May 12, 2023, 10:29am Politics
An ex-prosecutor who once oversaw Manhattan's yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to substantively answer questions at a closed-door deposition Friday of the House Judiciary Committee, according to a Republican lawmaker in the meeting. Read story
May 12, 2023, 10:28am Politics
A former correctional officer at a federal women’s prison in California where inmates say they were subjected to rampant sexual abuse has been arrested and accused of abusing three inmates in his care, the Justice Department said Friday. Read story
May 12, 2023, 8:44am Politics
The Biden administration’s number two diplomat is retiring after decades of U.S. government service. Read story
May 11, 2023, 3:02pm Politics
Senate Democrats advanced three of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees along party lines Thursday after weeks of delay due to California Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s extended absence. Read story
May 10, 2023, 2:50pm Nation & World
California Sen. Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate on Wednesday after a two-and-a-half-month absence due to illness, giving majority Democrats a much-needed final vote as they seek to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominees and raise the nation’s debt ceiling in the coming weeks. Read story
May 10, 2023, 11:52am Politics
Responding to a series of intelligence breaches over the last year, senators on Wednesday introduced legislation that would require the National Archives to screen documents leaving the White House for classified material. Read story
May 9, 2023, 10:39am Health
Controlled substances like Adderall will be allowed to be prescribed online into 2024, a reversal of a previously announced position, US government agencies said Tuesday. Read story
May 6, 2023, 3:22pm Nation & World
As House Republicans sit down to write their fiscal 2024 spending bills, appropriators are vowing to protect defense, veterans and border security funding from cuts. Some are pushing to add another spending category to the protected list: NASA. Read story
May 5, 2023, 10:31am Northwest
One year after the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion marked the beginning of the end of the national right to an abortion, the Senate’s top appropriator and president pro tempore warned against taking the foot off the gas pedal in Democrats’ fight to protect and expand access to… Read story
May 2, 2023, 3:35pm Nation & World
House Democrats worked to get around Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Republican leaders with a procedural move that could speed up a vote on a debt ceiling increase as U.S. default looms as soon as June 1. Read story
