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Biden administration officials are increasingly urging governors and local officials to reinstate or avoid relaxing public health restrictions as coronavirus cases continue to rise and the US stares down the prospect of another surge. What they’re not doing is telling state and local officials which restrictions they should implement and when. Unlike its school guidelines

Here is a look at the life of John Delaney, a businessman, former US representative from Maryland and former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1963 Birth place: Wood-Ridge, New Jersey Birth name: John Kevin Delaney Father: Jack Delaney, electrician Mother: Elaine (Rowe) Delaney, homemaker Marriage: April McClain-Delaney Children: Summer, Lily, Grace

Americans who lost their jobs last year and have already filed their tax returns will have one less headache to deal with. The Internal Revenue Service will automatically recalculate their returns to account for the new stimulus tax break on the first $10,200 of unemployment compensation received in 2020, the agency said Wednesday. It will

Iowa Democrat Rita Hart withdrew her contest before Congress on Wednesday, ending her challenge of her state-certified, six-vote loss amid increasing pressure by Republicans to dismiss her case and growing skepticism by Democrats of overturning the House election. “Despite our best efforts to have every vote counted, the reality is that the toxic campaign of

The Pentagon has announced new policies to abolish the Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops serving in the US military following a 60-day review initiated after President Joe Biden signed an executive order repealing the ban shortly after he took office in January. On Wednesday, the department announced it has updated two internal polices to

Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday approved the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, which aims to eliminate voter suppression and intimidation in the state — a move that’s in stark contrast to Republican-led efforts to restrict voting access in key states around the US. Virginia is the first state to enact its own version of

President Joe Biden is set to convene his Cabinet in-person for the first time Thursday at the White House. The meeting comes one day after he rolls out the first piece of his sweeping infrastructure proposal focused on investments in transportation, public water, health and broadband systems, community care for seniors and innovation research and

Extra premium subsidies approved as part of the recent stimulus bill will be available on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange starting on Thursday. Current enrollees and those seeking Obamacare coverage can access the additional help for two years as part of the $1.9 trillion relief package that President Joe Biden signed in early March.

The Department of Homeland Security is working on a proposal for a “cyber response and recovery fund” to provide additional cybersecurity assistance to state and local governments through the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday. Mayorkas made the announcement during a speech outlining his vision for the department’s cybersecurity

The US is on track to encounter more than 2 million migrants at the US-Mexico border by the end of the fiscal year, according to internal government estimates reviewed by CNN, marking a record high. The projections could be subject to change in the event of policy modifications or other changes in Latin America. US

The new Georgia elections law signed by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp last week has prompted lawsuits from civil rights groups, a sharp denunciation from President Joe Biden, and calls for businesses to take action against the state. Republican proponents of the law say the critics who accuse them of “voter suppression” are mischaracterizing both their

President Joe Biden is set to unveil a roughly $2 trillion jobs proposal focused on infrastructure and the climate crisis in a speech in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. The President’s next major legislative push, the American Jobs Plan, heavily invests in rebuilding the nation’s crumbling infrastructure and shifting to greener energy over the next eight years.

The Biden administration will remove dozens of Trump-appointed advisers from two Environmental Protection Agency panels. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced on Wednesday the decision to remove members from two important panels, the Science Advisory Board and the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee, a move many career officials within the agency as well as outside environment