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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2021, file photo, traffic is sparse on the snow-covered Interstate 45 near The Woodlands Parkway following an overnight snowfall in The Woodlands, Texas. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Joe Biden could visit Texas this week

President Biden could visit Texas "as soon as this week" to show his support for the state, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said.

February 21, 2021
In this file photo from Oct. 6, 2020, Jane Timken, the chairwoman of the Ohio Republican Party, speaks at the Hamilton County Board of Elections during early voting in Norwood, Ohio. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)

Jane Timken enters GOP Senate race in Ohio

The Republican race for Ohio's Senate seat is shaping up to be a battle over who can show the most affinity for former President Donald Trump and the most antipathy toward former Gov. John Kasich.

February 18, 2021
In this Feb. 11, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Joe Biden, Democrats buck bipartisanship with ambitious agenda

President Biden's vision for the nation came into clearer focus now that a Democratic-run Washington put impeachment to bed and his administration took center stage with a policy platform touching on issues from taxes and transportation to the economy, energy and immigration.

February 15, 2021
"Whether it is voter suppression, inequitable broadband access or the racial wealth gap, we are clear that 'We the people' must truly include all of us," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. (Associated Press)

ACLU calls on Joe Biden to ‘dismantle white supremacy’

The American Civil Liberties Union this week called on President Biden to "dismantle white supremacy" and address what it calls a national "legacy of racism" by, among other things, backing the group's call for a slave reparations committee and reducing or eliminating student debt.

February 9, 2021
FILE -In this Sept. 24, 2020 file photo, Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., speaks during the Senate's Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Shelby, the Senate's fourth most senior member, has told confidantes that he does not intend to run for reelection next year _ prompting some Republicans to urge the powerful, establishment politician to reconsider, even as potential replacements prepare to run for his seat. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)

Richard Shelby plans to leave Senate

Six-term Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama said Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022, becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to announce plans to retire.

February 8, 2021