December 14, 2023, 2:28pm Politics
With a nod to a colleague struggling with an aggressive form of Parkinson's disease, members of the House saved, for likely the last vote of the year, a bill they hope may one day help stomp out the debilitating illness. Read story
December 14, 2023, 12:47pm Latest News
Congress was departing Washington on Thursday without a deal to pass wartime support for Ukraine, even as President Joe Biden's administration raced to negotiate with Senate Republicans who are demanding changes to U.S. border security policy in return. Read story
December 14, 2023, 11:02am Nation & World
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the U.S. military headquarters in Germany where allied leaders coordinate the delivery of weapons and other aid to the war effort. And in a social media post after he left, he expressed optimism about getting additional American aid, which has… Read story
December 14, 2023, 11:02am Latest News
The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from some conservatives concerned the measure did not do enough to restrict the Pentagon's diversity initiatives, abortion travel policy and gender-affirming health care for transgender service members. Read story
December 14, 2023, 10:15am Latest News
An attorney for two former Georgia election workers suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation highlighted during the trial's closing on Thursday that the former New York City mayor has not stopped repeating the false conspiracy theory asserting the workers meddled in the 2020 presidential election. Read story
December 14, 2023, 10:14am Nation & World
A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens has been transferred into American custody and is being returned to the United States, his family said Thursday. Read story
December 14, 2023, 10:12am Politics
A top Justice Department official who spearheaded legal work on access to abortion as part of a broad set of responsibilities will leave her job in February, Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday. Read story
December 14, 2023, 9:51am Politics
It's the presidential election no one is really jazzed about. Read story
December 14, 2023, 9:51am Health
Hundreds of thousands of older Americans could pay less for some of their outpatient drug treatments beginning early next year, the Biden administration announced Thursday. Read story
December 14, 2023, 9:44am Latest News
Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington once appeared likely to be the first of the former president's criminal trials to begin, with the judge having scheduled a March 4 start date. But appeals of issues central to the case are threatening to change that. Read story
