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Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., takes notes during a Senate Rules Committee field hearing on July 19 in Atlanta on the issue of voting rights. Klobuchar and several other Democratic senators have unveiled new voting legislation.

Politics & Government

Senate Democrats Offer A New Voting Bill, But A GOP Filibuster Likely Blocks The Way

10:26am September 14, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

Democrats have a deal on revised voting rights legislation, but a major roadblock remains in the evenly divided chamber with Republicans ready to halt the bill's progress.

Packages of beef cuts are displayed at a Costco store on May 24 in Novato, Calif. The prices of meats have surged, and the White House is partly blaming the handful of meatpackers that control the industry.

High Meat Prices Are Helping Fuel Inflation, And A Few Big Companies Are Being Blamed

9:58am September 14, 2021

by Scott Horsley

A larger White House campaign is targeting what it calls anti-competitive behavior in several industries, including meatpacking, in which over 80% of beef goes through just four companies.

A copy of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act conference report sits at the U.S. Capitol on Dec. 18, 2017. The legislation was passed using the budget reconciliation process.

Politics & Government

A $3.5 Trillion Question: What Is Budget Reconciliation? Here's An Explainer

8:48am September 14, 2021

Democrats are hoping to use a maneuver called budget reconciliation to pass a big $3.5 trillion economic plan over Republican objections. Here's what you need to know about the process.

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz is the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

World News

This Is The Candidate To Beat In The Race To Become Germany's Next Leader

5:03am September 14, 2021

by Rob Schmitz

Social Democratic Party leader Olaf Scholz, the front-runner in the polls to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel, is credited for transforming Hamburg when he was the city's mayor.

George Wein, backstage at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in May 2012.

Music & Culture

George Wein, Music Festival Pioneer, Dies At 95

8:30pm September 13, 2021

by Walter Ray Watson

A founder of the Newport Folk Festival, the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — and perhaps the most important jazz impresario of all time — died Monday.

Western wildfires have given Boise, Idaho, one of its smokiest summers on record. President Biden visited the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise on Monday.

National

Biden Tours Western Fire Center And Tells Firefighters, 'You Saved Lake Tahoe'

7:17pm September 13, 2021

by Kirk Siegler

The president viewed the wildfire ravaged West Monday, to renew warnings about climate change its role in extreme weather and fire events.

Fox Nation, a subscription-based streaming service run by Fox News Media, has given the green light for the return of the controversial reality TV series, premiering Oct. 1.

'Cops' Was Canceled Amid Protests Of Police Violence. Fox Nation Is Bringing It Back

7:14pm September 13, 2021

by Jonathan Franklin

The 33rd season of the controversial reality show will debut with four episodes, followed by a new episode every week on Fridays.

A recently installed surveillance camera is positioned near the U.S. Capitol on Monday.

Capitol Police Are Upping Security Ahead Of A Rally In Support Of The Jan. 6 Rioters

6:54pm September 13, 2021

by Claudia Grisales

Congressional leaders and top security officials say the U.S. Capitol will be well-prepared for a far-right rally expected for the area this Saturday.

For the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, all of New York City's public school students are expected to return to classes in person today.

It's Back-To-School Season In NYC. Here's How 3 Moms Are Handling It

5:14pm September 13, 2021

by Anya Kamenetz

School districts are once again making enormous changes at the last minute. New York City, the nation's largest district, is one of the few holdouts against offering a remote option.

The main gate of the privately run Leavenworth Detention Center in 2016. At the time, the prison's operator was known as the Corrections Corporation of America but has since been renamed CoreCivic. Legal advocates are hoping the facility shuts down when i

Politics & Government

Biden Ended Contracts with Private Prisons. So One May Turn To House Immigrants

5:03pm September 13, 2021

by Carrie Johnson

A for-profit detention center in Kansas that's been plagued with violence may be trying to do an end run against a presidential executive order by moving to house immigrant detainees.