Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the Supreme Court today. Jackson, who appears set to receive bipartisan support, will be the first former public defender and the first Black woman to sit on the court. She will replace Justice...

Thursday, April 7, 2022: D.C. News

Congress may punt on a $10 billion COVID-19 preparedness funding package until the end of this month due to a disagreement over immigration policy. Republican senators are demanding a vote on an amendment to the funding package that would block the administration’s...

Wednesday, April 6, 2022: D.C. News

The Biden administration announced a new effort to prevent, detect, and treat long COVID-19. President Biden issued a memorandum that accelerates enrollment in the National Institutes of Health’s study of the long-term effects of COVID-19 infection and instructs the...

Tuesday, April 5, 2022: D.C. News

President Biden is set to announce regulatory changes to Affordable Care Act (ACA) rules that could help hundreds of thousands more Americans gain coverage and more than a million spend less on premiums. The administration plans to change the definition of...

Tuesday, April 5, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate voted 53-47 to advance U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation. After the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 11-11, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a vote to break the deadlock and send her nomination to the floor....

Tuesday, April 5, 2022: D.C. News

Senate negotiators announced a deal on a $10 billion COVID-19 preparedness funding package. All $10 billion of the funding goes to agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and is offset by unspent COVID-19 aid funds. The Biomedical Advanced...