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Acting Labor secretary: ‘I don’t have an intention of going anywhere’

Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su said on Thursday that she has no "intention of going anywhere" as her Senate confirmation is stuck in limbo more than six months after she was first nominated by President Biden. “I'm all in for doing it,” Su said in an interview with The Messenger. “I don't have an intention...

Bodycam video released in fatal police shooting of pregnant Black woman

Ohio authorities on Friday released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old pregnant Black woman. The footage, posted in a video with retired Sheriff Russ Martin’s analysis, came from the body camera of the two officers involved in the shooting, which took place at a grocery store in Blendon...

We can use the free market to lower energy costs — so why is Glenn Youngkin fighting it?

Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s obsession with pulling Virginia out of RGGI will only drag the state backwards and jeopardize Virginians’ pocketbooks, health and economy.

Watch live: Biden discusses August jobs report

President Biden is slated to appear Friday in the White House Rose Garden to comment on the August jobs report, which generally showed a steady labor market. Unemployment, which was expected to hover at July’s 3.5 percent, inched up to 3.8 percent according to the data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The report...

In the Pacific, Biden can put Trump’s trade policy into history’s dustbin

Trump’s rhetoric offers an opportunity for Biden to draw a clear line between the Democrats and Republicans on international trade and economic competence.

Biden to award Vietnam-era Army helicopter pilot with Medal of Honor

President Biden will award the Medal of Honor at the White House Sept. 5 to a former Army helicopter pilot who rescued four of his fellow comrades in a daring mission during the Vietnam war. Biden will extend the nation's highest military service award to retired Capt. Larry L. Taylor, of Chattanooga, Tenn., a veteran...

Special visa program for Afghans faces ongoing challenges after US withdrawal: watchdog

The special visa program to get Afghan citizens who assisted the American military into the U.S. faces lingering challenges despite years of reviews and oversight, according to a report from the State Department Inspector General. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) report said there is a “significant and growing Afghan [Special Immigrant Visas] applicant backlog,”...

Texas law requiring age-verification measures for pornography sites unconstitutional, judge rules

A federal judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing a law requiring pornography sites to implement age-verification measures, after finding the law unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra found that the law, which was set to go into effect Friday, violates the First Amendment because it “substantially regulates protected speech, is severely underinclusive,...

Some students see danger in Youngkin’s policies on transgender students

FAIRFAX, Va. — When recent Fairfax High School graduate Beatrice Stotz considers Virginia’s new education policies on transgender students, she thinks about a friend of hers whose parents aren’t supportive of her gender identity. Among Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) recently finalized policies restricting the rights of transgender students is a prohibition on school districts...

Top Oversight Democrat urges Comer, Republicans to subpoena Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner

Rep. Jamie Raskin is asking Oversight Chair James Comer to subpoena Jared Kushner's investment firm over accusations of monetizing his influence as a former White House official.

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