Politics

In this May 3, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden gestures as he talks to students during a visit to Yorktown Elementary School, in Yorktown, Va., as first lady Jill Biden watches. Biden has met his goal of having most elementary and middle schools open for full, in-person learning in his first 100 days.

Remote learning still widespread even after Biden hits goal

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The survey, conducted in March by the Education Department and released Thursday, found that 54% of public schools below high school were offering full-time classroom learning to any student who wanted it. It marks steady progress since January, when the figure was 46% ...

DeSantis signs GOP-drafted voting bill, legal fight begins

Surrounded by lawmakers, Florida Gov.Ron DeSantis speaks at the end of a legislative session, Friday, April 30, 2021, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.

Biden ready to sell $2.3T infrastructure plan in Louisiana

President Joe Biden takes questions from reporters as he speaks about the American Rescue Plan, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 5, 2021, in Washington.

Small business COVID-19 relief program runs out of money

In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

US awards huge shelter contracts amid child migrant increase

FILE - In this March 23, 2021, file photo, migrants walk on a dirt road after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in Mission, Texas. Confronted with a stream of unaccompanied children crossing the border from Mexico, the U.S. government has awarded shelter-construction and management contracts to private companies that critics say may not be equipped to adequately care for the minors.

Facebook board upholds Trump suspension

In this file photo, former president Donald Trump speaks during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as President, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington.

FILE - In this April 21, 2021, file photo, people opposed to Texas voter bills HB6 and SB7 hold signs during a news conference hosted by Texas Rising Action on the steps of the State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Republican lawmakers around the country are pressing ahead with efforts to tighten voting laws, despite growing warnings from business leaders that the measures could harm democracy and the economic climate.

Despite business warnings, GOP moves ahead with voting bills

The details of the bills vary state to state but follow a similar pattern of making it harder for people to vote by mail or absentee ...

No. 2 House Republican backs Cheney ouster over Trump barbs

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., arrives to the chamber ahead of President Joe Biden speaking to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Israeli coalition talks resume after PM misses deadline

Naftali Bennett, head of the Yamina Party, arrives to meet with Israeli President Reuvin Rivlin in Jerusalem, Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Israel's president on Wednesday signaled he would move quickly to task a new candidate with forming a government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to do so ahead of a midnight deadline.

Senate GOP leader highlights initial budget offer, calls for COVID violation penalties to be waived

Senate Majority Leader Paul Gazelka speaks during a press conference on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds man's gun conviction

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during his weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Washington.

House GOP leader amps up pressure on Cheney over Trump barbs

The divisions come with Republicans optimistic about their chances of winning back control of the House in the 2022 elections ...

US to reallocate COVID shots to states with greater interest

The parking lot at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds mass vaccination site is seen on the morning of Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Walz, Flanagan pressure lawmakers to pass summer learning plan

Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a press conference on his summer learning plan on Tuesday, May 4, 2021.

Minnesota Senate GOP approves Voter ID requirement for all forms of voting

McConnell says GOP open to $600 billion for infrastructure

In this April 20, 2021, file photo, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks after a GOP policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill in Washington. McConnell says Republicans are willing to spend up to $600 billion for roads, bridges and other projects. That's far less than what President Joe Biden is seeking, but is in line with a new $568 billion proposal put forward by other Senate Republicans.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley arrives to the chamber ahead of President Joe Biden speaking to a joint session of Congress, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Top general drops opposition to change in sex assault policy

FILE - In this June 15, 2018, file photo, pharmaceuticals are seen in North Andover, Mass. President Joe Biden’s call for authorizing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug prices has energized Democrats on a politically popular idea they've been pushing for nearly 20 years only to encounter frustration.

Democrats seek narrow path to rein in cost of medicines

In this March 24, 2021 photo, a migrant man, center, holds a child as he looks at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent at an intake area after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, early Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Roma, Texas. The Biden administration said Monday that four families that were separated at the Mexico border during Donald Trump's presidency will be reunited in the United States this week in what Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas calls “just the beginning” of a broader effort.

US begins reuniting some families separated at Mexico border

Manchin pans DC statehood bill in another break with Dems

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said that he opposes unilateral action by Congress to make the nation’s capital a state and that he believes it needs to be done through a constitutional amendment ...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, arrives to hold a confirmation hearing for Tommy Beaudreau of Alaska, to be deputy secretary of the Department of the Interior, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 29, 2021.

'I'm still exhaling': Swing-state voters on Biden's 100 days

At the 100-day marker, polls show most Americans are like Hahn, giving the new president positive marks for his early performance. But in a pocket of swing-state Wisconsin, interviews with voters show that support for the Democratic president often falls short of adulation ...

Jana Elkadri poses for a picture outside her Brookfield, Wis., home on April 23, 2021.

'We did it!': Minnesota exults at Census win to keep all US House seats

Minnesotans spent 18 months worrying over whether the 2020 census would finally cost them a precious seat in Congress, expecting to lose one to faster-growing competitors in the South and West even if they found and counted every last soul in the state...

In this April 1, 2019 file photo, Noelle Fries, 6, left, and Galen Biel, 6, both of Minneapolis, attend a rally at the Minnesota Capitol to kick off a year-long drive to try to ensure that all Minnesota residents are counted in the 2020 census.

Medical

Can COVID-19 vaccines affect my period?

Vaccines are designed to activate your immune system, and some experts have wondered if that could temporarily disrupt menstrual cycles...

Local

Commendations, minor reprimands for officer in Daunte Wright death

The service file of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of Daunte Wright includes a commendation for safely resolving an incident involving a suicidal man, as well as a handful of reprimands for driving mishaps...

Business

US unemployment claims fall to a pandemic low of 498,000

The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid fell last week to 498,000, the lowest point since the viral pandemic struck 14 months ago and a sign of the job market's growing strength as businesses reopen and consumers step up spending...

A sign announcing they are hiring hangs in the window of a restaurant in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. Some restaurants in New York City are starting to hire employees now that they can increase their indoor dining to 75% of capacity starting May 7.

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