The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Monday to advance the nomination of Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general… Continue Reading
Biden to meet with Mexican president amid immigration issues
President Joe Biden plans a virtual meeting Monday with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador… Continue Reading
Senate Democrats consider changes to House virus relief bill
Senate Democrats are considering reshaping parts of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed by the House, as party leaders hoping to salvage a minimum wage increase… Continue Reading
Vi Ripken, mother of Cal Jr. and kidnap victim, dies at 82
Vi Ripken, matriarch of the famed Orioles family that includes Hall of Fame son Cal Ripken Jr. and once the victim of a bizarre kidnapping, has died… Continue Reading
US probing engine fires in nearly 1.9M Toyota RAV4 SUVs
The U.S. government is investigating complaints of engine compartment fires in nearly 1.9 million Toyota RAV4 small SUVs… Continue Reading
Mornings on the Mall 03.01.21 / Joe diGenova, Tim Carney, Cam Edwards
White House climate czar calls Texas storm ‘a wake-up call’
In an interview with The Associated Press, Gina McCarthy said the storm that devastated Texas and other states “is not going to be as unusual as people had hoped”… Continue Reading
California to spend $28M to help arriving asylum-seekers
California is freeing up as much as $28 million to help immigrants arriving from Mexico and being released in the U.S. until their court dates… Continue Reading
4 men convicted in 1993 WTC bombing have had sentences cut
In the last year, four men implicated in the 1993 bombing have won reductions to their sentences after one part of their convictions was dropped to be consistent with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling… Continue Reading
US advisers endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from J&J
U.S. health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic… Continue Reading
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