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Can President Biden, Republicans make a deal on an infrastructure bill?
President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers have failed to reach an agreement on an infrastructure bill. The latest negotiations beg the question: What is infrastructure? -
Infrastructure package talks collapse, restart with new bipartisan group
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ended talks with a group of Republican senators on a big infrastructure package on Tuesday and started reaching out to senators from both parties in a new effort toward bipartisan compromise, setting a summer deadline for Congress to pass his top legislative priority. The president is walking away from… -
Colonial Pipeline CEO testifies on ransomware attack
Colonial Pipeline CEO Joseph Blount testified Tuesday morning before the Senate Homeland Security Committee about last month’s ransomware attack. Blount called the decision to pay the roughly $4.4 million ransom one of the most difficult he has had to make in his life. He said it was the right thing to do, even though authorities… -
Can America buy its way out of the immigration problem at the Southern border?
Vice President Kamala Harris says fixing the immigration problem at America’s Southern border starts with addressing the root causes. -
FDA approves first new Alzheimer’s drug in nearly 20 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government health officials on Monday approved the first new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in nearly 20 years, disregarding warnings from independent advisers that the much-debated treatment hasn’t been shown to help slow the brain-destroying disease. The Food and Drug Administration said it granted approval to the drug from Biogen based on results… -
Michigan Attorney General investigating Boy Scouts
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel launched an investigation into the Boy Scouts of America. The investigation is in relation to sex abuse allegations that came to light during a civil case. The BSA filed for bankruptcy last year, in order to stop hundreds of civil lawsuits and create a compensation fund for men who were… -
Lone Star Showdown: What’s inside the Texas voting bill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Senate Bill 7 will be taken up in a special session. GOP lawmakers say language limiting voting hours on Sundays was a typo. -
Largest meat producer bouncing back from cyber attack
The world’s largest meat processing company will soon resume most production after a weekend cyber attack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved. -
A bill to study slavery reparations awaits vote in the House
The House is set to vote on a bill to study slavery reparations. Belinda Sutton made the first case for reparations in the 1700s. -
Biden 2022 budget proposal set, Republicans counter on infrastructure
President Biden will propose a $6 trillion budget for the 2022 fiscal year on Friday. The proposed budget would take the United States to its highest sustained levels of federal spending since World War II. It would also run annual deficits of more than $1.3 trillion throughout the next decade. The news came on the… -
President Biden directs “redoubling” of COVID-19 origin investigation
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said the U.S. intelligence community was divided on the origin in China of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, including whether it came from human contact with an infected animal or a laboratory accident. Biden said in a statement that he has called for further investigation into the pandemic’s origins. He… -
US-Mexico border: Who’s responsible for unaccompanied migrant kids?
Thousands of children remain in limbo when they reach the US-Mexico border. Here’s what happens when the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol takes unaccompanied migrant kids into custody. -
Straight Arrow News ‘NowCast’: May 25, 2021
This Straight Arrow News “NowCast” includes a shooting near the George Floyd memorial in Minneapolis, another governor signs a bill banning vaccine passports, and the date is set for a summit between President Biden and Russian Vice President Vladimir Putin.
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