Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reportedly overruled a memo from the commanding general of the National Guard who objected to keeping troops in D.C., according to Fox News.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that includes extended unemployment benefits, direct funding to states and municipalities, and $1,400 checks for most Americans.
If signed into law, the “Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021” would mandate background checks whenever somebody purchases a gun, regardless of where they purchase it.
Without an extension, Guard members would leave Washington, D.C., on March 12, the original deadline for them to stay, according to the AP. The extension has led to pushback from multiple governors who say they will not keep their Guard deployed at the Capitol.
A proposal filed by Senate Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, R-Wolfeboro, would eliminate state taxes on the federal Paycheck Protection Program for more than 24,000 businesses that received the disaster loans.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday that states lifting mask mandates are inviting another coronavirus surge. Fauci said he was deeply concerned about Texas removing their mask mandate and reports of children burning masks in Idaho.
The bill claims to grant national civil protections by amending the 1964 Civil Rights Act. It replaces the word “sex,” with “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity” as a protected class in federal code, and changes many other federal laws.
An $86 billion bailout for nearly 200 union pensions was included in the Democrats’ massive stimulus package, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign. The union bailout, among the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package’s provisions unrelated to the pandemic, rescues 185 pension plans across several states.
The 12-state coalition said Biden overstepped his constitutional authority by declaring there were “social costs” of continued greenhouse gas emissions in a Jan. 20 executive order. The lawsuit argued that assigning such costs is a “quintessentially legislative action” that falls within Congress’ authority.
The index, which considers economic policies and conditions in 184 sovereign countries, reveals a world economy that as a whole continues to be “moderately free.” Perhaps reflecting the challenging environment complicated by the ongoing pandemic, global average economic freedom has not improved over the past year.
Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont explained Friday why he’s lifting some COVID-19 business restrictions, and Republican Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte said Friday that the state is returning to normal and criticized President Joe Biden’s “name-calling.”
Dr. Anthony Fauci urged the people of Texas and Mississippi on Thursday to continue wearing masks despite their governors lifting state mask orders.