(Headline USA) Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will look to act without Republican support if there is no consensus when Congress returns from its Memorial Day break.
"By the time that they return, which...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal promises politically freighted tax increases on the wealthy and corporations and would give domestic Cabinet departments significantly bigger budget increases than the Pentagon.
But like all presidential budget plans, Biden's proposal needs the approval of lawmakers, who can change the allotments...
(Associated Press) China’s ruling Communist Party has opened a new front in its long, ambitious war to shape global public opinion: Western social media.
Liu Xiaoming, who recently stepped down as China’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, is one of the party’s most successful foot soldiers on this evolving online...
(Headline USA) A jury found an illegal alien farm laborer guilty of murder Friday in the abduction and killing of a University of Iowa student who vanished while out for a run in 2018.
The 12-member jury unanimously found Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of...
(Headline USA) Senate Republicans on Friday blocked creation of a panel to study the Jan. 6 siege on the Capitol, turning aside a politicized spectacle wanted by Democrat leaders in the guise of an "independent investigation."
The so-called Jan. 6 commission is designed by Democrat leaders to serve as a form...
UPDATE 5/28/21 2:30 EDT: Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a moderate, on Friday issued an executive order repealing a 24-hour-old mask-mandate prohibition put in place while he was out of the state by the lieutenant governor, describing her actions as a tyrannical abuse of power and an “irresponsible, self-serving political stunt.”
The...
(Headline USA) Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a big gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus checks.
Friday's report also showed that inflation by a measure preferred by the Federal Reserve surged by a bigger-than-expected...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden proposed a $6 trillion budget for next year on Friday that fails to slow spiking government debt, instead seeking tax hikes on corporations --- which ultimately hit consumers --- and on the "wealthy," to pay for ambitious infrastructure and safety-net programs.
Biden has already announced major plans...
(Headline USA) Emerging from two years of relative silence, former House Speaker Paul Ryan has joined the fight against Donald Trump, urging fellow conservatives to reject the former president's divisive politics and those Republican leaders who emulate him.
Ryan made his remarks during a Thursday evening address at the Ronald Reagan...
(Headline USA) California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money — $116.5 million — in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous state fully reopens next month.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced the prizes, which include $1.5 million each for 10 Californians,...
(Headline USA) The sponsor of Tennessee’s new law requiring businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use the bathrooms of their choice now says owners and officials who refuse could face up to six months in jail — a penalty that went unmentioned during legislative...
The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd took his final breaths is to be transformed Tuesday into an outdoor festival on the anniversary of his death, with food, children's activities and a long list of musical performers.
“We're going to be turning mourning into dancing,” rapper Nur-D tweeted. “We're going to...