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WASHINGTON — Within the span of about one year, U.S. intelligence went from celebrating its capability to prepare Ukraine for... Read More
WASHINGTON — Within the span of about one year, U.S. intelligence went from celebrating its capability to prepare Ukraine for a surprise Russian invasion to an embarrassing and damaging leak of classified high-level documents by a low-level IT staffer. Rep.... Read More
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., traveled to Wall Street on Monday to both blame President Joe Biden for... Read More
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., traveled to Wall Street on Monday to both blame President Joe Biden for the ongoing impasse over raising the nation’s debt ceiling and announce that the chamber’s Republican Conference intends to move its... Read More
HELENA, Mont. — A bill moving through the Republican-led Legislature in Montana would rewrite the rules for a single electoral... Read More
HELENA, Mont. — A bill moving through the Republican-led Legislature in Montana would rewrite the rules for a single electoral contest in 2024 — the party’s uphill battle to take down three-term incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester. “This bill is... Read More
WASHINGTON — “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a song penned in a basement apartment in Georgetown in the wee hours... Read More
WASHINGTON — “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a song penned in a basement apartment in Georgetown in the wee hours of a December night in 1970, and later made famous by John Denver, was named Wednesday to the National Recording... Read More
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who also happens to be heir to the... Read More
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an anti-vaccine activist and conspiracy theorist who also happens to be heir to the legacy of one of America’s most famous political families, is running for president. Kennedy, a Democrat, filed his registration form... Read More
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In recognition of Earth Day, a 100-year-old steam engine will chug into Grand Canyon National Park powered... Read More
WILLIAMS, Ariz. — In recognition of Earth Day, a 100-year-old steam engine will chug into Grand Canyon National Park powered by french fry oil. On Saturday, April 22, 2023, The Grand Canyon Railway — which may be the last daily... Read More
WASHINGTON — In 2021, the United States declared child and adolescent mental health a national emergency. COVID-19 was a factor,... Read More
WASHINGTON — In 2021, the United States declared child and adolescent mental health a national emergency. COVID-19 was a factor, but a decline in mental health had been documented for at least a decade. In 2018, suicide was the second... Read More
WASHINGTON — To be perfectly honest, 2022 did not seem to be the year of the centrist Democrat, or Republican... Read More
WASHINGTON — To be perfectly honest, 2022 did not seem to be the year of the centrist Democrat, or Republican or anything. Week after week, it seemed, another moderate raised the white flag, tired — exhausted, really — of being... Read More
WASHINGTON — CNN won Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz filed against the television... Read More
WASHINGTON — CNN won Tuesday in a defamation lawsuit Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz filed against the television network for its criticism of his commentaries about then-President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The CNN broadcast could lead viewers to... Read More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A former aide to Maryland’s governor was shot and killed Monday evening as FBI agents tried to... Read More
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A former aide to Maryland’s governor was shot and killed Monday evening as FBI agents tried to arrest him while he fled fraud charges. Roy McGrath was confronted by law enforcement agents after he escaped to the... Read More
HOUSTON — Christina Hammock Koch will be the first woman and Victor Glover the first African American to venture around... Read More
HOUSTON — Christina Hammock Koch will be the first woman and Victor Glover the first African American to venture around the moon, NASA announced on Monday, as it revealed the four-person flight crew for the upcoming lunar orbital flight of... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Del. — A judge in Delaware has ruled that Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation case against the Fox... Read More
GEORGETOWN, Del. — A judge in Delaware has ruled that Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation case against the Fox News Network can proceed to trial. In a 130-page opinion released Friday, Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis denied motions... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed the energy bill the new Republican leadership said was its top priority, but... Read More
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed the energy bill the new Republican leadership said was its top priority, but in the wake of the vote, the Senate’s top Democrat said the legislation is dead on arrival in his chamber.... Read More
WASHINGTON — A pair of House Democrats are urging their colleagues to revamp the federal Pell Grant program, tying it... Read More
WASHINGTON — A pair of House Democrats are urging their colleagues to revamp the federal Pell Grant program, tying it to the nation’s inflation rate in a bid to tame the rising cost of higher education. But even as they... Read More
WASHINGTON — It is one of the most important bills the Congress regularly deliberates, a sweeping, multiyear package that governs... Read More
