 116th Congress
COVID-19 trials risk excluding those most vulnerable to virus
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