Politics & Government

Politics & Government

As Biden marks 1 year in office, he'll hold a news conference

7:53am January 19, 2022

President Biden holds a rare formal news conference Wednesday — as voting rights legislation seems set to fail in the Senate. Voting rights is a key priority of the administration.

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News brief: COVIDtests.gov, Biden news conference, Blinken's Ukraine trip

6:26am January 19, 2022

A new federal government website makes it easy to order COVID-19 tests. President Biden marks one year in office. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying to defuse Russia-Ukraine tensions.

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Immigration activists rally near the White House on Oct. 7, 2021. The group demonstrated for immigration reform and urged President Biden to authorize a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

A year after mobilizing for Biden, young supporters feel let down on immigration

6:26am January 19, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

Young people helped mobilize voters for President Biden. Many now feel Biden hasn't pushed hard enough to deliver on the immigration goals he set.

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On May 21, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James acknowledges questions from journalists at a news conference in New York. Late Tuesday, her office said its civil investigation has uncovered evidence that former President Donald Trump's company us

New York's attorney general says Trump's company misled banks, tax officials

1:36am January 19, 2022

by The Associated Press

Letitia James' office gave its most detailed accounting yet of its probe into allegations that Trump's company repeatedly misstated the value of assets to get favorable loans or slash its tax burden.

Line chart showing party preferences across quarters in 2021. Party preferences shifted to favor Republicans at the end of 2021.

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Americans' political party preferences shifted to Republicans in recent months

10:21pm January 18, 2022

by Juana Summers

More Americans identify as Republicans or lean towards the GOP than prefer Democrats, according to new Gallup data. The shift could portend good news for Republicans in this midterm election year.

Rudy Giuliani, attorney for then-President Donald Trump, conducts a news conference at the Republican National Committee on lawsuits regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election on Nov. 19, 2020. Trump attorneys Jenna Ellis, far left, and Sydne

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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Rudy Giuliani and other lawyers tied to false election claims

7:08pm January 18, 2022

by Claudia Grisales

The panel wants to hear from lawyers who advanced former President Donald Trump's false claims of election fraud.

President Biden speaks about the government's COVID-19 response on Thursday. Experts say his administration's efforts have yielded mixed results in the first year Biden's been in office.

A year in, experts assess Biden's hits and misses on handling the pandemic

6:57pm January 18, 2022

When he came into office, Biden launched an ambitious seven-point plan for defeating the virus. Here's how experts score his results.

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The U.S. Postal Service is now taking orders for the government's free at-home coronavirus test kits.

The Postal Service is now taking orders for free COVID-19 test kits

6:18pm January 18, 2022

by Brian Naylor

The at-home tests are expected to be delivered by USPS later this month. The White House said the site is in "beta testing" and will be launched formally Wednesday.

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Divisions at the U.S. Supreme Court are playing out in differences among the justices

5:51pm January 18, 2022

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court hasn't been this divided in decades. Disagreements over masking, social issues and the Constitution itself are playing out among the justices themselves.

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Boris Johnson faces scrutiny for attending social gatherings that broke COVID rules

5:43pm January 18, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing increasingly harsh criticism from members of his own party following a series of scandals in which he and his associates ignored COVID-19 protocols.

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