Politics

Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin four days of hearings to consider the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court on Monday, March 21, committee Chairman Richard Durbin said Wednesday. Jackson, 51, currently serves as a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., …

Billions of dollars in rental assistance distributed to help keep people in their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic is largely going to low-income families, according to new data from the Treasury Department. Many of those recipients were people of color and women.  Since last year, the Treasury Department has been …

The U.S. Justice Department sued Missouri on Wednesday, seeking to stop the state from enforcing a bill it passed last year that declared several federal firearms laws “invalid.” The complaint alleges that the bill, known as the Second Amendment Preservation Act, is unconstitutional and is hindering law enforcement efforts.  The …

Warning that high inflation could make it harder to restore the job market to full health, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed will raise interest rates faster than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices. With America’s households squeezed by higher costs for food, …

Washington — President Biden will travel to Kentucky on Wednesday to assess the damage from a tornado outbreak that devastated the state and killed 64 people, the White House announced. Mr. Biden will first participate in a storm briefing at Fort Campbell before heading to Mayfield and Dawson Springs to …

Washington –  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who has been charged with two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, is scheduled to stand trial on July 18. Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., set the date in a virtual status conference held Tuesday, during …

President Biden has finally announced his nominee for Food and Drug Administration commissioner, nearly 10 months into his presidency in the middle of a deadly pandemic — Dr. Robert Califf. This will be his second time in the job if confirmed, since he also served as FDA commissioner during the …

The House late Friday night passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that represents a key piece of President Biden’s domestic agenda, following a day of Democratic discord over the infrastructure bill and the even larger social spending bill.  On Saturday, the president called it a “once-in-a-generation investment that’s gonna create …

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that she had tested positive for COVID-19, days after pulling out of the president’s overseas trip due to a family emergency. Psaki is vaccinated, and said she is only experiencing mild symptoms.  Psaki said in a statement on Sunday that emergency was …

Washington — The House delayed its planned vote on a bipartisan infrastructure bill late Thursday night, while negotiations continued over another measure — a larger social safety net — but failed to result in an agreement.  As Speaker Nancy Pelosi left the Capitol in the early hours of Friday morning, she …