May 16, 2024, 4:36pm Nation & World
The Biden administration said Thursday that a new fast-track docket in immigration courts will cut the time it takes decide asylum claims from years to months for some single adults. Read story
May 16, 2024, 12:10pm Nation & World
President Joe Biden marked this week's 70th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that struck down institutionalized racial segregation in public schools by welcoming plaintiffs and family members in the landmark case to the White House. Read story
May 16, 2024, 12:08pm Latest News
The House Judiciary Committee voted to move forward with an effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress hours after the White House blocked access to an audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel who oversaw an investigation into his handling of classified documents. Read story
May 16, 2024, 10:54am Latest News
The House was set Thursday to deliver a rebuke to President Joe Biden for pausing a shipment of bombs to Israel, voting on legislation that would seek to force the weapons transfer as Republicans worked to highlight Democratic divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. Read story
May 16, 2024, 10:49am Nation & World
The U.S. military finished installing a floating pier for the Gaza Strip on Thursday, with officials poised to begin ferrying badly needed humanitarian aid into the enclave besieged over seven months of intense fighting in the Israel-Hamas war. Read story
May 16, 2024, 8:26am Nation & World
In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news that a Black airman had been killed by a white police officer. Read story
May 15, 2024, 4:20pm Nation & World
The number of reported sexual assaults across the military decreased last year, and a confidential survey found a 19 percent drop in the number of service members who said they had experienced some type of unwanted sexual contact, according to new figures obtained by The Associated Press. Both are dramatic… Read story
May 15, 2024, 4:15pm Nation & World
Arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. border from Mexico fell more than 6 percent in April to the fourth lowest month of the Biden administration, authorities said Wednesday, bucking the usual spring increase. Read story
May 15, 2024, 10:48am Nation & World
High-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns over “the misuse of AI” by China and others in closed-door talks with Chinese officials in Geneva, the White House said Wednesday. Read story
May 15, 2024, 8:23am Politics
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September, but there were no guarantees that they would happen as their camps appeared far apart on key details like the setting and ground rules for the potential face-offs. Read story
