(Associated Press) Republicans rallied solidly against Democrats' proposed $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill as lawmakers awaited a decision by the Senate's parliamentarian that could bolster or potentially kill a pivotal provision hiking the federal minimum wage.
Despite their paper-thin congressional majorities, Democratic leaders were poised to push the sweeping package through...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden on Wednesday formally revoked a series of presidential orders and memoranda signed by Donald Trump, including one that sought to cut funding from several cities the 45th president deemed “anarchist” havens and another mandating that federal buildings should be designed in a classical aesthetic.
Since taking office...
(Headline USA) Palm Beach County defied Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday, refusing to lower its courthouse flags to half-staff in honor of the late conservative broadcaster Rush Limbaugh.
The county's courthouse flags remained at full staff, ignoring DeSantis's Tuesday afternoon order directing its U.S. and Florida flags to be flown...
(Headline USA) Trashed on social media and censured by Louisiana Republicans, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy described himself Wednesday as “at peace” with his vote to convict former President Donald Trump at his impeachment trial and dismissed the scorching GOP backlash he's received.
Louisiana's senior Republican senator said he does not believe...
(Headline USA) President Joe Biden's choice of Neera Tanden to lead the White House budget office faced new hurdles Wednesday after two Senate committees postponed consideration of her nomination.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee postponed a business meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
Tanden's nomination was on the agenda for the...
(Headline USA) The government dropped drunken driving and reckless driving charges against Bruce Springsteen on Wednesday stemming from an incident in November, admitting that the rocker's blood-alcohol level was so low that it didn't warrant the charges.
Springsteen pleaded guilty to a third charge, consuming alcohol in a closed area, the...
(Headline USA) The Biden administration has withdrawn government support for a federal lawsuit in Connecticut that seeks to ban so-called "transgender" athletes from participating in girls' high school sports.
Connecticut allows high school athletes to compete in sports according to their gender identity.
The lawsuit was filed a year ago by several female...
(Headline USA) A federal judge late Tuesday indefinitely banned President Joe Biden's administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on most deportations.
U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction sought by Texas, which argued the moratorium violated federal law and risked imposing additional costs on the state.
Biden proposed the 100-day...
(Associated Press) Top board leaders of Texas’s embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing electricity last week during a deadly winter storm, including many whose frigid homes lacked heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.
The resignations are the first since...
(Headline USA) Testifying for the first time about the siege at the U.S. Capitol, former security officials blamed faulty intelligence for the failure to anticipate the violent intentions of the mob that invaded the building and interrupted the certification of the presidential election.
The officials, including the former chief of the...
(Associated Press) Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue said Tuesday that he will not run in 2022 to reclaim a seat in the U.S. Senate, eight days after the defeated Republican filed campaign paperwork that could have opened the way for him to run against Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock.
“I am confident...
(Headline USA) Partisans in Rush Limbaugh's home state of Florida are debating over whether to lower flags in his honor.
Gov. Ron DeSantis called Limbaugh a “legend” and ordered flags to be flown at half-staff as a show of respect after the longtime broadcaster, 70, died Wednesday of cancer.
But Democrats, who...