A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides. Republicans are trying to portray them as wolves in sheep’s clothing.In Texas, Republicans are running...
Two U.S. Navy aviators ejected while landing on USS Dwight D. Eisenhower off the coast of Virginia, and four sailors aboard were also injured in the mishap.
President Trump railed against the judge who has been assigned to a case seeking to challenge his ban on three media outlets from covering the White House and telegraphed he might be forced to let the journalists working for the trio back in the building. "They have drawn a great Judge, for them," Trump said...
In today's issue: ▪ New AI czar to be named ▪ Outlets sue over White House ban ▪ Trump adds security angle to arch ▪ Russia holds wartime elections President Trump is responding to the rising demands to impose guardrails on AI with the creation of an "AI Force," even as he argues the broader concerns...
The changes, which are set to take effect next month, could impact your chances at being compensated if your flight is delayed or canceled for one of several reasons.
Senators in both parties say the Senate midterm election battleground map has expanded significantly six months before Election Day, putting the GOP majority in greater jeopardy. Several solidly Republican-leaning states — including Kansas and Nebraska — are now seen as being in play, the senators say. Democrats can also add New Hampshire to the list...
Years of flat funding are stretching the District of Columbia Courts thin, placing a system relied on by thousands each day under what officials describe as unsustainable pressure. It's left administrators, judges and clerks to juggle an ever-growing caseload and heightened security needs with a budget that hasn't kept pace. "We have certainly reached a critical inflection point," said...
Bipartisan legislation to regulate the growing business behind college sports appears primed to clear the Senate this week, but it faces a much tougher road in the House when lawmakers return in the fall. The Protect College Sports Act, championed by Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), cleared its first major congressional tests...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is launching a drinking water quality study that will for the first time look for traces of abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol — something anti-abortion activists, attorneys general and lawmakers have been lobbying the agency to do for years. The agency stopped short of making mifepristone an official water contaminant...
Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Michele Taforya on Sunday slammed her state’s leadership as well as former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) actions in the North Star State. “I've already said very publicly that I thought the ICE rollout here in Minnesota was very poorly handled, and Kristi Noem...
Most voters believe that President Trump’s policies have weakened the economy, according to a new poll. In the NBC News poll, 55 percent said that economic conditions have been worsened by Trump’s policies, while 26 percent said the opposite. Eighteen percent in the poll said economic conditions haven’t been really affected by the president’s policies,...
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer shot and wounded a man in Austin on Sunday, according to local officials. “ICE shot a man in Austin today. I’m demanding transparency, accountability, and safety. Release the footage and records. Hold any officer who broke the law responsible. And get ICE out of our city,” Rep. Greg...
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) on Saturday pressed President Trump for an embargo on diesel exports amid high prices for the fuel. “why doesn’t Pres Trump put an embargo on diesel exports like presidents in the 70s put embargoes on ag[riculture] products bc [because] food prices were inflated,” Grassley wrote on social media Saturday night....
With the House out of session for the final two weeks of September, the legislative spotlight is squarely on the Senate, where lawmakers face a packed stretch of work on several of the GOP’s remaining priorities. On top of their agenda is legislation that would create national rules for compensating college athletes, limiting transfers and...
