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Advocacy group launches ads pushing Manchin, other Democrats to back pandemic funding

An advocacy group founded to prevent future pandemics is launching a new round of TV ads Tuesday, urging key Democratic senators to support a $30 billion proposal designed to help prepare for coming viral outbreaks.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 18, 2021

‘He owns it’: McConnell asks Biden for troops as Taliban seize Afghanistan

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said President Joe Biden should send U.S. troops into Afghanistan to rescue Americans and Afghan allies as the Taliban reasserts total control over the war-torn country.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 16, 2021

Haiti persists as a challenge for Biden amid escalating global crises

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s foreign policy is facing a critical test as he is confronted with two international crises at the same time.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 15, 2021

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Immunocompromised people can now get a 3rd COVID vaccine shot. Here’s what to know

Some people with weakened immune systems can now receive a third dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccines to boost their protection against COVID-19.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 15, 2021

One-third of Native Americans aren’t registered to vote. Can President Biden change that?

WASHINGTON – Navajo and Hopi voters in Arizona played a major role in securing the crucial state for President Joe Biden last year, but nationally more than a third of voting age Native Americans aren’t registered to vote.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 14, 2021

‘They don’t feel any consequences.’ Why Rand Paul isn’t likely to pay for stock disclosure

WASHINGTON — The odds of Rand Paul facing a penalty for his severely delayed disclosure of a stock purchase are slim, based on recent history of similar cases in the U.S. Senate.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 14, 2021

Donde las tasas de vacunación son bajas, expertos recomiendan las pruebas caseras para ayudar a prevenir la propagación del COVID

WASHINGTON — Un fuerte descenso en las pruebas de detección de coronavirus a nivel nacional tiene a la administración de Biden preocupada de que la propagación del COVID-19 pueda ser peor en algunas áreas de lo que parece.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 13, 2021

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Surge in COVID cases reshapes early 2022 election strategies for both parties

WASHINGTON – Rising coronavirus cases across the country are threatening to upend both parties’ burgeoning midterm election strategies, as plans to focus on other political issues have been overshadowed by the ongoing pandemic.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 13, 2021

New census data to shape 2022 elections as California prepares to lose power in Congress

WASHINGTON — The largest population declines in California were below Los Angeles and near the Oregon border, but the shifts could mean changes in congressional districts in between, according to census data released Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 12, 2021

Historically Black colleges grapple with COVID-19 prevention and vaccine mandates

WASHINGTON — Historically Black colleges and universities are grappling with whether to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations this academic year, with the coronavirus continuing to spread at higher rates in communities of color.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 12, 2021

Why conservative California Rep. Tom McClintock wants to ease federal marijuana laws

WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom McClintock doesn’t approve of marijuana use.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 12, 2021

Laura Richardson confirmed as Southcom commander, second Army woman to wear 4 stars

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Lt. Gen. Laura Richardson as the next commander of U.S. Southern Command on Wednesday, the first woman to lead the Doral, Florida-based joint military command responsible for South America, Central America and the Caribbean.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 12, 2021

US says Syria’s Assad has power to free missing journalist Austin Tice

WASHINGTON — Syrian President Bashar Assad has the power to free Austin Tice, an American journalist who went missing while covering the war there nine years ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 11, 2021

With his ‘aye’ vote on infrastructure, McConnell defies Trump, gets thanks from Biden

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump may still wield the most political power over the Republican Party, but Mitch McConnell remains master of the Senate GOP.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 10, 2021

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 9, 2021

Rand Paul threatens a Senate bottleneck to protest COVID-19 restrictions

As schools wrestle with mask mandates and government agencies grapple with in-office work, Rand Paul is promising to pick a fight against continued coronavirus restrictions.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 9, 2021

Intelligence probe of COVID-19 origins unlikely to end with high-confidence result, officials say

WASHINGTON — A 90-day intelligence review into the origins of COVID-19 ordered by President Joe Biden is expected to end largely where it began, without high confidence in how the coronavirus first emerged, government officials told McClatchy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 9, 2021

Trump told California to sweep the forest floors. What’s Biden’s plan to combat wildfires?

WASHINGTON – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Gov. Gavin Newsom stood side by side, in a forest that burned badly a year ago, pledging to work together against California’s raging wildfires.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 6, 2021

Amid tangled Haiti assassination plot, a mysterious figure emerges from the shadows

Since the July 7 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, the growing cast of shadowy characters swept up in the investigation has resembled a scrambled jigsaw puzzle.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 6, 2021

Democrats turned out in droves to rebuke Trump. Will they again when he’s out of office?

WASHINGTON – Democrats will face their biggest challenge in energizing their base to vote since their main villain, former President Donald Trump, left office as they seek to hold onto three governor’s mansions this fall.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 6, 2021

For unemployed Black and Hispanic women, an uneven economic recovery looms, experts warn

WASHINGTON — High unemployment experienced by Black and Hispanic women throughout the pandemic will persist long after it is over unless the federal government and employers take targeted actions to bring them back into the workforce, experts are warning.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 5, 2021

‘A gargantuan task’: How will Biden satisfy both progressives, moderates on infrastructure?

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is no stranger to fraught congressional negotiations.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 4, 2021

Fauci fears that a variant worse than delta is coming, says COVID-19 cases may double

WASHINGTON — Coronavirus cases driven by the delta variant are rising in a “very steep fashion” across the United States and may double in the coming weeks to 200,000 cases a day, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Aug 2, 2021

White House offers COVID-19 surge teams to governors as delta variant cases soar

WASHINGTON — The White House is offering coronavirus surge response teams and other federal resources to governors in all 50 states as cases increase nationwide from the spread of the delta variant, straining local hospitals and driving vaccinated people to resume wearing masks.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 31, 2021

‘Not a foregone conclusion:’ Republicans confront limits of Trump’s endorsement

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s highly sought-after endorsement has not provided quite the boost some Republicans expected so far this year.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 31, 2021

Rep. Madison Cawthorn tried to carry a gun onto a flight at NC airport in February

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a first-term lawmaker from far-western North Carolina, attempted to bring a handgun through security at the Asheville airport in February.

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