2026Talks

Senate passes $1T infrastructure bill, Cuomo resigns, COVID-19 cases hit six-month high in the US, and deadline to sign up for ACA coverage looms.

The U.N. says climate change is accelerating, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wants to raise the debt ceiling, Democrats release a $3.5 trillion budget resolution, and the Arizona presidential election audit nears an end.

Phoenix Police Department under investigation by DOJ, Biden pushes to increase electric vehicles, Texas Democrats continue to block voting bill, and USPS expected to implement plan to slow delivery of first-class mail.

Capitol police officers who defended Congress on January 6 will receive the Congressional Gold Medal, the Senate examines the threat of domestic terrorism, and a champion of worker's rights passes away.

Analysts warn the Delta variant could dampen economic recovery, former president Trump attempts to keep his federal tax returns away from Congress after a court ruling, and Mexico sues several U.S. gun makers.

Andrew Cuomo reacts to sexual harassment report, the CDC places new limits on evictions until October, and a new study finds Democrats could lose control of the House in 2022 due to Republican gerrymandering.

The White House calls for states to rescue renters, Senators dissect a massive infrastructure plan, and both the White House and Congress are losing approval in the eyes of voters.

The Texas voting rights fight gets star power; lawmakers stage a sit-in as the eviction moratorium expires; and Senators work overtime on infrastructure.

Congress passes capitol security funding, House Freedom Caucus members want Cheney, Kinzinger out of the Republican conference, Schumer closes a deal to advance the $3.5 trillion reconciliation package, and a new report shows investor-owned utilities trying to block rooftop solar.

Senators reach a deal on an infrastructure package, Walmart will offer free college tuition to its employees, and some Republican governors are rejecting new CDC mask-wearing guidelines.

The CDC updates guidelines, recommends vaccinated people to also mask up indoors; searing emotional testimony out of the first hearing investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection; A man accused of killing 8, mostly women of Asian descent in an Atlanta area spa, pleads guilty to four deaths; and mental health takes center stage at the Tokyo Olympics with the unexpected exit of superstar gymnast Simone Bi...

Travel restrictions are extended as the Delta variant surges, some public-sector employers will mandate vaccines, President Biden says long-haul COVID could be considered a disability, and western wildfires rage.

A bipartisan infrastructure bill could be released today, Speaker Pelosi taps another Republican for the January 6th panel, and a 'Selma-style" march for voting rights heads for Austin, Texas.

Drama builds over who will serve on the House January 6th panel, the Senate tries to hold tech accountable for COVID misinformation, and the Vice President promotes a path to citizenship for Dreamers.

Republicans tank an infrastructure vote; Pelosi blocks McCarthy's January 6th committee picks; and fireworks fly at a Senate hearing on immigrant farmers.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is temporarily suspended from Twitter, senators struggle to seal an infrastructure deal, and experts advise all students and teachers to wear masks in class this fall, vaccinated or not.

President Biden tries to quell inflation worries as he marks sixth months in office, the Senate takes the fight against voter suppression on the road, and a privacy group speaks out against unchecked police surveillance.

LA County re-masks, a federal judge blocks new DACA applications, squabbles rage on over Arizona's election audit, and two men are charged with conspiring to attack Sacramento's Democratic headquarters.

The head of the Congressional Black Caucus is handcuffed and arrested in a protest,  Texas Democrats dig their heels in D.C., and President Biden touts historic new child tax credit payments.

Biden touts a $3.5 trillion infrastructure investment, German Chancellor Angela Merkel to visit D-C, a Schumer proposal would decriminalize marijuana, and the Justice Department admits the FBI failed in investigating Larry Nassar.

Schumer meets with Texas Democrats; First Lady Jill Biden will fly to Tokyo for Olympic Summer Games; FDA issues warning on J&J vaccine; and lawmakers debate funding for Capitol police.

Texas Democrats walk out again to protest GOP-backed voting restrictions, President Biden takes the case for voting rights to the nation's birthplace and urges Cuba's leaders to listen to the people amid growing protests.

Two towering reminders of the confederacy come down, Congress looks to finalize an infrastructure bill as it gets back to work, and former president Donald Trump leads the pack in a CPAC presidential poll.

VP Harris backs a voting rights initiative, election reform roils Texas, President Biden defends the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, and Arkansas' Asa Hutchinson is the new voice of the nation's governors.

Eric Adams wins NYC democratic primary, Trump says he's suing Facebook, Twitter; Nikole Hannah-Jones heads to Howard University, and the State dept condemns Haitian President's killing.