2 hours agoCalifornia weighs extending eviction protections past JuneCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers are negotiating whether to extend the state's ban on evictions for unpaid rent.
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4 hours agoRansomware gangs get paid off as officials struggle for fixThe dilemma surrounding ransomware payments has left U.S. officials fumbling about how to respond to such demands.
4 hours agoBiden and Congress face a summer grind to create legislationThe act of governing seemed to happen at the speed of presidential tweets when Donald Trump was in the White House.
1 day agoTrump cowboy seeks 2nd act in politics after Capitol breachHe rodeoed in a Buffalo Bill-style Wild West show, carried his message on horseback from the Holy Land to Times Square and was invited to the White House to meet the pres...
1 day agoNew leaders, new era: US-Israel relations reach crossroadsPresident Joe Biden and Israel's new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, are at a crossroads.
1 day agoVA moves to offer gender confirmation surgery to vetsThe Department of Veterans Affairs is moving to offer transgender veterans gender confirmation surgery.
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3 days agoBiden's silence on executions adds to death penalty disarrayActivists widely expected Joe Biden to take swift action against the death penalty as the first sitting president to oppose capital punishment, but the White House has be...
1 day agoLas Vegas pushes land swap to balance growth, conservationCities in the U.S. West are preparing for considerable growth in the coming decades despite a historic drought and shrinking water supplies.
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3 days agoSenator: Military justice changes must go beyond sex casesSen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on the brink of success in her yearslong campaign to get sexual assault cases removed from the military chain of command.
3 days agoGOP needs new health care target; 'Obamacare' survives againThe Supreme Court’s latest rejection of a Republican effort to dismantle “Obamacare” is another sign that the GOP must look beyond repealing that law if it wants to hone ...
3 days agoBack home: Biden has daunting to-do list after European tourPresident Joe Biden is facing a formidable to-do list now that he’s back from his eight-day trip to Europe.
3 days agoBlack Americans laud Juneteenth holiday, say more work aheadBlack Americans are rejoicing after President Joe Biden signed legislation establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday.
3 days agoHeated debate before US Catholic bishops vote on CommunionU.S. Catholic bishops have debated heatedly over how to address concerns about Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, who continue to receive Communion desp...
Biden abroad: Pitching America to welcoming if wary alliesPresident Joe Biden spent his first trip overseas highlighting a sharp break from his disruptive predecessor.
Congress approves bill to make Juneteenth a federal holidayThe United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery.
3 days agoBiden signs bill making Juneteenth a federal holidayPresident Joe Biden has signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the ...
3 days agoHouse votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorizationThe Democratic-led House has passed legislation to repeal the 2002 authorization for use of military force in Iraq.
3 days agoHispanic group sues Santa Fe mayor over destroyed obeliskA Hispanic heritage group in Santa Fe is suing the mayor over the destruction of a U.S. veterans memorial by activists during a demonstration on Indigenous People’s Day.
Justice Dept.: Missouri governor can't void federal gun lawsThe Justice Department is warning Missouri officials that the state can’t ignore federal law, after the governor signed a bill last week that bans police from enforcing f...
Biden, Putin discuss ambassadors, nuclear weapons and morePresidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin of Russia spent more than three hours discussing issues Wednesday at their summit in Geneva.
Sunshine, fatalism and 2 world views from 2 world leadersBy abandoning the traditional joint press conference in favor of separate events, U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin accomplished their own obj...
Biden trip takeaways: Respect, optimism, some skepticismPresident Joe Biden’s first overseas trip put his diplomatic and negotiating philosophy on display, as he rallied allies to confront new and old challenges and offered an...
Senators press Interior Secretary Haaland on oil lease pauseBoth Republican and Democratic senators are pressing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland for answers after a federal court blocked the Biden administration’s suspension of new...
DOJ sues to block AON's $30B acquisition of Willis TowersThe Biden administration has sued to block the merger of two of the world’s largest insurance brokers, asserting the deal could eliminate competition, raise prices and ha...
Observer: Georgia county's elections messy, not fraudulentAn independent monitor who spent months observing election workers in Georgia's most-populous county says processes were badly managed but he saw no evidence of fraud.
