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Feds gear up for updated COVID-19, flu, RSV vaccine push starting in September
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is gearing up for a fall vaccination campaign that not only includes updated COVID-19 boosters, but the annual flu shot and the newly approved RSV…
Trump charged with conspiracy to defraud U.S., obstruct Congress, undercut voting in Jan. 6 plot
A mob of pro-Trump extremists overrun the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Alex Kent for Tennessee Lookout) WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Donald Trump on Tuesday,…
U.S. Senate approves debt-ceiling bill, sends it to Biden ahead of Monday’s looming default deadline
WASHINGTON — The bipartisan debt limit bill is on its way to President Joe Biden after the U.S. Senate voted Thursday to clear the measure for his signature. The 63-36…
Neguse, Colorado Dems vote for deal to avert debt default; Boebert absent from House chamber
President Joe Biden meets with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to discuss…
Congress faces list of momentous decisions in looming lame-duck session
WASHINGTON — Congress returns to Capitol Hill and a lengthy to-do list this week, following a six-week midterm elections break that saw Democrats outperform expectations and Republicans barely inch toward…
House Democrats pass climate, health care, tax bill, send it to Biden for signature
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House on Friday cleared Democrats’ long-sought climate, health care and tax package, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature. The roughly $750 billion measure…
Boebert votes against contraception protections as Neguse supports right to birth control
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted mostly along party lines Thursday to send the Senate legislation that would guarantee people the right to use contraception without government interference. The legislation…
Boebert votes no, Neguse yes on bill to protect same-sex, interracial marriage
WASHINGTON — Both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. House voted Tuesday to enshrine the right to same-sex and interracial marriages in federal law, though the bill’s path forward in…
Feds warn they may cut water usage in Colorado River Basin if states don’t deal
WASHINGTON — The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West’s water warned Tuesday that it will act unilaterally to reduce water usage in the Colorado River Basin…
Boebert among just eight House members to vote against revoking normal trade status with Russia
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus, another step the federal government hopes will end the Russian war in Ukraine.…