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Yahoo NewsWhy Biden's presidential reset may come up short
The reset of the presidential agenda is among the most popular of Washington storylines, an unrealistic yet beloved portrayal of how much presidential storytelling can actually change the course of a presidency.
The New York TimesHow $1,000 a Month in Guaranteed Income Is Helping NY Mothers
NEW YORK — The flyers that appeared at bus stops and nail salons and health clinics in upper Manhattan last June sounded too good to be true. “New mothers can receive $500 or $1,000 a month, with no strings attached!” they read. “I thought it was a scam,” said Angelina Matos, who had just given birth to a daughter. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times It was not a scam. It was an experiment in the fast-growing field of anti-poverty policy known as guaranteed income. In July
Washington PostA year ago, Biden unveiled a 200-page plan to defeat covid. He has struggled to deliver on some key promises.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden entered office a year ago this week, staking his presidency on defeating the coronavirus pandemic with a battle plan hailed for its scope and specificity. "Our nation continues to experience the darkest days of the pandemic," the White House declared in its national pandemic strategy, released Jan. 21, 2021, Biden's first full day as president. "Businesses are closing, hospitals are full, and families are saying goodbye to their loved ones remotely."Subscribe to
NBC NewsSenate begins showdown over voting rights as Democrats brace for failure
Republicans are determined to filibuster the bill, and Democrats lack the 50 votes needed to create an exception to the filibuster.
The HillDemocrats ponder Plan B strategy to circumvent voting rights filibuster
Senate Democrats are scrambling for a Plan B to pass voting rights legislation after Sens. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced last week that they would not vote to change the Senate's filibuster rule despite the pleading of President Biden. Now some Democrats are discussing a novel approach to circumventing a Republican filibuster that may allow voting rights legislation to pass with 51 votes without changing the...
AxiosDemocratic retirements spark worry over holding House majority
Data: House Press Gallery; Table: Danielle Alberti/AxiosReps. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.) and Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.) are the latest lawmakers to announce that they will not seek re-election this year, bringing the total number of Democratic retirements to 28, compared with 14 Republicans.Why it matters: The increasing number of Democratic retirements — put against the backdrop of President Biden's sagging approval ratings and uncertainty about redistricting — is adding to concerns the party may not
HuffPostSenate Candidate Smokes Marijuana In Campaign Ad
Gary Chambers, a Democrat from Louisiana, is hoping the ad will destigmatize the use of cannabis and help make it legal nationwide.
Associated PressMillions of dollars pour early into Texas governor's race
Money is pouring fast into the Texas governor's race headlined by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Democrat Beto O'Rourke, who both reported massive early fundraising hauls Monday that puts the campaign on an accelerated track to become one of the nation's most expensive in 2022. O’Rourke said he raised $7.2 million in the weeks after entering the race in mid-November — a significant amount by the standards of Texas Democrats and an early marker of his ability to remain a fundraising powerhouse after failed bids for the U.S. Senate and president. Abbott said he raised more than double that amount over the final months of 2021 and is now sitting on $65 million, underscoring his status as the nation's most prolific fundraising governor in history and how his operation is supercharged by six- and seven-figure donations from wealthy Texas executives.
Associated PressFormer AG William Barr's memoir to be published March 8
Former Attorney General William P. Barr has a memoir coming out March 8 titled “One Damn Thing After Another,” and billed by his publisher as a “vivid and forthright book” of his time serving two “drastically different” presidents, Donald Trump and George H.W. Bush. "Barr takes readers behind the scenes during seminal moments of the Bush administration in the 1990s, from the LA riots to Pan Am 103 and Iran Contra," William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Tuesday. “With the Trump administration, Barr faced an unrelenting barrage of issues, such as Russiagate, the opioid epidemic, Chinese espionage, big tech, the COVID outbreak, civil unrest, the first impeachment, and the 2020 election fallout.”
Associated PressBiden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats
Joe Biden's long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office. After the turbulence and chaos of his predecessor, Donald Trump, Biden was seen by voters as one who could restore a sense of normalcy and a reassuring tone to the White House. Biden started his presidency with more than $4 trillion worth of big ideas — his eyes larger than what the Senate could stomach.
The GuardianCapitol attack panel grapples with moving inquiry forward: to subpoena or not?
The committee is undecided on making the near-unprecedented step as the threat of Republican retaliation looms Kevin McCarthy, the Republican House minority leader, has refused to testify voluntarily with the Capitol attack committee. Photograph: Ken Cedeno/UPI/Rex/Shutterstock The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack is weighing whether to subpoena some of Donald Trump’s top allies on Capitol Hill as it considers its options on how aggressively it should pursue testimony to m
The Guardian‘It’s a tough time’: why is Biden one of the most unpopular US presidents?
Puzzle of Biden’s unpopularity has some pieces within his control and some not, experts say, as Covid casts a shadow over his first year in office Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress on 28 April 2021. Photograph: Getty Images Joe Biden ends his first year in office at a particularly bleak moment for a US president who promised competency and normalcy. Much of his domestic agenda is stalled on Capitol Hill, impeded by members of his own party. The virus is once again raging out of con
Associated PressOn MLK Day, King III implores Senate to act on voting rights
A day before the U.S. Senate was expected to take up significant legislation on voting rights that is looking likely to fail, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s eldest son condemned federal lawmakers over their inaction. Speaking in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Martin Luther King III said though he was marking the federal holiday named for his father, he wasn't there to celebrate. Monday's holiday marked what would have been the 93rd birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., who was just 39 when he was assassinated in 1968 while helping sanitation workers strike for better pay and workplace safety in Memphis, Tennessee.
