The U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican is putting forth what he characterizes as a positive response to partisan rhetoric on race that he’s best-positioned to rebut. Tim Scott of South Carolina tells The Associated Press that he hopes a video series on issues he sees as pertinent to the Black community will help refocus a fraught national conversation on race.
President Joe Biden promises the American people that more help is on the way, as the country continues to break pandemic records during this omicron winter surge. The government is now sending out resources like masks, tests and medical teams to help get things under control.
The Supreme Court has stopped the Biden administration from enforcing a requirement that employees at large businesses be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo weekly testing and wear a mask on the job. At the same time, the court is allowing the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most health care workers in the U.S.
President Joe Biden says the government plans to double to 1 billion the rapid, at-home COVID-19 tests to be distributed free to Americans.
President Joe Biden is continuing his push to pass voting rights legislation. Wednesday, the president said he will sit down with Senate Democrats to discuss how to pass the legislation, despite facing opposition from two members of his own party to get that done.
The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid to keep them open amid the omicron surge.
President Joe Biden didn’t holding back in Georgia Tuesday, he urged Senators to change Senate rules so Democrats can pass voting reform without Republican support.
The fate of President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate for workers in health care and large businesses is now in the hands of the justices at the nation’s highest court. The Supreme Court heard arguments from federal lawyers and attorneys representing a coalition of Republican-led states, including South Carolina, that are pushing back on the requirement. The Biden administration argues the mandate will keep Americans safe, even as the COVID-19 omicron variant surge continues.
America is marking the one year anniversary of the assault on the U.S. Capitol. It was a year ago when thousands supporters of former President Trump stormed the Capitol for several hours. The insurrection left about 140 officers injured and several rioters dead. Today, President Joe Biden laid much of the blame for that attack on democracy at the former president’s feet.
In a string of Tweets sent out this morning, Senator Lindsey Graham responded to speeches from President Biden and Vice President Harris on the insurrection at the Capitol a year ago.
