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Nevada county health board to consider pause on COVID-19, flu vaccines

Officials in Nevada are scheduled to debate Wednesday whether they should put COVID-19 and flu vaccines on hold pending a grand jury investigation in Florida of drugmakers' claims about the coronavirus shots.

January 18, 2023

Chinese scramble to find leading COVID treatment after national pivot on virus

Patients in China are scrambling to find a leading antiviral medication for the coronavirus after the country pivoted from its zero-COVID policies without having stocked up on a key treatment the U.S. and other Western nations enjoy.

January 17, 2023

DeSantis outperforms Trump in new poll, poses bigger test for Biden in 2024 matchup

President Biden slightly trails Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in a theoretical 2024 matchup, according to a new poll that shows the Republican governor might be a bigger threat to the incumbent than former President Donald Trump, who was the first to jump into the GOP primary.

January 17, 2023

U.S. more permissive than Europe about gender-change treatments, study finds

The U.S. is the most permissive country for child access to gender transition services, according to a study that finds European countries are renewing an emphasis on therapy and resorting to physical treatment only in exceptional circumstances.

January 17, 2023

Biden to survey flood damage in California

President Biden will travel Thursday to California to survey extensive flood damage in its central coast region, according to the White House.

January 17, 2023

Lawmakers heed retailers’ calls to fight organized theft

The epidemic of shoplifting, smash-and-grab robberies and "flash robs" at businesses across the U.S. has gotten so bad that it caught the attention of leaders in Washington.

January 16, 2023

Political left wants to lower voting age to 16 with change launched in cities, towns, Congress

A city in Washington's Maryland suburbs is debating whether to lower the voting age for municipal elections to 16, following the lead of several towns in the Beltway region and providing another test case for an idea that's sparked interest from coast to coast and in Congress.

January 13, 2023

House under Dems quietly approved pay raise of $34K for members’ cost of living in D.C.

A quiet rule change in the waning days of the Democratic majority of the House will allow lawmakers to seek reimbursements for the cost of living while they are in Washington, effectively providing a massive pay bump that Congress had avoided for years.

January 13, 2023

FAA says engineer’s slip-up caused midweek ground-stop debacle

Federal aviation officials are tracing a midweek computer debacle to a single employee.

January 13, 2023

Biden extends emergency rules on COVID-19, sparking GOP outcry

The Department of Health and Human Services has extended the public health emergency on COVID-19 for another 90 days amid concerns about a fast-moving variant.

January 12, 2023

House GOP pushes bill to get fed workers back into the office, reverse COVID-19 policy

House Republicans are pushing a bill that would order federal workers back into the office after a period of remote work due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 12, 2023

Trump eyes S.C. event in late January to jump-start campaign in early primary state

Former President Donald Trump is planning to accelerate his 2024 campaign for the White House with an event this month in South Carolina, an early primary state.

January 12, 2023

FAA says a damaged database file caused morning problems with pilot notice system

The Federal Aviation Administration says the outage that kept planes from flying early Wednesday was due to a corrupted file in its system.

January 12, 2023

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff to visit Poland, Germany for Holocaust remembrance events

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will visit Poland and Germany later this month for Holocaust remembrance events and to advance efforts to combat antisemitism, his office said Thursday.

January 12, 2023

WH says FAA will probe ‘root causes’ of system outage, says cyberattack unlikely

The Federal Aviation Administration is probing what caused a key pilot notification system to fail overnight, prompting a 90-minute group stop early Wednesday and more headaches for air travelers and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

January 11, 2023

C-SPAN asks House Speaker McCarthy to make its broader floor coverage permanent

C-SPAN got permission to shoot the House floor during raucous votes to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, drawing rave reviews as it captured huddles among rival lawmakers and factions plotting their next moves.

January 11, 2023

FAA lifts ground stop of departures as flights resume at some airports after unprecedented outage

The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it was safe for planes to land and that it made "progress" in restoring a major pilot notification system after an unprecedented outage grounded flights across America in the early morning.

January 11, 2023

Federal Reserve’s Powell warns the bank not to ‘wander’ into climate, social programs

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says institutions such as the central bank should resist taking on big issues like climate change unless Congress authorizes it.

January 11, 2023

Korean solar panel company announces massive expansion in Georgia

President Biden took a victory lap Wednesday over a South Korean company's decision to spend more than $2 billion on an expansion of its solar-energy footprint in Georgia, making it the largest investment of its kind in U.S. history.

January 11, 2023

FAA stops all flight departures after massive, unprecedented software outage

The Federal Aviation Administration halted all domestic flight departures Wednesday morning while it scrambled to fix a critical pilot notification system that suffered a massive, unprecedented outage.

January 11, 2023