Vice President Harris to mark ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Selma, Alabama, on Sunday to commemorate the 59th anniversary of a landmark civil rights moment.
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Biden to visit Teamsters headquarters as the union weighs its 2024 endorsement
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will visit the Teamsters’headquarters on March 12 as the influential labor union weighs its presidential endorsement.
Congress nears a partial spending deal, but ticking clock raises fears of a shutdown
WASHINGTON — Congress is running out of time to keep the government open, with senators in both parties warning that they will likely need to pass another short-term funding bill to prevent a partial shutdown this weekend.
School board member bragged of drinking Fireball and Coors Light in Capitol on Jan. 6, FBI says
WASHINGTON — An elected member of a Virginia school board —who allegedly bragged about drinking Fireball and Coors Light in the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack and said he was in touch with a member of the far-right Oath Keepers that day — was arrested by federal authorities on Tuesday.
‘A Quandary’: Republicans Hesitant To Back Federal Protections For IVF
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are struggling to respond to an extreme Alabama Supreme Court ruling effectively halting in vitro fertilization in the state as Democrats plan a new effort this week to protect access to IVF and other fertility treatments nationwide.
US sanctions Iranian deputy commander, Houthi member and ships that transport Iranian oil
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. sanctioned a deputy commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, a Houthi militant member, firms registered in Hong Kong and the Marshall Islands, along with two ships, including one that transported $100 million in Iranian commodities to China.
Biden backed off a pledge to abolish the federal death penalty. That’s left an opening for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — As he prepared to take office three years ago, Joe Biden’s incoming administration considered a host of possible options to fulfill a campaign pledge to end the federal death penalty.
US Army is slashing thousands of posts in major revamp to prepare for future wars
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army is slashing the size of its force by about 24,000, or almost 5%, and restructuring to be better able to fight the next major war, as the service struggles with recruiting shortfalls that made it impossible to bring in enough soldiers to fill all the jobs.