New York State has decided not to enforce a COVID-19 booster requirement that had been set to begin Monday for healthcare workers. The state health commissioner on Friday announced the decision, in large part due…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Friday that she “wouldn’t subscribe” to the Congressional Progressive Caucus March 1 deadline for a Senate vote on the “Build Back Better” bill. “We will pass the bill when…
National Basketball Association and National Hockey League players must be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 15, 2022, or they will be banned from playing in Canada.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell do not appear to be anywhere near an agreement on raising the federal debt limit, even though there are just a few weeks…
More than 90% of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers have been vaccinated ahead of Monday’s deadline for federal employees. This will enable a holiday travel season free of firings…
Six New York City firefighters upset with an impending COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city workers were relieved of duty Friday and face suspension after driving a fire truck to a state Senator’s office and threatening…
The Biden administration said most federal employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no later than Nov. 22 as it drafts rules to require large employers to have their workers inoculated or tested weekly.President Joe…
Two bipartisan House members visited Afghanistan this week to witness the ongoing chaos, and are urging President Joe Biden to extend the Aug. 31 deadline for withdrawing U.S. troops…
With thousands of desperate Afghans and foreigners massed at Kabul’s airport in the hope of fleeing Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers, President Joe Biden is expected to decide as soon as Tuesday whether to extend an…
U.S. states are racing to meet a deadline to commit to a $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, as some grapple with local resistance and concerns the…
The last-minute decision to send 3,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan to help partially evacuate the U.S. Embassy is calling into question whether President Joe Biden will meet his Aug. 31 deadline for fully withdrawing combat…
It will be “very hard” to reach a bipartisan deal on police reform by the end-of-June deadline if a proposal isn’t in writing in the next week or two, Senator Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Tuesday.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, the ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, said on Friday that the Internal Revenue Service should ”seriously consider” allowing an extension to the tax filing deadline. The congressman,…
House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee are urging the Internal Revenue Service to push the deadline for filing taxes by three months, similar to the extension given last year, due to the ongoing…
The Internal Revenue Service has no current plans for an automatic extension of this year’s April 15 tax filing deadline after a three-month extension last year due to the coronavirus pandemic…