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FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the National Governors Association in the East Room on Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Biden's support of a Republican resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation's capital and other cities. The GOP-led disapproval resolution is expected to easily pass the Senate with ample Democratic support on Wednesday, March 8.

Debt ceiling catapults new Biden budget into market spotlight

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with the National Governors Association in the East Room on Feb. 10, 2023, in Washington. Biden's support of a Republican resolution to block new District of Columbia crime laws has split members of his own party amid rising concerns about crime in the nation's capital and other cities. The GOP-led disapproval resolution is expected to easily pass the Senate with ample Democratic support on Wednesday, March 8.

March 8, 2023, 8:19am Politics

President Joe Biden’s budget proposal is an opening salvo in the looming impasse with Republicans over raising the debt ceiling and funding the U.S. government. Read story

Biden immigration discussions rile Hispanic Democratic lawmakers

March 8, 2023, 8:13am Politics

Hispanic Democrats in the Senate expressed optimism last month about the Biden administration’s direction on immigration and border policy, after what several described as a “constructive” and “productive” meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at the Capitol. Read story

Biden has quietly forgiven billions in student loans despite setbacks for his signature debt plan

March 6, 2023, 8:34am Latest News

Sara Diaz was feeling emotional when she checked her email Tuesday. She was among the hundreds of Neiman Marcus employees laid off last month and had just finished a stressful phone call about her health insurance. Read story

FILE - A sea turtle swims over corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty on Saturday, March 4, 2023, to protect biodiversity in the high seas -- nearly half the planet's surface.

Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas

FILE - A sea turtle swims over corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022. For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty on Saturday, March 4, 2023, to protect biodiversity in the high seas -- nearly half the planet's surface.

March 5, 2023, 12:11pm Latest News

For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas - representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws. Read story

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., pauses for questions in the House Rules Committee as he advances a GOP effort to disapprove of action by the District of Columbia Council on a local voting rights act and a criminal code revision, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

D.C. conflict reflects wider efforts undermining local control

House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., pauses for questions in the House Rules Committee as he advances a GOP effort to disapprove of action by the District of Columbia Council on a local voting rights act and a criminal code revision, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

March 4, 2023, 7:33pm Politics

Congress’ expected vote next week to overturn District of Columbia laws dealing with criminal justice and voting has created a political tempest in the nation’s capital — and reflects a contentious political dynamic that is playing out more broadly across the country: Read story

Farmer Larry Cox walks in a field of Bermuda grass with his dog, Brodie, at his farm Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, near Brawley, Calif. With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use. That means idling farmland, with payments to major users to make it worthwhile. That has farmers primarily in California's Imperial Valley and Arizona's Yuma Valley weighing the possibility. Many are reluctant.

In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water

Farmer Larry Cox walks in a field of Bermuda grass with his dog, Brodie, at his farm Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, near Brawley, Calif. With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use. That means idling farmland, with payments to major users to make it worthwhile. That has farmers primarily in California's Imperial Valley and Arizona's Yuma Valley weighing the possibility. Many are reluctant.

March 3, 2023, 2:09pm Nation & World

Tom Brundy, an alfalfa grower in California’s Imperial Valley, thinks farmers reliant on the shrinking Colorado River can do more to save water and use it more efficiently. That’s why he’s installed water sensors and monitors to prevent waste on nearly two-thirds of his 3,000 acres. Read story

EPA mandates states report on cyber threats to water systems

March 3, 2023, 12:42pm Politics

The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. Read story

FILE - Daniel Ellsberg speaks during an interview in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2009. Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has announced he has terminal cancer and months to live. Ellsberg posted on his Facebook page Thursday, March 2, 2023, that doctors diagnosed the 91-year-old with inoperable pancreatic cancer on Feb.

Pentagon Papers leaker Ellsberg says he has terminal cancer

FILE - Daniel Ellsberg speaks during an interview in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2009. Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, has announced he has terminal cancer and months to live. Ellsberg posted on his Facebook page Thursday, March 2, 2023, that doctors diagnosed the 91-year-old with inoperable pancreatic cancer on Feb.

March 3, 2023, 8:05am Politics

Daniel Ellsberg, who copied and leaked documents that revealed secret details of U.S. strategy in the Vietnam War and became known as the Pentagon Papers, said he has terminal cancer and months to live. Read story

Rep. George Santos under investigation by House Ethics panel

March 2, 2023, 2:43pm Politics

The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is launching an investigation into embattled Republican Rep. George Santos, the New York congressman whose lies and embellishments about his resume and personal life have drawn deep scrutiny. Read story

Democrats on House Administration panel vexed by decision on Jan. 6 footage

March 2, 2023, 11:10am Politics

Democratic members of the House panel possessing the records from the Jan. 6 Capitol attack are angered and left with a litany of questions after Speaker Kevin McCarthy unilaterally decided to share footage of the attack with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Read story