WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy on Thursday appeared to be nearing a deal to cut spending and raise the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, with little time to spare to head off the risk of default.
Former president Donald Trump's legal team fired off a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday asking for a meeting to discuss what they call the "unfair" treatment of their client by special counsel Jack Smith.
MEXICO CITY - Mexico's security forces have been among the world's most aggressive in using cutting-edge surveillance technology to eavesdrop on the phones of opposition politicians, journalists and human rights activists.
During a closed meeting Tuesday morning at a GOP hangout a block from the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made a pointed plea: Do not break ranks over the debt ceiling crisis.
BOCA RATON, Florida - Ukrainian-American businessman Lev Parnas and his business partner were arrested in 2019, accused by the U.S. government of funneling a Russian oligarch’s money into American political campaigns. One recipient of Parnas’ donations -- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis -- ha…
At the beginning of every workday, from his second floor office in the U.S. Treasury Department, Dave Lebryk starts his morning looking at a color-coded dashboard tracking the most critical operations of the largest payment system in the world.
WASHINGTON — White House and Republican congressional negotiators on raising the federal $31.4 trillion debt ceiling were not expected to meet on Saturday after talks on Friday failed and as the country inched closer to the debt ceiling deadline on June 1.
The federal government will end Interstate 93 checkpoints at a White Mountains location for the next 1 1/2 years to resolve a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the organization announced Friday.
In a matter of days, the United States could fall behind on its financial obligations unless Congress and the White House break a deadlock over the debt limit and allow more borrowing.
WASHINGTON — News conferences outside the Capitol don’t always attract a crowd of visitors and tourists — but most also do not feature astronauts in flight suits.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let American officials quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who returned to Washington in May after a months-long absence due to shingles, suffered more complications from the illness than were publicly disclosed, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to avoid a debt default if negotiations with Republicans fail, according to a letter released on Thursday. Led by independent Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the De…
WASHINGTON - The first time Sen. Bryan Schatz (D-Hawaii) tried to abolish the debt limit, he pleaded with lawmakers to "stop these attempts to govern through threats" that put the economy at risk.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical week for debt-ceiling talks hoping they can find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations to avert a devastating default.
President Biden on Saturday declared white supremacy "the most dangerous terrorist threat" to the American homeland, using a speech to graduating students at a historically Black university to elevate a debate that has already become central to his campaign for a second term.
WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican U.S. senators introduced legislation on Wednesday to overhaul the vast security clearance system for protecting national secrets, spurred by damaging document leaks allegedly by a 21-year-old airman and the discovery of classified materials at top offi…
California has agreed to pay $24 million to the family of a man who lost consciousness and died after highway patrol officers pinned him to the ground while he screamed, "I can't breathe," a lawyer for the family said.
NEW YORK — Rep. George Santos was arrested on Wednesday on federal charges of fraud, money laundering and theft of public funds in the latest hit to the newly elected Republican, who has resisted calls to resign for lying about his resume.
In his first public remarks since Fox News settled a massive defamation lawsuit and parted ways with star host Tucker Carlson, the network’s top corporate boss signaled that the conservative-leaning cable channel has no plans for a course correction.
Given the choice, technology leaders in government would rather have an abundance of resources than a shortage. And that includes the dollars and cents it takes to fund modern technology to support the business of government.
The Biden administration wants airlines to compensate passengers when they cancel or significantly delay flights.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and top Republicans and Democrats from Congress are set to sit down this week to try to resolve a three-month standoff over the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a crippling default before the end of May.
BEIJING - China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Monday it is imperative to stabilize Sino-U.S. relations after a series of "erroneous words and deeds" threw ties back into a deep freeze.
WASHINGTON - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, a top U.S. public health official, is leaving the institution at the end of June, the CDC said on Friday.
North Carolina’s Republican-controlled legislature on Thursday passed a bill limiting most abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a sharp drop from the state’s current limit of 20 weeks’ gestation.
Ron DeSantis is eyeing the first two weeks of June to formally jump into the 2024 presidential race, according to people familiar with the deliberations, as his long-expected bid shows signs of sputtering before its official launch.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday reduced the prison sentences of 31 people convicted of drug-related crimes, using the powers of the presidency to ease punishment for non-violent offenses.
WASHINGTON — The showdown occurred — as they often do with Sen. Josh Hawley — in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"As a matter of fact, my first two years in office I've lowered the deficit by a record $1.7 trillion. Lowered the deficit - the debt." - President Biden, remarks at the North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference on April 25
A growing number of likely Republican voters have “real concerns” about nominating former President Donald Trump and have doubts about whether he can beat President Joe Biden in 2024, according to the head of Americans for Prosperity.
WASHINGTON - A Republican bill that would raise the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion and slash spending took a step forward in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, after party leaders agreed to last-minute changes in the face of opposition.
WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. told Senate leaders Tuesday he would "respectfully decline" to testify at a Senate hearing, offering a "Statement on Ethics Principles and Practices" signed by all the Supreme Court justices in which they "reaffirm and restate foundational ethic…
A top Republican in the House of Representatives predicted Tuesday that his party will overcome resistance within its ranks and muster the votes needed to adopt a plan to slash spending and raise the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden called Monday for a congressional ethics investigation into the behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), alleging that she has repeatedly directed "unmoored verbal abuses" at the president's son, including false accusations of human trafficking and cavorting…
Ahead of Donald Trump’s scheduled visit to New Hampshire this week, Gov. Chris Sununu called the former president a “four-time loser” during an appearance on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ Sunday.
Mark Pomerantz, the former prosecutor who once led the Manhattan district attorney's criminal inquiry into the business practices of ex-president Donald Trump, is set to appear for a deposition before a Republican-led congressional committee on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court should restrict the availability of the abortion pill mifepristone, anti-abortion-rights groups challenging the medication’s federal regulatory approval told the justices in a filing Tuesday, urging them to implement curbs ordered by a federal judge in Texas.
WASHINGTON - Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to make his case for cuts in federal spending to accompany a lifting of the government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
WASHINGTON — News conferences outside the Capitol don’t always attract a crowd of visitors and tourists — but most also do not feature astronauts in flight suits.
The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a case in which Republicans sought to keep in place a policy introduced under former President Donald Trump that had let American officials quickly expel hundreds of thousands of migrants at the U.S.-Mexican border.
U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who returned to Washington in May after a months-long absence due to shingles, suffered more complications from the illness than were publicly disclosed, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
WASHINGTON — A group of Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the Constitution’s 14th Amendment to avoid a debt default if negotiations with Republicans fail, according to a letter released on Thursday. Led by independent Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the De…
WASHINGTON - The first time Sen. Bryan Schatz (D-Hawaii) tried to abolish the debt limit, he pleaded with lawmakers to "stop these attempts to govern through threats" that put the economy at risk.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans enter a critical week for debt-ceiling talks hoping they can find common ground on spending levels and energy regulations to avert a devastating default.
President Biden on Saturday declared white supremacy "the most dangerous terrorist threat" to the American homeland, using a speech to graduating students at a historically Black university to elevate a debate that has already become central to his campaign for a second term.
