It has been an eventful week, and we’re here to catch you up on what you might have missed. So without further ado, here are the week’s top stories. Politics SENATE ADVANCES $1.9 TRILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE The Senate passed a budget reconciliation resolution in a pre-dawn vote Friday after 14…
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Subscriber Content From here on out, we will be organizing the day's top stories by topic so that you can more efficiently navigate to the issues that interest you and/or skip the ones that don't. Politics HARRIET TUBMAN AND THE $20 BILL The Biden Administration pledged this week to speed...
JUDGE BLOCKS 100-DAY DEPORTATION MORATORIUM A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted Joe Biden’s 100-day moratorium on deportations, after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed suit against the administration last week. In his order, Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton expressed his belief that Texas was likely to succeed on…
It has been an eventful day, and The Middle is here to walk you through it. So without further ado, here are the day’s top stories. 1. Janet Yellen was confirmed by the Senate Monday evening by a vote of 84-15. With her confirmation, Yellen becomes the first woman ever…
It has been an eventful few days, and The Middle is here to walk you through it. So without further ado, here are the day’s top stories. 1. Senate leaders arrived at an agreement Friday to delay Donald Trump’s impeachment trial until February 8, allowing President Biden time to install…
It has been an eventful week, and The Middle is here to walk you through it. So without further ado, here are the week’s top stories. 1. Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was formally inaugurated on Wednesday, marking the end of the Trump presidency and a start to the Biden era….
Curating the day’s top stories so you don’t have to. 1. Impeachment proceedings will begin today in the House, starting at 9 am. The first vote on procedural issues is slated to occur at approximately 10 am after debating the rules and vote-setting parameters. The final vote, which will occur…
Curating the day’s top stories so you don’t have to. 1. An Indonesian jetliner crashed into the Java Sea on Saturday with 62 people on board. The Boeing 737-500 lost 10,000 feet of altitude in less than a minute, losing radar contact four minutes after takeoff amidst heavy rain. It…
Curating the day’s top stories so you don’t have to. 1. Coronavirus by the numbers: 5.9 million: Number of Americans who have received one of the two coronavirus vaccines 365,400: Number of coronavirus deaths in the United States 4,112: Number of coronavirus deaths yesterday, marking a new record high With…
Curating the day’s top stories so you don’t have to. 1. The Trump riot by the numbers: 56: Number of police officers injured 15: Number of police officers hospitalized 11: Number of Molotov cocktails recovered 5: Number of deaths 2: Number of pipe bombs discovered 1: Number of police officers…