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President-elect Joe Biden's pick to lead the Treasury Department, Janet Yellen, here in 2019, is urging greater federal spending to cope with the pandemic and to help boost the struggling economy.

Yellen Urges Congress To 'Act Big' To Prop Up Pandemic-Scarred Economy

At her confirmation hearing Tuesday, Treasury Secretary-designate Janet Yellen warned that without more federal help, the recession would last longer and be more painful than necessary.

Organizers plan discussion renewing calls to defund Grand Rapids police

Organizers in Grand Rapids are planning an online community conversation around defunding police, even as the city’s leaders seem to be moving on from the…

President approves major disaster declaration for mid-Michigan counties hit by May floods

President Donald Trump has approved a major disaster declaration for mid-Michigan counties affected by May’s floods.The president tweeted on Thursday that…

Protesters gather outside Poland's Supreme Court in January, demonstrating against the government's efforts to curtail the judiciary's independence. The European Commission is investigating Poland and Hungary for violating standards of democracy and rule of law.

Hungary And Poland Block EU Budget With Pandemic Relief Funds For Hard-Hit Nations

The two Eastern European countries are in a long-running dispute with the European Union over their consolidation of state power and restrictions on free speech and an independent judiciary.

President Biden speaks about the pandemic and the country's vaccination campaign on Thursday at the White House.

Biden Hopes To Boost COVID Vaccination Rates By Focusing On Federal Workers

The federal workforce is one group President Biden can more directly influence. Under new rules, workers will need to get vaccinated or wear a mask and get tested regularly.

Laszlo Magas, left, and Laszlo Nagy. Both men were anti-communists during the Soviet period and sought an opening to the West. They are pictured near the Hungary-Austria border, which young protesters opened in 1989.

A discomfort with Western liberalism is growing in Eastern Europe

People of the former Soviet bloc rejoiced when the Iron Curtain fell and embraced membership in the European Union. Hungary is an example of a growing culture clash in the conservative East.

Students carry sack lunches at Elk Ridge Elementary School in Buckley, Wash. On Monday, USDA unveiled a new program that would feed millions of children over the summer, when many schools are closed.

USDA Moves To Feed Millions Of Children Over The Summer

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it's expanding a pandemic program into the summer to help families pay for meals their children won't get in school.

Excavators are seen at the construction site of a medical center being built in Wuhan, China, to treat patients of the coronavirus outbreak. Ground was broken on Jan. 24. According to Chinese state media, the facility opened on Feb. 3.

PHOTOS: China Builds A Medical Center From Scratch In Under 2 Weeks

The goal is to create two facilities with more than 1,000 beds for cases of Wuhan coronavirus. But some specialists note that they aren't quite full-service hospitals.

Michigan to receive $188M for blight removal efforts

Michigan will receive $188.1 million in additional federal money to aid the removal of blight in neighborhood around the state, members of Michigan's…

Sales soaring for recreational marijuana in Michigan

Michigan’s recreational marijuana industry has seen sales soar in recent weeks.Last week (5/4-5/10), Michiganders shelled out $7,913,328 on recreational…

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