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Catching COVID gives you ‘durable’ protection from virus, study finds. For how long?

A past COVID-19 infection offers “durable,” temporary protection against getting severely sick with the coronavirus — no matter the variant, a new study has found.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 17, 2023

McConnell in winter: For GOP leader in thinly divided Congress, it’s 2014 again

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell has been here before.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 17, 2023

Free after 14 years in prison for selling medical weed, California man aims to change US law

It’s the little things — going to the grocery store, cleaning the house, finishing yardwork — that Luke Scarmazzo is grateful for after being imprisoned for something that very likely wouldn’t land him there now.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Feb 17, 2023

Katie Porter wants Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. What are her chances?

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, the feisty congresswoman from Orange County, California, is running for Senate. But does anyone north of the Los Angeles area know who she is? Does she have a chance?

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 26, 2023

Katie Porter wants Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. What are her chances?

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter, the feisty congresswoman from Orange County, California, is running for Senate. But does anyone north of the Los Angeles area know who she is? Does she have a chance?

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 26, 2023

Eric Burlison led effort to expand gun rights in Missouri. Now, as congressman, he wants to repeal key federal gun law

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison, who led the effort to expand gun rights in Missouri when he was a member of the state Senate, is now going after a cornerstone federal gun law used by the Department of Justice to reduce gun violence.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 26, 2023

Trial exposes nuances, conflicts and contradictions of US immigration policy

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal trial zeroing in on the Biden administration’s immigration policies this week provided a glimpse into the minutiae of everyday decisions that lead to the detention and release of tens of thousands of undocumented immigrants who cross the southern border.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 12, 2023

White House accuses DeSantis of making a ‘mockery’ of migration response in Florida

WASHINGTON — The White House issued a sharp rebuke of Ron DeSantis on Wednesday after the Florida governor activated the state’s National Guard in response to a surge in Cuban migrants arriving by sea, accusing the Republican of “creating a problem” as the Biden administration is attempting to crack down…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 11, 2023

High stakes for Justice Department as Jan. 6 Proud Boys sedition trial gets under way

WASHINGTON — The trial of Enrique Tarrio and other members of the Proud Boys, a militant group that allegedly took part in organizing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is set to begin in earnest this week with the start of opening statements.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 10, 2023

While Keys copes with migrant arrivals, Florida fights US immigration policy in court

PENSACOLA, Fla. — A federal judge on Monday began hearing arguments in a legal battle between Florida and the Biden administration over immigration, a long-running political fight that in recent days has taken center stage in the Florida Keys where hundreds of migrants have arrived by boat.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jan 10, 2023