Tuesday's politics & policy stories


House Majority Leader Hoyer tests positive for COVID

Scoop: McCarthy says Pelosi may cap State of Union crowd

D.C. will send $10,000 checks to child care workers

Feb 1, 2022 - Economy

U.S. national debt exceeds $30 trillion for first time

Sen. Luján expected to make full recovery after suffering stroke

Virginia Senate panel rejects ex-Trump EPA chief for Youngkin’s Cabinet

McConnell says he opposes shortening sentences for Jan. 6 rioters after Trump proposed pardons

Black immigrant population surges in U.S.

Poet Martín Espada knows a thing or two about banned books

Cawthorn sues N.C. elections board over re-election challenge

Border Patrol agents confront Homeland Security secretary in contentious meeting

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Pentagon tells governors National Guard must be vaccinated against COVID

Exclusive: New clean energy ads as part of Build Back Better push

Feb 1, 2022 - World

Exclusive: Qatar reaches deal with Taliban to resume evacuation flights

Updated Feb 1, 2022 - World

Russia delivers written response to U.S. proposal on Ukraine crisis

Feb 1, 2022 - World

Canadian police set up hate crime hotline over pandemic protest violence

Trump-backed candidates confront cash wave

Jan 31, 2022 - Health

COVID vaccines could be available for young children by end of February

Federal prisons on nationwide lockdown after 2 inmates killed in Texas

Scoop: Trump helps launch NRSC podcast

Frontline Dems sell ‘China bill’ as jobs measure aimed at inflation

Senate Democrats’ fundraising firewall

Updated Jan 31, 2022 - Politics & Policy

Judge rejects hate crime plea deals for 2 men who killed Ahmaud Arbery