Politics

Some staff members at the White House were let go of their duties for admitting past use of marijuana. White House staffers were required to disclose past marijuana use and those that admitted for using it were told not to worry about anything and that it would be overlooked. According to reports some staffers were […]

Now that the COVID-19 Relief bill has gone through and Americans have begun receiving their stimulus checks in the mail, the Biden administration is beginning preparations for its next White House priority: a $3 trillion investment package on infrastructure and domestic needs. In a meeting with Senate Democrats on Monday, Biden discussed building the foundation […]

Three legislative packages are being proposed in Albany for mental health treatment. One would expand who can diagnose patients and connect them to further treatment. Those permissions would include licensed mental health counselors, if the bill is passed. Another would allow practitioners to bill Medicaid directly for services. The third would allow insurers to cover counseling outside […]

The IRS has announced late Wednesday that they are planning on delaying this year’s tax deadline to mid-May. According to Democratic Reps. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and Richard Neal of Massachusetts, the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, the new deadline will be May 17. The adjustment comes as a result of […]

The call for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign amid many sexual harassment allegations and the way he handled the COVID-19 nursing home deaths has been growing louder and louder over the past week. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kristen Gillibrand are now among the majority of New York congressional Democrats who […]

Recently, Vice President Kamala Harris swore in former Rep. Marcia L. Fudge to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. The US Senate confirmed her 66-34, and she became the sixth African American to join the Biden Administration cabinet. Before becoming Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Fudge was elected by the 111th district […]

According to an announcement by White House press secretary Jen Psaki, payments from the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic relief package that was recently signed into law by President Joe Biden will begin to arrive by this weekend. The bill initially passed in the Democratically controlled House of Representatives before narrowly passing in the Senate. There […]

Today, the House of Representatives will be taking its final vote to approve President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Relief Plan. If they vote yes on the bill, it will then be sent to the desk of President Joe Biden, where he will then sign it into law and the American people will begin to receive the […]

The $1.3 trillion COVID-19 relief bill is almost completely approved by Washington lawmakers, but before the stimulus checks are sent out, the bill has to go back to the House of Representatives so that they can approve the changes that the Senate voted on. The House will vote on the Senate’s version of the bill […]

According to early reports, the $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed in the Senate 50-49 this weekend after over 27 hours of debate. Next week, there ’s a final vote scheduled for the Democratic majority House to adopt the Senate Version of the bill before it can be signed into law by the President. The […]