Updated 3/10/21 at 2:14 PM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress has sent President Joe Biden the landmark $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. The House approved the bill Wednesday over solid Republican opposition in a vote that gives the new president and Democrats a victory just seven weeks after he took office. Biden tweeted that…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has confirmed Merrick Garland to be the next U.S. attorney general with a strong bipartisan vote, placing the widely-respected, veteran judge in the pos. Democrats have praised Garland, a federal appeals court judge who was not given Senate hearings when he was nominated by former President Barack Obama to the…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – COVID-19 vaccination efforts continue to ramp up nationwide. On Wednesday, President Joe Biden is expected to announce the U.S. is buying an additional 100 million doses of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to the Associated Press. The drugmaker is already obligated to supply 100 million doses to the federal government by…… MORE
Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – As Gov. Greg Abbott eyes re-election next year, critics claim that his ramped up rhetoric about drug cartels is an effort to get votes. During a visit to Mission, Texas along the U-S-Mexico border Abbott gave an update on the surge in migrants crossing the border, and said that drug cartels are taking…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of COVID-19 cases is climbing again in Texas. Data from Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday showed the two-week rolling average of new cases in the state has increased by 500.3 per day, or 10.1%. The uptick came as the state prepared to lift its masking mandate Wednesday. The state…… MORE