Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices'
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called out Chinaโs excess production in green energy, calling it unfair competition that โdistorts global pricesโ and hurts companies and workers around the world.
Controversial military reproductive health care travel policy was used just 12 times in 7 months
The Pentagon says a controversial policy that allows service members to be reimbursed for travel if they or a family member have to go out of state for reproductive health care โ including abortions โ was only used 12 times from June to December of last year.
Republicans threaten to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden documents case
House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he does not turn over unredacted materials related to the special counsel probe into President Joe Bidenโs handling of classified documents.
House GOP sues in bid to force Justice Department lawyers to testify as part of impeachment inquiry
House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden as part of the chamberโs impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Washington Gov. Inslee signs fentanyl bill sending money to disproportionately affected tribes
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a multimillion-dollar measure to send state money to tribes and Indigenous people in the state who die from opioid overdoses at disproportionately high rates in Washington.
Top former US generals say failures of Biden administration in planning drove chaotic fall of Kabul
The former top military chief Gen. Mark Milley and former head of U.S. Central Command testified before Congress Tuesday on policy failures by the Biden administration to adequately plan for or direct an evacuation in time to avoid the chaotic final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Supreme Court opens new frontier for insurrection claims that could target state and local officials
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court actions have opened the door to a new legal frontier in which local and state officials can be disqualified from office for life for engaging in โinsurrectionโ or providing โaid and comfortโ to enemies of the Constitution.
Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office
A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves.
Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan.
Supreme Court appears receptive to NRA free-speech lawsuit against a former New York state official
Supreme Court justices appeared receptive Monday to National Rifle Association claims that a former New York state official violated its free-speech rights by pressuring banks and insurance companies to blacklist the group after the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Schumer's rebuke of Netanyahu shows the long, fragile line the US and allies walk on interference
Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer lashed out at Prime Benjamin Netanyahuโs handling of the war in Gaza and called for Israel to hold new elections.
Vice President Harris, rapper Fat Joe team up for discussion on easing marijuana penalties
Vice President Kamala Harris says it's โabsurdโ that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States.
White House encourages House Republicans to 'move on' from their Biden impeachment effort
President Joe Bidenโs top White House lawyer is encouraging Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson to end his chamberโs efforts to impeach the Democratic president over unproven claims he benefited from the business dealings of his son and brother.
US military chief tours arms plants with GOP lawmakers to show that Ukraine aid boosts jobs at home
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. CQ Brown is visiting U.S. weapon factories in Oklahoma and Arkansas to address concerns over billions of dollars being sent to Ukraine and other allies when there are so many needs at home.
How Trump secured the delegates for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination
Former President Donald Trumpโs third consecutive stint as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee was made possible by an almost uninterrupted string of lopsided primary and caucus victories and his near sweep of GOP delegates awarded to date.
Federal courts move to restrict 'judge shopping,' which got attention after abortion medication case
Federal courts are moving to make it harder to file lawsuits in front of judges seen as friendly to a point of view, a practice known as judge shopping that gained national attention in a major abortion-medication case.
Biden's budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs
President Joe Biden has issued a budget proposal for a second term aimed at getting votersโ attention with tax breaks for families, lower health care costs, smaller deficits and higher taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Biden leans into his age and effectiveness in his first post-Super Tuesday ad in battleground states
President Joe Biden is making no excuses for his age in the first campaign ad of a $30 million buy across battleground states after Super Tuesday, casting himself as more effective than his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Ex-police officer convicted in sexual assault is the first to face tougher new penalty, DOJ says
The Justice Department says a former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during a traffic stop will become the first to face a heftier penalty under the 2022 reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
'They messed it up': Biden's backing for Haiti's unpopular leader digs US into deeper policy hole
When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the countryโs president in 2021, he did so over the protest of wide segments of the population but with the full-throated support of the Biden administration.
What is the State of the Union? A look at some of the history surrounding the annual event
The U_S_ Constitution spells it out clearly in Article II, Section 3: The president โshall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient.โ.
The Philippines says it won't let China remove a Filipino military outpost on a disputed shoal
The Philippine navy says it will not allow China to remove a Philippine military outpost in a fiercely disputed South China Sea shoal where four Filipino navy personnel were injured in a confrontation between Chinese and Philippine ships.
Fed's Powell: Rate cuts likely this year, but more evidence is needed that inflation is tamed
Chair Jerome Powell reinforced his belief that the Federal Reserve will cut its key interest rate this year but said it first wants to see more evidence that inflation is falling sustainably back to the Fedโs 2% target.
US sanctions spyware company and executives who targeted American journalists, government officials
The Treasury Department says it has sanctioned two people and a Greece-based commercial spyware company headed by a former Israeli military officer that developed and distributed technology used to target U.S. government officials, journalists and policy experts.
Small business reporting requirement found unconstitutional by Alabama federal judge
In a blow to the Biden administrationโs effort to increase corporate transparency, an Alabama federal district judge has ruled that the Treasury Department cannot require small business owners to report details on their owners and others who benefit from the business.
Takeaways from Trump's Supreme Court win: He stays on ballot, but his legal peril is just starting
Former President Donald Trump scored a clear win at the U.S. Supreme Court, which unanimously ruled that states donโt have the ability to bar him or any other federal candidates from the ballot under a rarely used constitutional provision that prohibits those who โengaged in insurrectionโ from holding office.
President Joe Biden signs short-term spending bill to avoid partial government shutdown
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 โ officially staving off a partial government shutdown that would have started on Saturday.
Appeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter's sentence could impact dozens of Jan. 6 cases
A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear, in a ruling that could impact dozens of other cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.