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The Biden administration officials have been warning for weeks that the country has spent nearly all the money approved for COVID-19 response.

The White House is planning for what it calls “dire” contingencies that could include rationing supplies of vaccines and treatments this fall if Congress doesn’t approve more money for fighting COVID-19.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is facing criticism from the leader of Northern Ireland’s biggest unionist party after saying Congress won’t approve a trade deal with the U.K. if Britain scraps the agreement governing post-Brexit trade on the Irish island.

The House hearing comes after President Biden announced he was invoking the Defense Authorization Act to spur production

The Senate has confirmed Bridget Brink as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

The disapproval was the first time JPMorgan's board suffered a down vote on compensation since "say on pay" measures were introduced more than a decade ago.

Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects.

A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials’ decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”.

House staffers will be able to join a union if they choose to, but it isn't a requirement under the resolution.

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon.

After rebuffing U.S. requests for months, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, responding to the recent sharp decline in cryptocurrencies, says additional federal regulation is needed to respond to the wave of speculative investment in the currency whose secrecy is an essential part of its appeal.

The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot subpoenaed House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Trump-allied lawmakers.

"Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess," read the chalk, which local police acknowledged was "not overtly threatening."

"Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess," read the chalk, which local police acknowledged was "not overtly threatening."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes the U.S. financial system is in working order, but wouldn't be surprised to see market volatility linger.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is addressing concerns about the working conditions for some Capitol Hill aides.

The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks.

Facebook's parent company is pulling back on hiring midlevel or senior-level workers as advertisers reduce spending.

The State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner and related events over the weekend.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had not seen President Joe Biden in person for several days before testing positive for the coronavirus.

The singer shared her own recent experience with abortion after a Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked that shows Roe v. Wade may be overturned.

Newsy's reporters explain early reactions and what's coming next after a draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade leaked from the Supreme Court.

The Biden administration has announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place the illegal campaign contributions conviction of Kentucky businessman and former Democratic Party chief, Jerry Lundergan.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race.

Biden's request for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine hit an snag on Capitol Hill, where a dispute over immigration threatens to hamstring assistance to Kyiv.

Democratic leaders have announced an effort to give the Federal Trade Commission increased authority to crack down on oil and gas companies that engage in price gouging.

The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf and legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn’t provide an American Sign Language interpreter for her appointments.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies today before the House Judiciary Committee where he's expected to face another heated round of questioning on Title 42.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the state of the coronavirus in the U.S., saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” on new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times under Title 42.

Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.

President Joe Biden plans to speak at a memorial service in Minnesota on Sunday for former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died last April at age 93.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities but that was struck down by lower courts.

At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets Friday afternoon in the nation’s capital, leading to lockdowns at several schools.

Republican leaders are more beholden than ever to a narcissistic demagogue who has no respect for democracy or the law.

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Federal Aviation Administration failed to inform Capitol Police of the pre-planned flyover.

You have the right to remain silent.

The U.S. rolled out new sanctions on Wednesday against more than 40 individuals and entities accused of evading the ongoing wave of penalties imposed on Russia as punishment for invading Ukraine.

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to the 2017 tax law that capped federal tax deductions for state and local taxes.

The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a lawsuit filed by four New York City public school employees over a policy that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Speaking of clowns and jokes…have you heard the one where the Chinese Communist Party said China had nothing to do with starting Covid?" Graham said.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away.

Jennifer Tolbert, an expert at KFF, said the uninsured will likely faced reduced testing, treatment and vaccine services.

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has a long history of opposing unions, dating back to his earliest days at the company.

The contest to replace former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes in California will present voters with a sharply defined choice: the candidates are a progressive Democrat who supports universal health care and a former Trump administration appointee.

Pelosi is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman said Thursday in a tweet.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, a day after appearing unmasked at a White House event with President Joe Biden. Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic, her spokesman Drew Hammill said Thursday in a tweet. Pelosi will “quarantine consistent with CDC guidance, and encourages everyone to get vaccinated, boosted and test regularly,” he said.

Jackson is poised to replace Stephen Breyer, maintaining the court's conservative majority after the appointment of three of President Donald Trump's picks.

