Wednesday, August 3, 2022: D.C. News

President Joe Biden is set today to sign his second executive order seeking to ensure access to abortion. The order directs U.S. Department Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider using “all appropriate actions to ensure health care...

Tuesday, August 2, 2022: D.C. News

The White House announced that Robert J. Fenton Jr. will lead the nation’s monkeypox response. Fenton currently serves as a regional administrator for FEMA and has twice served as the acting administrator of FEMA. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, Director of the CDC Division...

Friday, July 29, 2022: D.C. News

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Democrats will add a measure to lower insulin cost to the reconciliation package he negotiated with Senator Joe Manchin. It is unclear whether insulin cost reduction measures would survive the arcane Senate rules on...

Thursday, July 28, 2022: D.C. News

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Joe Manchin announced they reached a deal on a spending package that aims to lower health care costs, address climate change, and reduce the federal deficit. Just last week, Manchin said that he...

Monday, July 25, 2022: D.C. News

The Senate parliamentarian will decide this week if the Senate’s reconciliation legislation complies with reconciliation rules. Her ruling will not only dictate what prescription drug components can move forward, but also how much money Democrats can spend. If the...

Friday, July 22, 2022: D.C. News

The White House revealed Thursday that President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. His physicians said that the president is experiencing “very mild symptoms” and is taking Paxlovid. Biden released a video informing the public that he is doing well and getting “a...