Tuesday's politics & policy stories


Sep 7, 2021 - Health

Fauci slams DeSantis over "completely incorrect" COVID vaccine comment

Britney Spears' father files petition to end conservatorship

Multiple civil rights groups sue Texas after voting restrictions become law

Biden on extreme weather: "This is code red"

Biden administration announces aid for farm and food workers

Sep 7, 2021 - Science

NYC identifies two more 9/11 victims

White House urges Congress to pass emergency funding for Afghan resettlement, disaster relief

Texas Gov. Abbott signs new voting restrictions into law

Sep 7, 2021 - Economy

Texas startup Solugen says abortion law will cause it to hire elsewhere

Poll shows big majority of Latinos oppose Newsom recall

Latino farmworkers more likely to die from extreme heat

First look: José Díaz-Balart returning to MSNBC for new show

Minnesota State Patrol deleted texts, emails after George Floyd protests

Sep 7, 2021 - World

Blinken says Taliban not blocking Americans from leaving Afghanistan airport

Exclusive: FCC will study cost of landlords' broadband deals

Afghanistan feeds U.S. immigration crisis

Sep 7, 2021 - Health

The vaccines are still the pandemic's endgame

Updated Sep 7, 2021 - Politics & Policy

Human Rights Campaign ousts president after Cuomo report

New Orleans probes conditions at senior homes where 5 bodies found

El Salvador buys 400 bitcoin ahead of making it legal currency

Sep 6, 2021 - World

U.S. officials help American citizen, family flee Afghanistan over land border

Virginia to remove Richmond's Robert E. Lee statue this week