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Banks this year released billions of dollars from loan loss reserves.

Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, will start as CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group in January.

The White House is expected to soon announce that the U.S. will stage a diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest Chinese human rights abuses, a move that China has vowed to greet with “firm countermeasures.”

Today the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to finalize rules to implement the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.

Latino aldermen want a larger footprint on the council as their population grows.

The Chamber of Commerce's fundraising surged to over $215 million in 2020 even after Republican officials blasted the group.

Supreme Court justices weigh whether to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortion after 15 weeks and overrule the 1973 Roe vs. Wade.

It’s the moment conservatives have been waiting for.

Allbirds' losses widened as the cost of opening stores and listing its stock weighed on its results.

The House select committee is investigating the Jan. 6 riot that began at the Capitol as Congress was confirming the election of Joe Biden over Donald Trump.

Fewer people are likely to see the decked-out mansion in person this year, with public tours still suspended because of the continuing threat from COVID-19.

An actor charged with storming the Capitol as a member of the Oath Keepers nearly talked his way into remaining in jail after his former attorney told a judge that the actor was challenging the court’s jurisdiction.

Dr. Fauci sits down with "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan for a wide-ranging discussion on the pandemic.

Travellers queue at check-in counters at Johannesburg international airport on Saturday after several countries banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of the new Covid-19 variant Omicron

Comedian Dave Chappelle made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, on Tuesday.

A professional Broadway actor was arrested for invading the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 with fellow members of the Oath Keepers and other Trump supporters.

Chairman Bennie Thompson said the groups and their leaders "have relevant information about how violence erupted at the Capitol and the preparation leading up to this violent attack."

The bipartisan House panel is probing the facts and causes of the riot, when hundreds of former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol.

The organization Girls on the Run builds up young girls' confidence by teaching them how to set and achieve personal goals.

The regional train system serving the Washington D.

Federal contractors will be guaranteed an hourly minimum wage of at least $15 in all new contracts with government agencies beginning Jan. 30, 2022.

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday that the federal government will establish a process to review and replace racially derogatory terms used in place names.

The House moved toward a vote on President Joe Biden's social safety and climate plan Thursday night after a key analysis said it would add to budget deficits over a decade. A handful of centrist House Democrats wanted to see the Congressional Budget Office's estimate of how the Build Back Better Act affected long-term deficits before they voted for the plan. The score's release opens the door for the House to pass the social safety net and climate bill in the coming days. The Senate then aims to approve the legislation before Christmas, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said this week. If the Senate makes changes to the bill, it would have to go back to the House for another vote.

The Keep Innovation in America Act would lay out a definition for crypto brokers, newly bound to the tax reporting rules.

Bannon was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress after defying House investigators' demands to produce documents and sit for a deposition.

An advisory issued by officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia warns that hackers linked to the Iranian government have been targeting a “broad range of victims” inside the U.S. with ransomware and other malicious cyber activity.

Democrat Patrick Leahy’s announcement that he will retire after eight terms in the Senate has set off a scramble in Vermont over the rare opening in the state’s tiny congressional delegation.

The House is trying to approve Biden's Build Back Better plan this week, following passage of the bipartisan infrastructure package.

The Justice Department said the liquidation of the bitcoin and other cryptocurrency will reimburse victims from the BitConnect fraud.

Students at the prominent historically Black university in Washington, D.C., had been protesting poor housing conditions since Oct. 12. The details of the agreement were not immediately available.

The deal is said to be worth $375 million. Trump's company has suffered a net loss of $70 million in operating the hotel, the House Oversight Committee said last month.

Bannon faces two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to comply with demands to produce documents and sit for a deposition as part of the Jan. 6 probe.

Police believe that this armed man lives or is hiding in the hills around the area, and that he's responsible for as many as 10 recent break ins.

Julian Howard expected that the Federal Reserve would probably only start raising interest rates in the second half of 2022.

A high school canceled a fundraiser with Dave Chappelle after students threatened to stage a walkout because they were uncomfortable with remarks he made.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)WASHINGTON, D.C. – A 73-year-old man in Venice, Florida, has been convicted of threatening three members of Congress, and U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said she was one of the targets. A federal jury found Frank Anthony Pezzuto guilty Wednesday of sending “three separate threatening communications to injure certain members of Congress”, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. Pezzuto called the office of a congressman identified only as E.S. on January 25, 2020, saying he was coming to kill him, according to evidence presented at the trial. On January 30, 2020, Pezzuto called the office of another congressman, identified as A.S., and claimed he was a member of the gang MS-13 and that the gang was coming to cut off A.S.’s head, according to the evidence.

