House Republicans want to take back $30 billion in unspent pandemic relief funds as a conditions for avoiding a default on the nation’s debt.
Author: Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY
Title 42 is over; Biden says new approach at southern border will take time to work
President Joe Biden said the administration did everything it could to prepare for Title 42’s end, but it will take time for the new approach to work.
‘The luxury of shuttle diplomacy’: McConnell could use ties to McCarthy and Biden to end debt fight
President Biden and Mitch McConnell found a way out of the 2011 debt limit crisis. Can the “odd couple” do it again?
Biden administration proposing rule changes to compensate passengers for flight delays
The Biden administration’s proposed flight delay compensation rule is the latest in a series of steps to improve travel and passenger protections.
As COVID-19 emergency ends, CDC czar Rochelle Walensky resigns from Biden administration
Rochelle Walensky, head of the CDC, has resigned saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.
Biden boosts clean energy in coal country despite facing pushback from Congress on climate
The new funding comes weeks after Biden angered activists by approving one of the largest new oil and gas developments on federal land in 20 years.
‘Asleep at the wheel’: Lawmakers take aim at Feds for failing to prevent SVB bank collapse
A top Federal Reserve official called Silicon Valley Bank’s failure a “textbook case of bank mismanagement.” Fed regulators are also in the hot seat.
Biden calls on Congress to impose tougher penalties for bank failures
President Joe Biden wants Congress to expand the government’s ability to hold executives accountable for bank collapses, like at Silicon Valley Bank.
Biden budget proposal would increase Medicare tax for Americans earning more than $400K
The Medicare tax rate would increase to 5% from 3.8% on earned and unearned income for wealthier Americans, according to a preview of Biden’s budget.
President Biden had basal cell cancerous tissue removed from his chest, White House says
A lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest recently was basal cell carcinoma, a common, relatively harmless skin cancer, the White House said.