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GOP’s Marjorie Taylor Greene delivers fresh threats of ousting Speaker Johnson in scathing rebuke

April 9, 2024, 9:35am Politics

Hard-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is escalating her criticism of House Speaker Mike Johnson, blistering his leadership in a lengthy letter to colleagues and renewing threats of a snap vote that could remove him from office. Read story

FCC move to restore net neutrality sets stage for familiar fight

April 9, 2024, 8:27am Business

The Biden administration’s move to restore net neutrality will need to pass legal tests to stick, and even then it will be at risk of a rollback under a future administration if Congress doesn’t act. Read story

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, participates in a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas to address concerns over billions of dollars being sent overseas to Ukraine and other allies when there are so many needs at home.

Austin tells Congress Israel is taking steps to boost aid to Gaza as lawmakers question US support

FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, participates in a virtual Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting Nov. 22, 2023, at the Pentagon in Washington. Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas to address concerns over billions of dollars being sent overseas to Ukraine and other allies when there are so many needs at home.

April 9, 2024, 8:26am Latest News

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress Tuesday that pressure on Israel to improve humanitarian aid to Gaza appears to be working, but he said more must be done, and it remains to be seen if the improvement will continue. Read story

FILE - Britain&rsquo;s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, meets with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for discussions on the war in Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding. (AP Photo/J.

UK’s David Cameron heads to Washington for Ukraine talks after meeting Donald Trump in Florida

FILE - Britain&rsquo;s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, meets with Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., for discussions on the war in Ukraine, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is expected to urge U.S. lawmakers to approve a new package of aid for Ukraine when he visits Washington this week, warning Congress that it is putting the security of the West at risk by continuing to hold up the funding. (AP Photo/J.

April 9, 2024, 8:26am Politics

British Foreign Secretary David Cameron is in Washington on Tuesday to press senior Republicans to unlock money for Ukraine, after meeting a skeptical Donald Trump in Florida. Read story

FILE - A group of students from Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, dance and sing as they enjoy spring break on South Beach, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla. Another month, another heat record for the planet. Earth just had its warmest March ever recorded, the 10th month in a row to set such a record, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

Broken record: March is 10th straight month to be hottest on record, scientists say

FILE - A group of students from Ole Miss, the University of Mississippi, dance and sing as they enjoy spring break on South Beach, Friday, March 15, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla. Another month, another heat record for the planet. Earth just had its warmest March ever recorded, the 10th month in a row to set such a record, according to the European Union climate agency Copernicus.

April 9, 2024, 8:24am Latest News

For the 10th consecutive month, Earth in March set a new monthly record for global heat — with both air temperatures and the world’s oceans hitting an all-time high for the month, the European Union climate agency Copernicus said. Read story

Prosecutors urge Supreme Court to reject Trump’s immunity claims in election subversion case

April 8, 2024, 6:20pm Nation & World

Special counsel Jack Smith’s team urged the Supreme Court on Monday night to reject former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution in a case charging him with scheming to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Read story

Justice Department blasts GOP effort to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden audio

April 8, 2024, 12:56pm Nation & World

The Justice Department on Monday blasted Republicans' effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt over his refusal to turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents. Read story

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at the White House, June 30, 2023, in Washington. Biden is traveling to Wisconsin Monday, April 8, 2024, to announce details of a new plan to help millions of people with their student loan debt. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court foiled Biden&rsquo;s plan to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt relief to millions. The visit comes a week after primary voting in the Midwest battleground state highlights weakness for him and Republican challenger Donald Trump.

Biden will talk about student debt relief in Wisconsin after primary voting delivered warning signs

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks as Education Secretary Miguel Cardona listens at the White House, June 30, 2023, in Washington. Biden is traveling to Wisconsin Monday, April 8, 2024, to announce details of a new plan to help millions of people with their student loan debt. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court foiled Biden&rsquo;s plan to provide hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt relief to millions. The visit comes a week after primary voting in the Midwest battleground state highlights weakness for him and Republican challenger Donald Trump.

April 8, 2024, 7:23am Latest News

President Joe Biden is traveling to Wisconsin to announce details of a new plan to ease student loan debt for millions, a trip that comes a week after primary voting in the Midwest battleground highlighted weaknesses for the Democratic president and Donald Trump, his Republican challenger. Read story

Calls for justice to quit face pushback

April 5, 2024, 9:33pm Politics

U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez is pushing back on calls for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to resign soon to give President Joe Biden the chance to appoint a liberal replacement. Read story

President Joe Biden, aboard Marine One, takes an aerial tour of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Friday, April 5, 2024, as seen from an accompanying aircraft.

Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares ‘your nation has your back’

President Joe Biden, aboard Marine One, takes an aerial tour of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Friday, April 5, 2024, as seen from an accompanying aircraft.

April 5, 2024, 2:40pm Politics

President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation's main shipping lanes. Read story