The Biden administration is marking the two-year anniversary of the nation’s revamped suicide and crisis hotline. It has an easy-to-remember number, 9-8-8, that works like 911. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says 988 counselors have answered more ...
Author: Julie Tsirkin and Monica Alba (NBC News) WASHINGTON (NBC News) – The Justice Department took a significant step toward rescheduling marijuana Thursday, formalizing its process to reclassify the drug as lower-risk and remove it from a category in which ...
Author: Megan Lebowitz and Caryn Littler (NBC News) WASHINGTON (NBC News) – Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley is reacting Thursday to President Biden’s decision not to send weapons to Israel if its military invades Rafah. According to the senator, those ...
(NBC News) The Biden Administration announced it has reached an agreement with states reliant on the Colorado River to reduce their water usage temporarily in exchange for at least $1 billion in federal funding. Under this agreement, California, Arizona, and ...
WASHINGTON D.C. (NBC)- According to a senior administration official, next month the federal government will start mailing at-home COVID test kits for free to any U.S. household that requests one. The White House is preparing to ship as many as ...
UNITED STATES — The third round of stimulus checks are being mailed and deposited to Americans across the nation. President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law last week. It’s a measure meant to infuse billions ...