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A year after New Mexico's biggest wildfire, victims have yet to see $2.5 billion aid

5:14pm April 17, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Congress set aside $2.5 billion for victims of New Mexico's biggest wildfire, started by accident by the U.S. Forest Service. A year after the fire, distributing that money is still in the works.

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US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, during an interview on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, April 17, 2023.

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Speaker McCarthy outlines GOP debt limit plan, Democrats pan demands as extreme

2:22pm April 17, 2023

by Deirdre Walsh

Talks over raising the nation's borrowing authority are stalled so House Speaker McCarthy says GOP will vote on their own plan. Democrats say adding demands to avoid a historic default is reckless.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seen here boarding an elevator following a vote on Feb. 14. She has been absent from the Senate after being diagnosed with shingles.

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Congress returns from recess with a big to-do list

1:54pm April 17, 2023

by Barbara Sprunt

Addressing the fallout of a leak of classified intelligence documents and drafting legislation to avoid a default on the nation's credit limit are just a few items on Congress' to-do list.

Bottles of prescription pills go through an automated packaging machine in a pharmacy plant. The Supreme Court on Tuesday hears a case that considers whether pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid under the False Claims Act.

Supreme Court looks at whether Medicare and Medicaid were overbilled under fraud law

8:03am April 17, 2023

by Nina Totenberg

Arguments on Tuesday center on a powerful tool for fighting fraud in government contracts and programs. The case examines whether major pharmacies knowingly overcharged Medicare and Medicaid.

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Lawmakers have a lot on their agenda as Congress returns from a 2-week recess

5:03am April 17, 2023

House Republicans are drafting legislation to avoid a default on the nation's credit limit. Senators face a possible vote on temporarily replacing ailing Sen. Dianne Feinstein on a judiciary panel.

A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters in New York on April 12.

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The $1.6 billion Dominion v. Fox News trial starts Tuesday. Catch up here

9:03pm April 16, 2023

by Mary Yang

Dominion Voting Systems is suing Fox News and its parent company Fox Corp. for knowingly airing false claims that its machines rigged the 2020 election against ex-President Donald Trump.

An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood Friday, March 10, 2023, in Fairview Heights, Ill.

Out-of-staters are flocking to places where abortions are easier to get

5:41pm April 16, 2023

by Mallika Seshadri

States with strong abortion rights protections are seeing many more abortion seekers, mostly from neighboring states with abortion restrictions.

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Politics chat: The battle over abortion; calls for Senator Feinstein to step down

11:52am April 16, 2023

The legal battle over abortion access continues, this time over the drug mifestone; also some Democrats call for Senator Dianne Feinstein to step down amid on-going health issues.

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President Biden toured semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed Inc. in Durham, N.C., on March 28, 2023 — one of many places where he has touted his industrial policy strategy.

Biden bets big on bringing factories back to America, building on some Trump ideas

5:00am April 16, 2023

by Asma Khalid

President Biden has embraced the idea of subsidies for key industries and measures to shut out Chinese competitors. Reviving manufacturing is a theme he's expected to run on in 2024.

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Lady Gaga performs during President Biden's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. She'll co-chair Biden's arts advisory committee.

Biden taps Lady Gaga to co-chair an arts advisory committee that dissolved under Trump

5:15pm April 15, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities will advise the president on cultural policy, and members were chosen due to their "serious commitment to the arts and humanities."