Senate passes resolution to scrap mask mandate for public travel
A Republican-backed resolution to end the federal mask mandate on public transportation cleared the Senate on Tuesday.
A Republican-backed resolution to end the federal mask mandate on public transportation cleared the Senate on Tuesday.
Producer prices increased a blistering 10% for the year ending in February, according to a report Friday from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the highest on record.
After Ohio became on Monday the 23rd state to have constitutional carry for firearms signed into law, more than half of all U.S. states have now either enacted or are in the process of adopting constitutional carry.
A California bill introduced last month would require all doctors and healthcare providers to undergo training on how to provide “inclusive” care to transgender people – a move which Christians say would force them into sterilizing patients and telling them lies about their gender, Christian Headlines (CH) reports.
The Idaho Legislature has passed a ban on abortions at six weeks that would allow the patient or family to sue providers of the procedure, an enforcement mechanism resembling the one used in a similar Texas law.
A convoy of truckers protesting COVID-19 restrictions made its way to Washington, D.C., on Monday, adding to weekday traffic around the Capital Beltway and within the city in what appears to be the convoy’s biggest show of force yet.
The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill (HR 2471) was passed by the House on Wednesday and by the Senate on Thursday evening. The bill is now on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk for his signature.
In a ruling Friday, the Texas Supreme Court delivered another legal blow to abortion providers’ federal lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion restrictions.
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced Saturday night the Biden administration has approved $200 million more in emergency military aid to Ukraine as Russian forces intensified their attacks in multiple cities as military and civilian losses mounted in the three-week-old war.
Former President Trump is doubling down on claims the 2020 election was rigged in favor of President Joe Biden, telling a crowd in South Carolina he won the 2020 election.
The House passed a $1.5 trillion government funding bill Wednesday night, setting the first new spending levels under the Biden administration, providing $13.6 billion in measures to support Ukraine, and marking the end of months of bipartisan budget negotiations.
The federal mask mandate will be extended for another 30 days, to April 18, representing the fourth extension of the mandate for public transit, airplanes, and airports that was first introduced in February 2021.
Inflation grew worse in February amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine and price pressures that became more entrenched.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency successfully launched the most advanced version of the Patriot missile from a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system in a Feb. 24 test at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, Lockheed Martin told Defense News.
The Republican National Committee is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Jan. 6 committee’s members over the panel’s subpoena of information from the RNC database.
A record number of Black Republicans are running for Congress this year, and the party says the trend accelerated with Donald Trump’s expansion of the conservative base in his 2016 campaign for the White House.
A bill regulating sex education in public elementary schools has passed the Florida legislature despite vocal objection by LBGTQ+ advocates and their allies in the news media.
With the world increasingly using cashless payments, the president of the United States ordered the government to investigate the risks and benefits of cryptocurrency and the creation of a digital dollar.
A pro-Trump legal group is suing the Biden administration on behalf of three dozen members of the Air Force, arguing that COVID-19 vaccine mandates for service members are discriminatory — especially at a time of national security concerns.
At least two Americans imprisoned in Venezuela have reportedly been released in what appears to be a sign that the Biden administration is making headway in negotiating an oil deal to ward off rising gas prices as the United States moves to ban imports of Russian oil.