The Biden administration’s proposed flight delay compensation rule is the latest in a series of steps to improve travel and passenger protections.
Author: Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY
As COVID-19 emergency ends, CDC czar Rochelle Walensky resigns from Biden administration
Rochelle Walensky, head of the CDC, has resigned saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition.
`Totally illegal’: Biden blasts Russian arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
President Biden hopes to speak with the family of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who is being “wrongfully detained” by Russia.
Biden boosts clean energy in coal country despite facing pushback from Congress on climate
The new funding comes weeks after Biden angered activists by approving one of the largest new oil and gas developments on federal land in 20 years.
‘Asleep at the wheel’: Lawmakers take aim at Feds for failing to prevent SVB bank collapse
A top Federal Reserve official called Silicon Valley Bank’s failure a “textbook case of bank mismanagement.” Fed regulators are also in the hot seat.
Biden calls on Congress to impose tougher penalties for bank failures
President Joe Biden wants Congress to expand the government’s ability to hold executives accountable for bank collapses, like at Silicon Valley Bank.
Biden budget proposal would increase Medicare tax for Americans earning more than $400K
The Medicare tax rate would increase to 5% from 3.8% on earned and unearned income for wealthier Americans, according to a preview of Biden’s budget.
President Biden had basal cell cancerous tissue removed from his chest, White House says
A lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest recently was basal cell carcinoma, a common, relatively harmless skin cancer, the White House said.
Biden awarded Medal of Honor to one of nation’s first Black Special Forces officers
Paris Davis, one of the first Black commanders to lead an elite unit in combat, saved the lives of fellow soldiers despite being wounded himself.
Nuclear warfare? China arming Russia? Fears of new Cold War rise.
If the last remaining arms treaty between the Russia and the U.S. falls, there won’t be limits on their nuclear forces for the first time since the 1970s.