The IRS has announced higher federal income tax brackets and standard deductions for 2022 amid rising inflation.

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Germaine T. Leftwich, 67, receives a Pfizer covid-19 vaccine booster shot from Dr. Tiffany Taliaferro at the Safeway on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Monday, October 4, 2021. Pfizer said Tuesday it asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster shots of its Covid-19 vaccine for all Americans age 18 and older, a move that would significantly increase the number of people eligible to get the extra shots. A third dose of the vaccine, which was developed with German partner BioNTech, has already been authorized by the FDA for elderly people and at-risk adults six months after they complete their primary series of shots. The company said it is asking the agency to amend its authorization after data shows an additional dose is safe and effective in all adults. Please check back for updates.

Public investment is the living infrastructure of America's dual embrace of democracy and capitalism, says former Pimco managing director Paul McCulley.

House Democrats were struggling to build support for the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Democrats' social spending and climate plan.

Traders are betting the Federal Reserve hikes rates two times in 2022, and three more times in 2023, according to the futures market.

Democrats have notched a victory in the fight for a national plan for paid leave. But getting it into final legislation could still be an uphill battle.

In a long-awaited report, the President's Working Group on Financial Markets found, when regulated, stablecoins could transform payments.

Washington, D.C., is utilizing public health strategies to contain the spread of gun violence.

A potential threat against malls and shopping centers located just outside of Washington, D.C.

Ford previously raised its guidance for the year, but said the second half of the year would be weaker than the first six months.

The Business Roundtable and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce oppose new tax plans proposed by Democrats for President Biden's social spending bill.

High school schools in the district will pull unvaccinated teens from their favorite sport or after-school activity if they are not vaccinated.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Andrew Clyde will both be fined for failing to comply with House face mask rules, the House Ethics Committee said Monday.

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a Texas law that bans most abortions after as early as six weeks of pregnancy, the court said Friday.

The full moon of Wednesday (Oct. 21), known by many as the "Hunter's Moon," provided a celestial treat for skywatchers around the world.

The arguments were filed in response to two separate petitions challenging the restrictive Texas law, which bans most abortions after as early as the sixth week of pregnancy.

After nearly two years of pausing student loan bills, the U.S. Department of Education is trying to figure out how to start collecting the payments again.

IBM expects to spin out its managed infrastructure services unit early next month, CEO Arvind Krishna said in a statement. The move should boost revenue growth.

Fighting climate change has been a main component of the president's "Build Back Better" agenda.

A top Netflix executive says Dave Chappelle’s special “The Closer” doesn’t cross “the line on hate” and will remain on the streaming service.

In an economy upended by the coronavirus, shortages and price spikes have hit everything from lumber to computer chips.

The deadly Amtrak derailment in north-central Montana of the Empire Builder, traveling from Chicago to Seattle, is being investigated by the National Transportation Safety Board.

An officer in the nation’s capital has been indicted on a murder charge for his role in a fatal vehicle accident during a police chase that sparked two days of protests and clashes.

Watch live coverage of Sept. 11 anniversary ceremonies in New York City, Shanksville, Pa., and outside Washington, D.C., at the Pentagon. President Biden will visit all three memorial sites.

Watch live coverage of Sept. 11 anniversary ceremonies in New York City, Shanksville, Pa., and outside Washington, D.C., at the Pentagon. President Biden will visit all three memorial sites.

The new federal vaccine requirement for large companies has raised concerns over whether it will now be even harder to retain workers or find new ones.

Texas Republicans are ratcheting up efforts to end a 31-day standoff with Democrats over new voting measures.

Texas Republicans have again authorized using law enforcement Democrats who are still refusing to come back to the state Capitol in a bid to stop new voting restrictions.

A New Jersey gym owner and a Washington state man have become the first people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol to plead guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer during the deadly siege.

President Joe Biden and Senate Democrats are putting judges on federal trial and appellate courts at a much faster clip than Biden’s recent predecessors.

In the face of rising regional COVID-19 infection numbers, the nation’s capital is returning to mandatory indoor mask requirements, regardless of vaccination status.

