STATE AND LOCAL

Rep. Cori Bush said Sen. Joe Manchin has too much sway over Democrats' reconciliation bill.

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly told a Senate committee Wednesday that "masks don't add much, if anything," against the spread of COVID-19 on airplanes

Consumers' Research is sending senators a letter outlining a series of criticisms of American Airlines CEO Doug Parker's record.

The CEOs of American, Southwest, and United Airlines are slated to testify before a Senate panel on Wednesday, where lawmakers will ask about the effectiveness of COVID-19 payroll relief funds.

Rockland County Executive Ed Day slammed New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's indoor mask mandate, arguing that focusing on the face covering requirement “makes no sense.”

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the Senate will vote on raising the debt ceiling Tuesday

Bobby Van's Steakhouse owner Joseph Smith argued that New York City’s vaccine and mask mandates are “bad news” for business, noting that about 460 people have canceled group and party reservations because of the restrictions.

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., warned on Sunday that inflation will continue to rise and taxes will increase because of President Biden’s spending plan, arguing that “people's paychecks are not keeping up.”

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Friday that would incentivize U.S. suppliers and manufacturers to boost domestic semiconductor production. 

Larry Kudlow pays tribute to Robert Dole and discusses Biden's wreckless spending bill

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that his state “will be the home of semiconductor manufacturing going forward” as the chip shortage has been affecting companies around the globe.

Fox Business host Larry Kudlow questions what Arizona Senator Mark Kelly thinks about Biden's spending bill.

Home Depot Founder Bernie Marcus has put $1 million behind former Gov. Eric Greitens in the 2022 U.S. Senate race in Missouri, Missouri First Action told Fox News. Greitens, Missouri's first Jewish governor, signed the state's right-to-work law.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged Tuesday that he now expects high inflation to continue into the middle of 2022, stating that the government should no longer push what had been a recurring slogan of it being "transitory."

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is set to tell Congress on Tuesday that the omicron variant could threaten the U.S. labor market and cloud the inflation forecast.

Members of Congress are accusing Biden of hindering U.S. energy security by cancelling construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

President Biden nominated Shalanda Young to lead OMB after more than a decade serving on the House Appropriations Committee.

President Biden on Wednesday is expected to nominate Shalanda Young to be permanent director of the Office of Management and Budget, Fox News has learned.

Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., expressed his "shock" Thursday that the upper chamber is being asked to consider Biden's "radical" nominee for Comptroller of the Currency, Saule Omarova.