New plan addresses cost sharing of American troops in Korean peninsula. The White House announced President Biden’s first major deal with South Korea on Wednesday. The agreement ends…
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President Signs COVID Relief Bill
Stimulus funds could come as early as this weekend. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief legislation into law on Thursday. His signing commemorated the one-year anniversary…
Read MorePresident Gives Primetime Address
He spoke to the nation one year after the start of the covid outbreak. President Biden held his first prime-time address to the nation on Thursday, marking the…
Read MoreHouse Passes Gun-Control Measures
Expanded background checks among the bills’ provisions. On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a pair of gun-control bills that were blocked in the previous Congress. One measure…
Read MoreTwo More Cabinet Posts Confirmed by Senate
Garland confirmed for Attorney General, Fudge as HUD Secretary. The Senate voted 70-30 on Wednesday to confirm Merrick Garland as Attorney General. The federal appellate judge won the…
Read MoreU.S. Sanctions Ukrainian Tycoon
U.S. ban includes the oligarch’s family. The Department of State recently released a statement banning Ukrainian tycoon and former regional governor Ihor Kolomoyskyi and his family from entering…
Read MoreHouse Passes COVID-19 Aid Bill
President likely to sign the bill on Friday. In a vote entirely along party lines, the House of Representatives voted to approve a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that…
Read MoreHouse Passes Major Labor Bill
The PRO Act is very pro-labor unions, opponents say. The House of Representatives voted 225-206 to pass a sweeping labor rights bill aimed at making it easier for…
Read MoreU.S.-EU Aircraft Tariffs Suspended after Discussion
Suspension announced by EU Commission chief von der Leyen. The first phone call between the United States and the European Union under the new administration came this past…
Read MoreNational Guard Assists with Water Crisis in Mississippi
Decades of similar crises begs for infrastructure overhaul. The National Guard was recently deployed to aid the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, passing out water to the capital…
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