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy during a wedding reception in Massachusetts in 1974.

Two more Texas lawmakers who left their state to hobble efforts to pass new voting restrictions have tested positive for the coronavirus, raising to five the number of infected people in the delegation.

A 6-year-old girl was killed, and five other people were wounded when a gunman opened fire Friday night in a Washington, D.

The Biden administration has convened the first meeting of its community violence intervention collaborative, a group of mayors and administration officials that will share best practices and work closely with the federal government to reduce gun violence.

Dozens of left-leaning organizations are asking Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to schedule a new vote this month on Democrats' sweeping voting and elections bill.

Democrats in the Texas Legislature have bolted for Washington, D.

A new report found that two Seattle police officers who were in Washington, D.

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on charges that he assaulted an Associated Press photographer and police officers during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

A plan to crack down on drunk driving is advancing in U.S. Congress.

A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group has pleaded guilty in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in a major step forward for the massive investigation into the insurrection.

Declaring that the federal government was “taking on the bad actors doing bad things to our communities,” President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a series of efforts to stem a rising national tide of violent crime.

President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee vast expanses of public land in the U.S. West is being criticized by Republicans because of her involvement in partisan politics as a longtime Democratic aide and environmentalist.

A federal magistrate has declined to order house arrest for a far-right internet troll charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol after court officials raised concerns about his recent encounters with police officers in Arizona.

The U.S. National Guard’s deployment in Washington, D.C. comes to an end Monday.

Congresswoman Debbie Dingell underwent an emergency surgery for a perforated ulcer, according to her spokesperson Mackzenie Smith.

A federal judge has refused to free a Texas man whom authorities have accused of planning an attack on a social media company’s facility after he returned home from storming the U.S. Capitol.

The police department in the nation’s capital has suffered a massive leak of internal information after refusing to meet the blackmail demands of Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate.

The head of the Vatican’s doctrine office is warning U.S. bishops to deliberate carefully and minimize divisions before proceeding with a possible plan to rebuke Roman Catholic politicians for receiving Communion even though they support abortion rights.

The former acting U.S. attorney in Washington, who was under investigation over an interview to CBS’ “60 Minutes” about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, has left the Justice Department and can no longer be subject to any potential disciplinary action for the interview.

Officials in the nation’s capital are relaxing a number of COVID-19 restrictions after more than a year of virus lockdown.

An anonymous call alleging that a driver could be drunk wasn’t enough for police to make a traffic stop in Huron County in Michigan's Thumb.

A sense of relief is palpable across the United States after a jury found former Minnesota Police Officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in killing George Floyd.

Many Americans reacted with jubilation but also with deep awareness of the progress left to be made after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the killing of George Floyd.

President Joe Biden says the conviction of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd “can be a giant step forward” for the nation in the fight against systemic racism.

The new World War I Memorial in Washington, D.

The Biden Administration announced Friday a massive investment in the fight against COVID-19 variants.

An investigation has concluded that members of the Washington D.

The Pentagon is developing ways to better screen military recruits for extremist behavior, while improving training for troops leaving the service so they can be more prepared if violent hate groups lure them to join.

It was the second line-of-duty death this year for the U.S. Capitol Police after the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.

A non-profit group of Detroit school students, parents and educators have sent a special request to Washington, D.C.

National Guard troops were delayed in getting to the building as the rioters beat up police officers and smashed through windows and doors to get in. On Thursday, seven House committees asked 10 federal agencies for documents and communications from the government as part of a wide-ranging investigation. The Senate Homeland and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Rules Committee have already held two hearings with security officials about what went wrong. The security officials described violent attacks on overwhelmed police officers and desperate pleas for backup. As the committees investigate, Capitol officials are improving the building's physical security, including reinforcing the House doors that the rioters attempted to breach.

Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser, testifies at the House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing, on D.C. statehood, Monday, March 22, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. “We dare to believe that D.C. statehood is on the horizon,” said the District's long-serving, nonvoting delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who wrote the bill and said it has overwhelming support in the House. AdBowser spent much of Monday's four-hour hearing by the House oversight committee in a series of sometimes pointed exchanges with Republican committee members. AdBowser at the time quickly pointed out the ironies of Washington residents risking their lives to defend a Congress where they didn’t have a vote. “There's not a single Republican in Congress, in the House or the Senate, that supports this bill.”