Biden Administration Moves To Speed Up Processing Of Migrants In Family Detention Parents and children arriving at the border would be more quickly released within 72 hours, sources say. Franco Ordoñez
U.N. Official: Biden Plan To Boost Refugee Resettlement 'Sends Important Signal' U.N. Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Kelly Clements says she's pleased the U.S. plans to raise the cap on refugees to 125,000 per year. Work is already underway at the U.S.-Mexico border. Ari Shapiro
Trump Appointee At VOA Parent Paid Law Firm Millions To Investigate His Own Staff Trump appointee Michael Pack hoped to fire top executives who challenged him at the U.S. Agency for Global Media. When he couldn't, Pack paid a high-profile law firm millions to investigate them. David Folkenflik
Democrats Tweak COVID-19 Relief Package In Hopes Of Speedy Senate Approval The new changes come after leaders agreed to narrow the income eligibility for those getting the next round of stimulus checks, as some moderate Democrats wanted. GOP amendments are expected to fail. Kelsey Snell
Major Election Reform And Voting Rights Bill Passed By The House House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the measure a the top legislative priority following work on the coronavirus relief bill. The Wednesday night vote was 220-210. Mara Liasson
Texas Gov. Abbott Criticized For Lifting COVID-19 Restrictions NPR's Noel King talks to Greg Casar, a member of the city council in Austin, Texas, about why he opposes the governor's decision to lift COVID-19 restrictions. The CDC encourages continued mask use.
House Approves Major Election And Campaign Finance Reform Bill The "For the People Act" would dramatically overhaul the U.S. voting system and seek to limit the amount of dark money in politics. Alana Wise
New UW study investigates how lies about the 2020 election were pushed by online super spreaders A new report from the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public looks at how the 'big lie' about a stolen election led to the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Kate Starbird is one of the report's co-authors, and she talked about the findings with KUOW's Kim Malcolm. Kim Malcolm
Senate Democrats, White House Agree to Tighter Income Limits For Stimulus Checks Moderate Democrats have demanded that the $1400 stimulus checks be targeted at low and moderate income people. The change, if adopted, means the House will need to vote again on the package next week. Kelsey Snell
Progressives Show Patience With Biden, At Least Until Relief Bill Passes President Biden vowed to govern as the most progressive chief executive since Franklin Roosevelt. But progressives in Congress are skeptical, especially after a recent letdown over the minimum wage. Scott Detrow