The fox had to be euthanized to be tested for the disease.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says more government regulation is needed to police the proliferation of cryptocurrency and other digital assets and to ward off fraudulent and illicit transactions.

A congressman and a reporter are among those who said they were bitten while walking on Capitol grounds.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen cautioned Wednesday that Russia's attack on Ukraine could cause a major hit to the global economy.

Raimondo and hundreds of others had attended the Gridiron Club and Foundation dinner.

The second runoff spot hasn't been determined yet, and finishing the count will take at least a week, since mail ballots can arrive as late as April 12.

Capitol Hill has a fox problem.

Ivanka Trump, the daughter of ex-President Donald Trump, was in the White House during the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and was asked to get him to address the violence

Brainard said that policy tightening will include a speedy reduction in the balance sheet and a steady pace of interest rate increases.

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Judge Colleen Koller-Kotelly told defendant Lonnie Coffman she had never seen such a large assortment of weapons in a federal criminal case.

Mitt Romney said he and Chuck Schumer reached a deal on $10 billion in Covid aid, less than half of what the Biden administration wanted.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

Burns, who is fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19, last met with President Joe Biden on Wednesday morning.

CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19.

The SEC on Monday proposed rules that would force more trading firms to register as dealers and open their books to far greater regulatory oversight.

Thursday was the fourth and final day of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation hearing.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers.

Jackson, President Joe Biden's first Supreme Court nominee, already spent more than 13 hours before the Senate Judiciary Committee defending her judicial career.

A federal agency says it's running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday.

President Joe Biden's Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is set to answer senators' questions during her confirmation hearings.

President Joe Biden's first Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, is set to appear before U.S. senators to start four days of hearings.

The Supreme Court says it won’t review the case of a Seattle-based Christian organization that was sued after declining to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job.

SEC Commissioners will be meeting Monday to propose rules to enhance disclosures regarding climate-related risks.

Officials say the new BA.2 Covid variant is about 50% to 60% more transmissible than omicron, but it does not appear to be more severe.

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the top court, is set to appear Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nation’s public health system, applying the lessons of COVID-19 to future outbreaks through a new chain of command, a stronger medical supply chain, and clearer crisis communications.

The Senate has unanimously approved a measure that would make daylight saving time permanent next year.

Sen. Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, said he is opposed to Sarah Bloom Raskin's nomination to the Federal Reserve.

Companies critical to U.S. national interests will have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware.

Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland’s MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invasion.

This could be the end of the line for congressional funding to fight COVID-19.

It's the second time in five years the North Carolina Republican has been charged with driving on a revoked license. The previous time was 2017.

The funding bill would prevent a government shutdown through September and provide humanitarian aid and military equipment to Ukraine.

Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

The Biden administration says it is offering humanitarian relief to Ukrainians in the United States to protect them from being deported.

A bout of extreme cold last winter saddled Meta Platforms with additional energy costs, the company told federal regulators in a filing made public last week.

A leading Democratic senator is calling out President Joe Biden to show “more urgency” to address gun violence by executive action, as the prospects of legislation on Capitol Hill to pass gun control reforms remain slim.

FLINT, MI—A Genesee County man accused in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on Capitol Hill also has connections with several men accused of plotting to kidnap and potentially kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, federal court documents show. Matthew Thomas Krol, of Linden, was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 22, and charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers using a dangerous weapon or inflicting bodily injury, civil disorder, engaging in physical violence in a restricted building or grounds, and related offenses.

Powell is tasked with telling Congress that the central bank will be doing more to control inflation at a time when markets expect it will be doing less.

If the U.S. Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson she will be the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.

The SEC on Friday voted to propose a new rule that would tell investors more about short sales.

Wall Street's top supervisor said the proposed changes would require investors to collect and submit certain short sale data to the SEC each month.

The U.S. Treasury Department has concluded that more than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance during the pandemic went to low-income tenants.

Rep. Fred Upton has began airing his first campaign ad, signaling that the moderate Republican is more likely to seek reelection to a 19th term in Congress.

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a child.

The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons.

President Joe Biden is hoping to use his upcoming State of the Union address as a chance to nudge the pandemic into the nation’s rear-view mirror.

Two widely supported bills are encountering delays in the Senate.