Tag: Government and politics
Justice Department will review restrictive GOP voting laws
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department will scrutinize a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states that tighten voting rules, Attorney General Merrick Garland said...
Trump DOJ seized data from House Democrats in leaks probe
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department under former President Donald Trump seized data from the accounts of at least two members of the House Intelligence...
Probe into remains found near site of former Auschwitz camp
WARSAW, Poland — Polish prosecutors are investigating an apparent mass burial site revealed this month near the area of the former Nazi German death...
Boston Pops July Fourth live show returning, with changes
BOSTON — The Boston Pops traditional Fourth of July live show is returning this year but with some significant changes, the Boston Symphony Orchestra...
Biden nominee’s link to 1989 logging sabotage blasted by GOP
BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden’s nominee to oversee federal lands in the U.S. West is facing Republican pressure to withdraw over her ties...
Senators eye $579B in new infrastructure spending, $1T plan
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators is eyeing an infrastructure deal with $579 billion in new spending as negotiators try to strike...
Hungary plans to ban ‘promoting’ homosexuality to under-18s
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary’s governing conservative party has prepared new legislation that bans showing pornographic material of any kind, or any content encouraging gender...
Gov says Kentucky succeeded by putting science over politics
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday declared his state’s deadly fight against COVID-19 a “success story” as he prepared to end...
US to seek automated braking requirement for heavy trucks
DETROIT — In a reversal from Trump administration policies, U.S. auto safety regulators say they will move to require or set standards for automatic...
Prison break: 29 inmates escape federal lockups in 18 months
WASHINGTON — Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the U.S. — and nearly half still have not...