Politics

(NBC News) — Restaurants, bars, and other businesses across the country are starting to ease restrictions. Next week, businesses in Texas will be allowed to resume normal operations and the state’s mask mandate will be scrapped. That move is being sharply criticized …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) — Hearings into the security failures at the January 6 Capitol insurrection continued Wednesday. The commanding general of the D.C. National Guard shifted the blame to top military leaders, telling lawmakers when Capitol Police urgently requested help, the …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – Senate Democratic leaders have struck a deal with President Joe Biden to give direct payments to fewer people in the next COVID bill. NBC News reports that every American who files taxes individually and makes up to $75,000 …

(NBC) – Ten rockets were fired at an Iraqi military base hosting U.S.-led coalition troops. It’s the latest in a series of rocket attacks in Iraq with this one just days before the pope is due to visit the country. The Pentagon …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – A scathing report released Wednesday about former white house physician now Texas Congressman Ronny Jackson. According to a Pentagon inspector general report obtained by NBC News, Jackson engaged in “inappropriate conduct” while serving as the top White House …

(NBC News) — President Biden is asking states to guarantee at least one shot to every educator by the end of this month. The president on Tuesday announced that pharmaceutical maker Merck, under the Defense Production Act, will manufacturer Johnson & Johnson’s …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) – President Biden is calling on Senate Democrats for “lunchtime lobbying” to shore up support for the $1.9 trillion American rescue plan. The first Senate vote could happen as early as Wednesday, but Democrats aren’t all on the …

(NBC News) As COVID-19 vaccine distribution expands across the country, there are growing calls to ensure it’s being done equitably and that shots are going into the arms that need them most. Still, available data so far shows Black and Latino Americans …

MEDFORD, Ore. — An Ashland woman is being charged for using spray chalk on a public sidewalk outside of former Oregon congressman Greg Walden’s office in Medford. Ashland woman Teresa Safay has been found guilty by Jackson County Circuit Court after she …

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC News) — The Biden White House on Monday detailed how it plans to reunite migrant families separated under former President Trump. “We will dig out of the cruelty of the past administration,” Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said. …