Nebraska voter ID bill passes, despite filibuster by lawmaker
Nebraska lawmakers passed a bill Thursday to comply with a voter ID requirement mandated by voters in November
2023-06-02 07:47
'Shrink the room:' How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt-limit deal and staved off a catastrophe
Perhaps most critical to locking up the debt-limit deal were President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s five handpicked negotiators, three men and two women unknown to most outside government
2023-06-02 07:28
Revised DACA program again debated before Texas judge who previously ruled against it
A federal judge did not make an immediate decision on the fate of a revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children
2023-06-02 07:22
Yellen urges new World Bank chief to 'get the most' from balance sheet
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday told incoming World Bank Group President Ajay Banga
2023-06-02 07:22
Soaring rhetoric: NASA mission will carry Poet Laureate Ada Limón's words to Jupiter
A new work by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, written for an upcoming NASA mission, is a glance at outer space that returns back to Earth
2023-06-02 07:20
California bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news gains momentum
A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay news agencies for using their content passed its first big test in the state Legislature on Thursday
2023-06-02 06:57
Biden plans to pick former North Carolina health secretary to lead CDC - source
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to select former North Carolina health secretary Mandy Cohen to lead the Centers
2023-06-02 06:56
US FDA revokes emergency use authorization for J&J's COVID vaccine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it has revoked the emergency use authorization for Johnson
2023-06-02 06:55
Army veteran affiliated with Oath Keepers sentenced to 3 years in prison for role in January 6 riot
An Army veteran was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Oath Keepers' sprawling plot to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 victory, which culminated in the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol.
2023-06-02 06:54
AP obtains records shedding new light on Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide and frantic aftermath
The Associated Press has obtained more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide from the federal Bureau of Prisons under the Freedom of Information Act
2023-06-02 06:48
Know any airplane mechanics? A wave of retirements is leaving some US industries desperate to hire
Across the U.S. economy, a number of industries are facing the same formidable challenge: Replenishing a workforce that is being diminished by a surge of retirements that began during the pandemic and has continued since
2023-06-02 06:27
In the Amazon region where pair was killed, neglect and allegations of harsh justice
One year after the killings of British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, some people in the remote Javari Valley region of the Brazilian Amazon have seen their lives change, but not for the better
2023-06-02 06:20