Rep. David McKinley’s (R-W.V.) office filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) after a verbal altercation with a staffer over a mixup on his name being put on the wrong piece of legislation. The incident took place just ahead of a heated confrontation between McKinley and Cawthorn on … Read more
President Biden on Friday urged states to pump out $46.5 billion in federal rental relief to prevent a wave of evictions as Democrats on Capitol Hill struggle to find enough votes to extend a national moratorium amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. Biden has not attempted a legally creative new federal moratorium — as President … Read more
A 10-year-old Idaho girl was killed when a rock crashed through the windshield of her father’s truck and hit in her in the head, according to local reports. Young Kambrie Horsley was riding in dad Brad Horsley’s vehicle in Malad on Monday when a semi driving on the same road dislodged a 4-inch rock from … Read more
Data updated Friday continued to show a minuscule risk of serious COVID-19 infections among people who’ve been vaccinated — as a former White House coronavirus advisor on Friday called the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s communication strategy a “disaster.” New figures posted on the CDC’s website showed that just 6,587 — or 0.004 … Read more
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces a narrower majority after swearing in newly-elected Rep. Jake Ellzey, a Texas Republican on Friday, leaving her little room for error in keeping her caucus unified on key legislative items. Ellzey’s induction into Congress allows Pelosi just three defectors as Democrats look to move on key pieces of their agenda, … Read more
Walmart is requiring workers in high risk areas to mask up — and will force all managers to get vaccinated by early October. The mask mandate was announced Friday and immediately implemented. It applies to all store workers, regardless of vaccination status, in high risk COVID-19 counties, as determined by the Centers for Disease Control … Read more
President Biden said Friday that Americans can “in all probability” expect to face more restrictions due to an increase in COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant, as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the White House was “looking into” mandating the vaccines before later insisting otherwise. As Biden left … Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning local school districts from requiring students to wear masks. The order came days after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidance recommending that all students and teachers and other staffers in K-12 schools wear face coverings come the fall. “If you … Read more
The Biden administration has been forced in recent days to walk back statements about the possibility of instituting a national COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as the re-imposition of lockdowns due to a surge in cases caused by the Delta variant. While the White House has endorsed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s revised … Read more
President Biden on Friday vowed to heap new sanctions on Cuba’s Communist leaders unless there’s “drastic change” in the wake of large anti-government protests. Biden made the threat as he hosted a group of Cuban-Americans at the White House — following weeks of noisy protests on Pennsylvania Ave, including a large and loud overnight protest … Read more