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NEW YORK — One of former President Donald Trump’s closest staff members said during testimony in a New York court Friday that the former president admitted to her that he paid hush money to women with whom he had extramarital affairs. The testimony from former White... Read More

WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, and his wife were indicted on charges related to allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundered funds from an oil company owned by the Azerbaijan government as well as a Mexican bank. The indictment unsealed in the Southern District... Read More

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan Senate bill would provide $275 million to advance federal research and enhance medical services for women experiencing menopause. The bill, the Advancing Menopause Care and Mid-Life Women’s Health Act, was introduced Thursday by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Appropriations... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday expanded access to Affordable Care Act coverage to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients. Starting in November, DACA recipients — individuals who were brought into the U.S. illegally as children by a parent or other adult, known as “Dreamers”... Read More

WASHINGTON — When it comes to one political party advancing its economic agenda, few can lay claim to the level of success Democrats reached in the period when the Biden administration coincided with the Democratically controlled 117th Congress. At something close to breakneck speed, Congress passed... Read More

WASHINGTON — The conservation practices of America’s farmers will now be a factor in determining whether renewable aviation fuels made from their corn and other crops qualify for low-carbon-fuel tax incentives, the Treasury Department said Tuesday. The department’s announcement stemmed from the Biden administration’s adoption of... Read More