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Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear

Eight states have enacted laws limiting governors’ emergency powers since the start of the pandemic

Samuel Wonacott | Ballotpedia via The Center Square
April 15, 2021
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., makes a statement about a coronavirus aid package, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, March 13, 2020.

Democrats divided over ‘court-packing’ legislation; GOP unified against it

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 15, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. 

Biden pledges to remove U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 14, 2021
Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred

Republican lawmakers introduce bill to remove Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
April 14, 2021
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to be the next Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Tuesday, March 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Biden admin puts religious freedom programs on hold

Susan Crabtree | RealClearPolitics
April 13, 2021
This March 20, 2021, photo provided by the Office of Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, shows detainees in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas. President Joe Biden's administration faces mounting criticism for refusing to allow outside observers into facilities where it is detaining thousands of immigrant children.

House Minority Whip Scalise: Conditions faced by migrant children is ‘child abuse’

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
April 13, 2021
In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 photo, then Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus poses for a photo, in Richmond, Calif.

As border crisis worsens, Biden taps new immigration officials

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 12, 2021
Rebecca Hong, right, a registered nurse who is the assistant nurse manager in the mom/baby unit at Rose Medical Center, administers the COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna to hospital worker Kudusan Tekle in the first round of staff vaccinations at Rose with the Moderna product Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020, in Denver. 

Study: Vaccine passports may soon be obsolete

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 12, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington.

White House budget spikes climate change, other spending; GOP blasts defense proposal

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 9, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 pandemic during a prime-time address from the East Room of the White House, Thursday, March 11, 2021, in Washington.

Republicans criticize Biden for creating ‘court packing’ commission

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 9, 2021
A migrant child sleeps on the shoulder of a woman at an intake area after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, early Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Roma, Texas. A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive. The head of Homeland Security acknowledged the severity of the problem but insisted it's under control and said he won't revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children.

CBP: 172,000 illegal immigrant crossings in March, situation ‘horrific to see’

Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor
April 9, 2021
President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks about gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House, Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Washington.

Biden pitches gun-control measures: ‘This is just the start.’

Casey Harper | The Center Square
April 8, 2021
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