Government And Institutions

Progressives are threatening to withhold support for the COVID relief package if the measure doesn't include a long-sought minimum wage increase. 

Since the beginning of the outbreak, long-term care residences, staff and resources have been stretched thin to fight the virus, and the additional costs have amplified the financial deficits that facilities have seen in the years building up. 

The VA delivers approximately $118 billion annually in benefits and services for veterans and their families, ranging from disability compensation, pension and fiduciary, education, home loan guaranty, vocational rehabilitation and employment, life insurance, and transition and economic development.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s position as a moderate Democrat in the red state of West Virginia has propped him up to be a powerful man in Washington these days.

The White House has also tasked U.S. embassies to identify how foreign countries and companies that produce chips can help resolve the global shortage

The decision by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration to withhold details about the number of nursing home residents who died as a result of the coronavirus pandemic is "criminal," Fox News contributor Charlie Hurt claimed Monday.

The U.S. Postal Service is planning to raise postage rates and alter the way it delivers first class mail as its leaders are looking to boost revenue following a challenging 2020, a report says. 

The Food and Drug Administration will convene an independent panel of experts Feb. 26 to recommend whether the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine should be authorized for use in the U.S.

The virtual hearing will take place Thursday Feb. 18

Chinese telecom giant challenges FCC ruling, as founder says he would welcome Biden outreach

Supply and demand data for stocks would be added to public feeds, broadening access to the information which the exchanges currently sell to professional traders at a premium

State revenues fell 1.6% in fiscal year 2020 and were 3.4% lower than projected before the pandemic.

Average retirement age in the U.S. hovers around 65 — but some federal employees and members of Congress have kept working decades after their 65th birthday.

The report is urging U.S. regulators to set maximum levels permitted in baby foods and to require manufacturers to test finished products for heavy metals

Newly unsealed court documents and other records show that Merck & Co and U.S. regulators knew about reports of suicidal behavior in men taking the company’s anti-baldness treatment Propecia when they decided not to warn consumers of those potential risks in a 2011 update of the popular drug’s label.

Xiaomi called the judgment "unlawful and unconstitutional" and said the company was not controlled by the People's Liberation army

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., was revealed as the highest-paid federal government employee in 2019.

The White House offering some insight into its plans for China's top telecoms equipment company

His oil and gas drilling moratorium is an assault on school funding

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top disease expert in the U.S., is the highest-paid federal government employee in the U.S.—surpassing even the president—according to a Freedom of Information Act request by OpenTheBooks.com.