Policy · 119th Congress
The whoppers of 2025
On Nov. 1, 2024, just before the election, the BLS report showed growth of just 12,000 jobs in October and downward revisions for the prior two months.↵↵Signalgate: Not "total exoneration."
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Policy · 119th Congress
Lawyers say new CDC policy may violate federal disability law
short-term situations allowing for up to 80 hours, or two weeks, of telework, Pamela Protzel Berman, deputy director for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, told her staff in a Dec. 1
Policy · 117th Congress
Panel urges expanded free school meals ahead of hunger summit
The CDC says 88 million adults, more than 1 in 3, have pre-diabetes, and more than 8 in 10 of them don’t know they have it.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges
The task force has set an Aug. 1 deadline for sending a report to the White House. “I think some of the threats to success [for the White House] are lack of consensus.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration will rescind border expulsion policy
Border agents logged more than 900,000 encounters with migrants since Oct. 1, the beginning of fiscal 2022 — roughly double the number of migrants encountered over the same time frame in fiscal 2021
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden to mobilize military to hospitals for omicron winter surge
New Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data suggest omicron grew from about 1 percent of cases in early December to 73 percent of cases in the U.S. two weeks later.
Policy · 117th Congress
White House says 2 million people got COVID-19 boosters this week
About 2 million people received Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots this week and another 1 million people are scheduled for one in the next couple of weeks, the White House announced Friday.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden administration defends booster shot decision amid confusion
In a very rare move just before 1 a.m. on Friday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky deviated from her vaccine advisers’ recommendations on who should and should
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden plots vaccine booster shots
Pfizer submitted phase 1 data on a third booster shot earlier this week.
White House · 117th Congress
White House concedes it will fall short of Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
[jwp-video n=”1″] The White House still is planning a celebration for the holiday weekend featuring health care workers and members of the military.
White House · 117th Congress
White House fears bumpy rollout deterring people from COVID-19 vaccine shots
Every American over the age of 16 is eligible for a shot as of Monday, after President Joe Biden pushed up his original May 1 deadline for states to open up eligibility.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden’s $1.5 trillion budget plan prioritizes domestic programs
Big winners Among the biggest winners is the Education Department, which would receive a 40.8 percent increase in base funding for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
White House · 117th Congress
Biden says 90 percent of adults will be COVID-19 vaccine eligible by April 19
“The vast majority of governors have set open access dates even earlier than the deadline of May 1.
Campaigns · 116th Congress
Trump interruptions and call for racist group to ‘stand by’ mark first debate
[jwp-video n=”1″] “This is a president who has used everything as a dog whistle to try to generate racist hatred, racist division.
White House · 116th Congress
White House says cutting COVID-19 spread a matter of patriotism
[jwp-video n=”1″] Fauci said while it’s understandable that people feel pent-up, he discouraged crowding into bars or congregating on beaches.
Congress · 116th Congress
Rebukes of Trump assertion of unlimited power coming from across GOP spectrum
[jwp-video n=”1″] Similar sentiment was espoused Monday evening by Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, who asserted broad executive authority in his