Tag: United States government
Leak of billionaires’ tax data draws GOP outcry over privacy
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress are alarmed by the leak of confidential IRS data to the investigative news organization ProPublica, enabling it to reveal...
For infrastructure deal, Biden eyes ‘multiple paths forward’
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is pursuing “multiple paths forward” as he looks to muscle his big infrastructure package through Congress — dialing...
Official: US told Nicaragua it would respect free elections
MEXICO CITY — A senior U.S. official said Thursday that less than two week ago, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Nicaragua's foreign minister...
Huma Abedin, longtime Hillary Clinton aide, has book deal
NEW YORK —
Huma Abedin, the close aide to Hillary...
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich enters US Senate race
PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced Thursday he's running for U.S. Senate, becoming the third major candidate seeking the Republican nomination to...
Customer finds 7-foot gator inside Florida post office
SPRING HILL, Fla. — They say neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will stop the U.S. Postal Service, but an alligator could...
US begins shifting Afghan combat operations outside country
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military has already begun conducting combat operations and surveillance in Afghanistan from outside the country's borders, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin...
US officials extend expiration dates on J&J vaccine doses
WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson said Thursday that U.S. regulators extended the expiration date on millions of doses of its COVID-19 vaccine by an...
Jewish House Democrats, Rep. Omar tangle anew over Israel
WASHINGTON — A group of Jewish House Democrats have accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of likening the U.S. and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban...
Censored veteran will get another chance to give speech
HUDSON, Ohio — A retired U.S. Army officer whose speech about freed Black slaves honoring fallen Civil War soldiers was censored by organizers of...