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White House looks at domestic travel restrictions as virus variant mutation surges in Florida

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering whether to impose domestic travel restrictions, including on Florida, fearful that coronavirus mutations are threatening to reverse hard-fought progress on the pandemic.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 10, 2021

GOP names 4 California Democrats among its top targets for 2022. Can it repeat gains?

WASHINGTON — Fresh off an election in which the GOP flipped four California congressional districts, the national fundraising arm of House Republicans on Wednesday announced that it wants to compete for four more seats held by Golden State Democrats.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 10, 2021

Biden ‘clearly opposes any effort to recall’ California Gov. Gavin Newsom, White House says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden opposes a movement in California to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 10, 2021

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Biden ‘clearly opposes any effort to recall’ California Gov. Gavin Newsom, White House says

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden opposes a movement in California to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 10, 2021

Senate Conservatives Fund spends nearly $65,000 on Hawley’s not-yet-published book

WASHINGTON — A prominent conservative PAC has spent nearly $65,000 on copies of a book that hasn’t been published yet as part of its effort to boost Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 9, 2021

Alex Padilla has 2 years to show he should keep his Senate seat. How he plans to do it

WASHINGTON — Sen. Alex Padilla said he’s doing his best to “drink through the fire hose.”

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 8, 2021

Democrats have a backup plan in case Senate doesn’t convict Trump on impeachment

WASHINGTON — House and Senate Democrats may push ahead this week with a censure resolution to bar former President Donald Trump from holding future office over his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, anticipating acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, several sources familiar with the matter told McClatchy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 8, 2021

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Biden revisará las deportaciones de veteranos y familiares militares que ocurrieron con Trump

WASHINGTON — El presidente Joe Biden revisará las deportaciones de veteranos y familiares de militares que ocurrieron bajo las políticas de inmigración más estrictas del ex presidente Donald Trump, dijo un funcionario de la Casa Blanca a McClatchy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 8, 2021

Biden to review deportations of veterans, military family that occurred under Trump

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will review the deportations of veterans and military family members that occurred under the stricter immigration enforcement policies of former President Donald Trump, a White House official told McClatchy.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 8, 2021

$15 an hour minimum wage is Biden’s first big test with progressives

WASHINGTON — The battle over increasing the minimum wage is pitting President Joe Biden’s plea for bipartisanship against his relationship with progressives in his party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 6, 2021

Grupo republicano presiona a senadores republicanos para que condenen a Trump en juicio político

WASHINGTON — Un grupo republicano planea publicar anuncios en los estados de origen de casi dos docenas de senadores republicanos durante el juicio político de la próxima semana, presionándolos para que voten para condenar al expresidente Donald Trump y prohibirle que vuelva a ocupar el cargo.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2021

Intruder got into official plane at Joint Base Andrews, prompting tightened security

WASHINGTON — An intruder breached security at Joint Base Andrews, where presidential planes are kept, and got inside one of the aircraft used to transport the nation’s elected leaders, top government officials and first ladies, the base confirmed Friday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2021

Republican group pressures GOP senators to convict Trump in impeachment trial

WASHINGTON — A Republican group plans to run ads in the home states of nearly two dozen GOP senators during next week’s impeachment trial, pressuring them to vote to convict former President Donald Trump and bar him from holding office again.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2021

Democrats forced to balance Trump’s impeachment trial with Biden’s agenda

WASHINGTON — The impeachment trial of Donald Trump will likely be short and almost certainly result in an acquittal. Yet Democrats still view it as an opportunity to not only repudiate the actions of the former president, but drive a larger wedge inside the Republican Party.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2021

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 5, 2021

‘It’s time to start’: Advocates push Biden to act on gun control

WASHINGTON — The White House is facing mounting pressure to unveil a comprehensive plan to reduce gun violence, an issue that the new administration has not yet publicly tackled despite promises from President Joe Biden to make it a policy priority.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 4, 2021

CDC finds heightened COVID-19 risk for LGBTQ population, calls for more data gathering

WASHINGTON — Gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans are more prone to have underlying health conditions that could put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study on Thursday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 4, 2021

Pentagon reviewing how to better screen recruits for extremism after US Capitol attack

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is reviewing how to improve screening of military recruits to eliminate extremism in its ranks after the riot at the U.S. Capitol served as a “wake-up call” when members of the military were discovered to have participated, a defense official said.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 4, 2021

McConnell attempts to steer GOP back into the mainstream as COVID-19 relief debate begin

WASHINGTON — He’s denounced one of his party’s most extreme new members of Congress. He’s voted to approve most of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominees. And he’s expressed openness to a Republican compromise with the White House on a coronavirus relief package.

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 3, 2021

BBQ vs. Cuban sandwiches: Congress members make Super Bowl wager

WASHINGTON — Kansas City-area Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Sharice Davids savored California chocolate last year after the Kansas City Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 3, 2021

‘We have fallen short’: Navy outlines plan to improve diversity in top ranks

WASHINGTON — After hundreds of conversations with small groups of sailors across the globe, the Navy released a new plan for diversifying its top ranks, including outreach to Black fraternities and sororities to attract the next generation of officers and pledging greater transparency in promotions.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 3, 2021

Biden takes steps on immigration. Reversing Trump policies won’t ‘happen overnight’

WASHINGTON — Less than two weeks into his tenure, President Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure from immigration advocates to reverse policies put in place by his predecessor, which White House officials say will take time to undo.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 2, 2021

With Trump gone, auto industry now backing California tailpipe emission standards

The world’s automakers say they’ll cooperate with California officials and President Joe Biden on greenhouse gas emissions, ending a nasty dispute with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration over the regulatory framework for combating climate change.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 2, 2021

Fauci says COVID-19 vaccine boosters will tackle one mutation at a time

WASHINGTON – COVID-19 vaccine boosters will tackle one coronavirus variant at a time, focusing first on a mutation recently identified in South Africa that is alarming scientists, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, told McClatchy in an interview.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 2, 2021

Biden administration ‘worried’ by limited racial data on vaccine distribution so far

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials are expressing frustration over inadequate data on how many Black and Hispanic Americans have received COVID-19 vaccines, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday that it lacked race and ethnicity information on nearly half of those vaccinated in the first month.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 30, 2021

Biden modeling partnership with Vice President Harris on his relationship with Obama

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is incorporating the lessons he learned as vice president to former President Barack Obama into his relationship with Kamala Harris.

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