Amtrak service has been suspended between New Haven, Conn., and Philadelphia, the railroad corporation said. In a series of posts on social platform X, Amtrak Northeast said there was an overhead power outage reported between New York and Newark and customers “may experience significant delays” as crews work to resolve the issue. As the Northeast...
Democrats in the House and Senate introduced legislation Thursday to overhaul a long-dormant law that they worry could be used by a future Trump administration to severely limit abortion or effectively ban it completely. Led by Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), the legislation would repeal the abortion provisions of the Comstock Act, an 1873 federal law...
State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller momentarily interrupted a press briefing Thursday afternoon when he noticed a cockroach crawling on the wall near a reporter’s head. “I hate to interrupt, there’s a big cockroach on the wall, over your head there. We’ll defer that — no insecticide, no roach-icide in the briefing, Matt," Miller said,...
The IRS is getting blasted with bogus claims for the employee retention tax credit (ERC) and is asking Congress for help. IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel also said Thursday that the IRS had completed an internal review of the ERC claim process and will use information from the review to “deny billions of dollars of clearly...
Advocates for the expansion of federal benefits to Americans exposed to radiation by the federal government expressed disappointment after a meeting with staffers for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) this week, saying they believe the Speaker hopes to wait them out and deliver a smaller bill. On a conference call with advocates for the expansion of...
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, told a reporter on Tuesday he will not support former President Trump in the November election out of a "matter of personal character."
Patty Morin, the mother of Rachel Morin, blasted DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas for referring to her daughter as an "individual" in a "political statement" this week.
A Democrat linked group has jumped into a key Colorado GOP primary in an effort to boost a Republican as "too conservative" hoping to provide the Democrat with an easier path.