Income taxes would be cut across the board by $3.5 billion under a plan passed Thursday by Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature's budget-writing committee, a proposal that Democrats assailed as being skewed to benefit the wealthy.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Democratic defector turned independent who's been criticized as too closely aligned with Wall Street interests, took credit Thursday for helping broker legislation that would target executives of failed banks.
An adult entertainment group and others in the industry have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Louisiana laws requiring sexually explicit websites to make users electronically verify that they are at least 18 years old.
President Biden marked the reopening of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia on Friday by hailing the "grit and determination" of workers who responded to the fire-related collapse and by taking credit for federal efforts to rebuild the highway.
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a law that makes it illegal to encourage illegal immigration, ruling that it does not stifle First Amendment speech.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday called on his rivals for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination to pledge their support for a minimum 15-week federal ban on abortion.