House Republicans cancel planned recess as government shutdown looms
WASHINGTON — Republican leaders Friday canceled a planned two-week recess as a appeared more likely after they failed to pass a short-term spending with fewer than two days left to avoid the shutdown. House Speaker , R-Calif, informed the...
2023-10-04 11:29:36
Trump plans to attend New York fraud trial, seeks campaign cash
plans to attend his New York next week, and on Friday blasted the case as he asked supporters to donate to his 2024 presidential campaign before a key deadline. Two people briefed on Trump's plans told NBC News that he will travel to New Yo...
2023-10-04 11:29:30
White House says far-right Republicans to blame for shutdown threat
WASHINGTON — officials blasted far-right House on Friday for taking the federal to the brink of a shutdown this weekend. "Extreme Republicans are solely to blame for marching us toward a ," White House Press Secretary said. Jean-Pierre's...
2023-10-04 11:29:25
Trump Georgia election case defendant pleads guilty
Scott Hall, one of the 18 co-defendants of former President in his election interference case, pleaded guilty Friday in to five misdemeanor conspiracy charges. Hall is the first person charged with Trump to plead in the case, which alleges...
2023-10-04 11:29:20
Trump fraud trial begins in New York court
An accountant who worked on the tax returns of testified Monday as the first witness at the former president's $250 million civil in . The accountant, former Mazars USA partner Donald Bender, estimated that from 2011 until his retirement he...
2023-10-04 11:29:14
Clarence Thomas recuses as Supreme Court rejects appeal by Trump lawyer
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to take an appeal by former lawyer related to emails of his turned over to the House committee investigating the , Capitol riot. Justice was not involved in considering or deciding Eastman'...
2023-10-04 11:29:08
Congress wonders if Biden, McCarthy struck Ukraine funding deal
WASHINGTON — Congress and the rest of Washington buzzed Monday over the question of whether President and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a secret deal that could protect future aid for Ukraine as part of an agreement to avoid a governme...
2023-10-04 11:29:03
Hunter Biden gun case: Not guilty plea entered in Delaware
Hunter Biden pleaded Tuesday in Delaware federal court to charges related to having a while being a drug user. Biden's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, during the arraignment told Magistrate Judge Christopher Burke that he plans to file a motion to dis...
2023-10-04 11:28:57
Trump business fraud trial: Judge issues gag order
A judge issued a Tuesday after attacked the judge's law clerk on social media and in comments to reporters covering his New York business . "Consider this a gag order on all parties with respect to posting or publicly speaking about any mem...
2023-10-04 11:28:52
Biden reassures NATO, G7 of U.S. commitment to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President convened a call with top U.S. allies Tuesday to stress the United States commitment to aiding Ukraine as hard-line House Republicans on further support for that . Biden spoke with the leaders of the G7 countries, t...
2023-10-04 11:28:46
Former S&P ratings chair: U.S. is weaker now than when we downgraded in 2011
The U.S. is in a weaker position now than when SP downgraded its sovereign credit rating in 2011, according to the former chairman of the agency's sovereign rating committee. The world's largest economy is once again facing the unless lawma...
2023-09-29 21:50:11
Why the end of federal child care funding matters — whether or not you have young kid
While government subsidies allowed Jordyn Rossignol to keep her child care center in northern Maine afloat during the pandemic, she finally made the wrenching decision in August to shutter because of rising operational costs. That , which m...
2023-09-29 21:50:00
Poll: Republicans have advantages on immigration, crime and the economy
One of the issues that drove those midterm results was abortion, which continues to be a key issue area in which Democrats maintain an advantage over Republicans. By wide margins, voters believe that Democrats are better than Republicans...
2023-09-27 15:20:35
Trump blasts special counsel gag order bid in January 6 election case
Attorneys for urged a judge not to impose a partial on the former president in his federal election interference , claiming that prosecutors are trying to "unconstitutionally " him. The rhetorically charged , submitted late Monday in U.S. D...
2023-09-27 15:20:29
Biden asks Congress to fund government, Wells Fargo warns on shutdown
WASHINGTON — President on Tuesday asked Congress in a social media post to as warnings grew that a looming could harm the U.S. credit rating and dollar. Biden in a reminded Americans of the budget deal he cut with congressional Republican...
2023-09-27 15:20:23