ReutersU.S. appeals court delays legal challenge to Texas abortion law
A U.S. appeals court on Monday handed a defeat to abortion clinics by delaying a legal challenge to a Texas law banning most abortions in that state. In a 2-1 ruling, the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the Texas Supreme Court should address enforcement questions related to the law before the Texas clinics' challenge could resume. The Republican-backed law bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy, a time many women remain unaware they are pregnant, and is one of the country's most restrictive abortion measures.
The New York TimesWho Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and a Former Acolyte
For months, former President Donald Trump has been grumbling quietly to friends and visitors to his Palm Beach mansion about a rival Republican power center in another Florida mansion, some 400 miles to the north. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a man Trump believes he put on the map, has been acting far less like an acolyte and more like a future competitor, Trump complains. With his stock rising fast in the party, the governor has conspicuously refrained from saying he would stand aside if Trump runs for t
CBS NewsU.S. Senate candidate smokes marijuana in new campaign ad
The Democrat said in the ad that he wants to "destigmatize the use of marijuana," a pathway to legalization and "forgive those arrested due to outdated ideology."
Business InsiderUK MPs criticize 'distracted' Biden for reluctance to support Ukraine ahead of potential invasion by Russia
Joe Biden has left the West "rudderless" as Vladimir Putin becomes increasingly aggressive, British politicians told Insider.
ReutersBiden administration unveils plan to combat worsening US wildfires
The Biden administration on Tuesday unveiled a 10-year plan to treat and maintain millions of additional acres of forests in the western United States to reduce the severity of seasonal wildfires. “We’re not going to stop fires,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said at a press event in Arizona alongside Forest Service chief Randy Moore. The plan, called the “wildfire crisis strategy,” aims to make some 50 million acres (20 million hectares) of forests healthier and more resilient to fires through treatments like thinning, pruning, and prescribed burning, they said.
Associated PressIn unusual move, Gov. DeSantis submits redistricting map
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has submitted a proposal to reshape the state's congressional map and carve up districts held by Black Democrats, as the Republican takes the unusual step of inserting himself into the redistricting process. The proposed congressional map, submitted Sunday on the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, signaled the governor's priorities as the state moves to redraw political maps in the coming months. DeSantis, who is running for reelection and is considered a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has largely shaped the legislative agenda in the Republican-controlled statehouse this year.
The Daily BeastBannon Torches Fox News for Not Airing Trump’s Arizona Rally
REUTERSSteve Bannon declared war on Fox News this week over the conservative cable behemoth’s lack of live coverage of Donald Trump’s unhinged Saturday evening rally in Arizona. “The Fox scam is over!” the former Trump strategist declared Monday on his War Room podcast.“Fox does not cover Trump at all, whatsoever,” Bannon complained of the Trump-allied network’s on-air handling of the former president’s lengthy Save America rally in Florence, Arizona.Trumpworld Assembles in Arizona to Spew Garba
USA TODAYDemocrats put renewed focus on voting rights: What happened in 2021, and where do proposals stand now?
President Joe Biden and Democrats have turned their attention to voting rights as other parts of their agenda have stalled and ahead of the midterms.
Associated PressWebsite for free virus tests is here. How does it work?
Under criticism after weeks of shortages, President Joe Biden's administration is working to make COVID-19 rapid test kits more available and accessible to Americans by boosting supply and lowering costs. In addition, most Americans are now able to get reimbursed for tests that they purchase. Free tests can be ordered at covidtests.gov or at usps.com/covidtest.
Business InsiderPsaki says Biden 'believes everyone should be held to the highest standard' but Congress should decide its own stock trading rules
Psaki's comments come after Biden economic advisor Brian Deese said a similar stock trading ban for executive branch employees "makes a lot of sense."
ReutersU.S. Supreme Court leans toward Christian group in Boston flag dispute
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared inclined to rule in favor of a Christian group that sued on free speech grounds over a refusal by officials in Boston to fly a flag bearing the image of a cross at City Hall in a challenge backed by Democratic President Joe Biden's administration. The justices heard oral arguments in an appeal by the group, Camp Constitution, and its director, Harold Shurtleff, over Boston's 2017 denial of their application to raise the Christian cross flag due to concerns that it could appear as an unconstitutional government endorsement of a particular religion. The Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, has taken an expansive view of religious rights and has been increasingly receptive to arguments that governments are acting with hostility toward religion.
AxiosBiden will let Congress determine stock trading rules
The Biden administration will defer any rule changes around lawmakers trading stocks to congressional leadership, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday. The big picture: Psaki's remarks come as momentum is building among some progressive Democrats and MAGA Republicans on a proposal to ban sitting lawmakers from trading individual stocks, Axios' Dan Primack and Sophia Cai report.Stay on top of the latest market trends and economic insights with Axios Markets. Subscribe for freeDrivin
“Air travel is a funnel point through which millions of Americans pass each week. Requiring vaccinations would save lives.”
“Get ready for a snarled mess at airports around the country if airlines are forced to verify that passengers are vaccinated.”
“The only way to protect our industries, our work and our economy is to mandate vaccines on airplanes and schools, etc.”
“Of course airplanes, thanks to their ventilation systems, are the opposite of superspreader sites.”
“At the very least, Biden should extend that 24-hour testing requirement to all domestic air travel.”