WASHINGTON — It is one of the most important bills the Congress regularly deliberates, a sweeping, multiyear package that governs the nation’s food and agricultural programs and has to be reauthorized every five years. And in addition to developing and... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to block former Vice President Mike... Read More
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday rejected Donald Trump’s effort to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying before a grand jury investigating the former president for trying to overturn the 2020 election. Trump's lawyers... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who has represented the Lone Star State’s 18th Congressional District since 1995, is... Read More
WASHINGTON — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, who has represented the Lone Star State’s 18th Congressional District since 1995, is running for mayor of Houston. Jackson Lee, who is entering a crowded field of candidates vying to replace incumbent Mayor... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden responded to the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, Monday that left three children and three... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden responded to the school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, Monday that left three children and three adults dead, saying it is “a family’s worst nightmare” and calling on Congress to do more to address gun violence.... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Despite all the descriptors you could put in front of his name — astrophysicist, director of... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Despite all the descriptors you could put in front of his name — astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, graduate of Harvard, with a Ph.D. from Columbia, author and celebrated scientist, TV star... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It almost seems here in Washington that the debate over energy, over the future of fossil... Read More
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — It almost seems here in Washington that the debate over energy, over the future of fossil fuels versus renewables, never changes. Most everyone these days will advocate for an “all of the above” solution to meet... Read More
RAVENSWOOD, W. Va. — Like a lot of communities in America’s heartland, Jackson County, West Virginia, was built on natural... Read More
RAVENSWOOD, W. Va. — Like a lot of communities in America’s heartland, Jackson County, West Virginia, was built on natural resources. Timber and energy wrought from the ground helped sustain and grow its population, and the arrival of manufacturing in... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have... Read More
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday issued his first veto since taking office, rejecting a bill that would have reversed a Labor Department rule that allowed fiduciary planners to consider environmental, social and governance factors when investing. “This bill... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Students in Idaho are suing the state after Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Students in Idaho are suing the state after Republican Gov. Brad Little signed a bill into law that removes student ID cards as an acceptable form of voter identification at polling places. In a complaint filed in... Read More
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday charging... Read More
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday charging him in relation to the ongoing abductions of children from Ukraine. The move marks the first time a leader of... Read More
WASHINGTON — GPT-4 has just been released, and the fact that this technology can do many things humans can —... Read More
WASHINGTON — GPT-4 has just been released, and the fact that this technology can do many things humans can — like produce natural-sounding text, process images and even solve problems — has workers worried. Some companies and individuals are embracing... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is a signature away from removing a student ID issued by a high school, college or... Read More
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho is a signature away from removing a student ID issued by a high school, college or university from the list of acceptable forms of identification to vote in elections in the state. Last week, the Republican-controlled... Read More
WASHINGTON — It was one of inescapable advertising slogans of the late 1960s. “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby,” the... Read More
WASHINGTON — It was one of inescapable advertising slogans of the late 1960s. “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby,” the ads for Virginia Slims “ultra-smooth” cigarettes declared. Every ad crafted for the product by the creative team at the Leo... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Davenport, Iowa, Monday night, ostensibly to deliver... Read More
DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to appear in Davenport, Iowa, Monday night, ostensibly to deliver remarks on an “America First Education Policy.” But as he preps to take the stage at the city's Adler Theatre... Read More
WASHINGTON — It is, quite literally, a rite of spring, a day when most of us will “spring forward” into... Read More
WASHINGTON — It is, quite literally, a rite of spring, a day when most of us will “spring forward” into daylight saving time. With the exception of residents of Hawaii, most of Arizona (the Navajo Nation is the exception) and... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday updated its regulations on mammography in an effort to strengthen... Read More
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday updated its regulations on mammography in an effort to strengthen the agency’s oversight and detect and treat breast cancer earlier. The rule that went into effect March 9 amended regulations... Read More