Friday's politics & policy stories


First lady Jill Biden speaks after Afghanistan attack

Biden announces plan to raise federal employees' pay

Aug 27, 2021 - World

U.S. blocks Chinese solar panel imports over forced labor concerns

Robert F. Kennedy's assassin granted conditional parole

Aug 27, 2021 - Health

Liberty University announces temporary COVID-19 "mitigation period"

At Abbey Gate

Roughly 500 Americans still waiting to leave Afghanistan

Aug 27, 2021 - Health

Report: COVID origin inconclusive but probably not engineered

Updated Aug 27, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Texas House advances voting bill that Democrats fled state to protest

Jan. 6 select committee demands records from social media companies on riot

Florida judge blocks Gov. DeSantis' ban on mask mandates in schools

Aug 27, 2021 - Health

U.S. opens COVID-19 vaccination site for arriving Afghans

"Perfect storm" blocks Trump-era FEC probes

President Biden approves state of emergency declaration in Louisiana

Supreme Court Justice Breyer says he's struggling to decide when to retire

Kerry heads to China with coal on the agenda

America isn't done in Afghanistan

Where the people are

Nine days back to freedom: An Afghan's tale

Aug 26, 2021 - Health

Supreme Court blocks Biden's COVID eviction ban

Updated Aug 26, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Apple makes App Store concessions to settle developer suit

Virginia school board to pay $1.3 million to Gavin Grimm