Quick Glance: New Nursing Home Standards Proposed for Increased Staffing
- Nursing home operators claim that the proposed standard is unattainable without additional funding for higher wages due to worker shortages.
- A certified nursing assistant delivered meals at an Oregon nursing home.
- The proposed standard was triggered by the industry's underperformance during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the loss of 200,000 nursing home residents.
- Estimates indicate that approximately three-quarters of the country's 15,000 nursing homes would need to hire more staff.
Quick Glance: US Supreme Court Confirms Preference for Native Americans in Adoption
- Barrett affirms Congress' broad power in rejecting challenges.
- The US Supreme Court dismissed a sweeping challenge to a 1978 law that gives preferential treatment to Native Americans in adopting and fostering American Indian children.
- By a 7-2 vote, the court declared that Congress has extensive authority over Native American affairs, rejecting claims that the Indian Child Welfare Act violates state authority under the Constitution.
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This is what happened between Mitt Romney and George Santos at the State of the Union.
Quick Glance: Romney to Santos: "You Don't Belong Here"
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- "You can't really say you graduated from a college you didn't even attend, and he shouldn't be in Congress," Romney told reporters following President Biden's State of the Union address.
- "And they're gonna go through the process, and hopefully get him out."
- He said that he did not hear Mr. Santos react.
Quick Glance: In the Paris talks, Zelenskyy calls for fighter jets "as soon as possible."
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his country's allies to send fighter jets "as soon as possible."
- He made the remarks after flying from London to Paris for a trilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday evening.
- "We have very little time," Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told journalists at the Elysée Palace.
- The French President also stated his desire to "build peace" with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, specifically through a "international conference" with "the greatest number of partners."
Quick Glance: 'They just walked into it': An explanation for Biden's feud with Rick Scott
- Before leaving Air Force One, Biden returned to inform Castor that he had spoken with his team and that they were working on it.)
- However, the conversation also included the State of the Union address and "how insane it is" to target Medicare, according to Castor in an interview.
- After the flight, Castor would say that BIden was "on fire" during the speech, referring specifically to the Social Security and Medicare moments.
- "Nobody believes that I want to cut Medicare or Social Security."
- That fight did not begin with the State of the Union, according to Biden.
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Quick Glance: Republicans Read the Constitution on the House Floor
- "This morning we will read the full text of the United States Constitution."
- On the House floor, Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) stated.
- According to The Washington Post, House lawmakers first recited the Constitution from the floor of the chamber in 2011.
- Republicans took control of the House in November, though by a much narrower margin than had been predicted.
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Quick Glance: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders unveiled a proposal for universal school choice.
- Sarah Huckabee Sanders has unveiled a plan for statewide universal school choice by 2026, which will be implemented in stages.
- "Today, I am delivering on my promise to do the most transformational, bold, conservative education reform in the country," Sanders said in a tweet.
- It would require third-grade students to pass a reading test before moving on to fourth grade, and it would provide $500 to each child who required supplemental education services.
- It would also raise teacher salaries.
- "My plan gives parents a greater role in education, including the right to choose the school that's best for their child -- whether it is public, private or parochial," Sanders said.
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