Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law: ‘The American people won’ The climate, health care and tax law caps a remarkable string of legislative wins for the Biden administration The Independent UK · Aug 16, 2022
The facts behind Trump’s garbage claim that Obama ‘kept’ 33 million documents The unclassified documents from the Obama administration are at the official Obama Presidential Library in Hoffman Estates; classified material is in Maryland. Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 13, 2022
New benefits for South Lanarkshire Council workers have been announced A package of new benefits for local authority employees has been unveiled. Daily Record · Aug 11, 2022
White House declares monkeypox a public health emergency Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected. WEKU · Aug 4, 2022
Administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency - Roll Call The administration declares monkeypox a public health emergency and says it will make it easier to get vaccines to patients. Roll Call · Aug 4, 2022
Veteran prosecutor slams Kim Foxx in blistering resignation letter: ‘Zero confidence’ in her leadership James Murphy, a longtime assistant state’s attorney, zeroed in on many of the issues that have made Foxx a target for opponents, arguing she’s gone easy on some defendants accused of violent crime. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 30, 2022
Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes Two proposed wind farms off the Texas and Louisiana coasts would join offshore oil drilling rigs in the gulf as the Biden administration tries to boost the country’s clean energy supply. The Texas Tribune · Jul 22, 2022
Trump administration memo shows citizenship question connected with census WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tried to include a question about citizenship in the 2020 census that would benefit Republicans, despite initial concerns within the administration that it wasn’t legal, according to a new trove of documents released by Congress on Wednesday. Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2022
Start your engines: Lightfoot gives NASCAR green flag for three years of races through streets of Chicago The race would be run on a 2.2-mile course north of Roosevelt Road, along Columbus Drive, South DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Michigan Avenue, as far north as Jackson Boulevard. Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 19, 2022
Senators Booker, Warren, Sanders And Others Urge Biden To Use His Power And Act On Cannabis Legalization A group of six U.S. senators are pushing the Biden administration to finally use its power and remove cannabis from the list of Schedule 1 substances under federal law. Benzinga · Jul 7, 2022
Supreme Court Gives Biden Administration a (Temporary?) Win on Immigration with Final Decision of Term Chief Justice Roberts final opinion of the term rejects the statutory challenge to the Biden Administration's rescission of the "Remain in Mexico" policy. Reason · Jun 30, 2022
Biden admin proposes changes to handling of sexual misconduct cases in K12 schools and colleges under Title IX The Biden administration says the new rules ‘restore vital protections for students in our nation’s schools which were eroded by controversial regulations implemented during the previous Administration’ The Independent UK · Jun 23, 2022
White House Consults with Law Professors in Anticipation of Dobbs Ruling (Updated) The Biden Administration is apparently considering a range of responses should te Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade. Reason · Jun 16, 2022
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is joining the Biden administration Bottoms was considered for the role of vice president during Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign. WEKU · Jun 16, 2022
Reason · Jun 15, 2022 Chief Justice Roberts Explains DIG of Public Charge Case The Supreme Court has decided not to decide an important question relating to flips in federal policy when Administrations turn over.
Roll Call · Jun 8, 2022 White House to train health care workers in Latin America - Roll Call The Biden administration hopes a plan to train health workers in Latin America will help stem the COVID-19 pandemic and future health crises.
Tribune News Service · Jun 5, 2022 Yellen denies urging smaller Biden relief plan in early 2021 WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen denied advocating for a smaller American Rescue Plan than the $1.9 trillion package proposed by the Biden administration and passed by Congress in early 2021, after an advance copy of a book about the Treasury secretary showed she initially urged scaling it back by a third.
Tribune News Service · Jun 4, 2022 Yellen wanted Biden relief plan scaled back, biographer says WASHINGTON — Janet Yellen, worried by the specter of inflation, initially urged Biden administration officials to scale back the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan by a third, according to an advance copy of a biography on the Treasury secretary.
Salon · May 18, 2022 Behind the Joe Biden v, Jeff Bezos beef The Bezos-Biden spat comes as the price of food and fuel soars and Amazon workers organize to form a labor union
Asharq Al-Awsat · May 17, 2022 Damascus, Rojava Race over Jazeera's Wheat Crops Damascus and the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) have entered the race to buy wheat grown in Syria’s part of the Jazeera.
Benzinga · May 13, 2022 Biden Administration Drops Offshore Drilling Auctions: WSJ The Biden administration has canceled plans to auction drilling rights in two regions in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the coast of Alaska,
Tribune News Service · May 10, 2022 States band together to block immigration policy On the morning of April 28, Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his 11th immigration-related lawsuit against the Biden administration, submitting his paperwork before a U.S. District Court judge in the panhandle city of Amarillo and then issuing a news release about it.
Chicago Sun-Times · May 5, 2022 Mayor takes casino path of least resistance, but is it a winning hand? Just because Ald. Walter Burnett is willing to put up with the inconvenience of a casino doesn’t mean Mayor Lori Lightfoot will easily round up the other 25 City Council votes she needs to ratify Bally’s River West site.
InsideEVs · May 3, 2022 President Biden To Launch Over $3 Billion For US EV Battery Production The Biden Administration announced that the funding will come in the form of grants to develop and construct battery production facilities on our shores.
Caixin Global · Apr 20, 2022 The U.S. Isn't Going to Slacken Scrutiny After Ending the ‘China Initiative’ While the controversial China Initiative targeted mainly academics and researchers of Chinese descent for alleged espionage, the nascent Nation-State Threat Strategy significantly expands its enforcement scope to broader economic and ideological interests