Tag: United States government
White House gives GOP 1 week to reach deal on infrastructure
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday time is running short for a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, indicating that President Joe Biden will...
Risky, impatient climbers bring danger to US highest peak
Rangers who keep an eye on North America's highest mountain peak say impatient and inexperienced climbers are taking more risks and endangering themselves and...
Biden budget highlights: Lots of spending, taxing the rich
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal offers major new initiatives like child and elder care subsidies, generous tax credits for families...
GOP blocks Capitol riot probe, displaying loyalty to Trump
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans blocked creation of a bipartisan panel to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, displaying continuing party loyalty...
Pressure for Senate rules change after GOP blocks 1/6 probe
WASHINGTON — Pressure is mounting on Democrats to end the practice of requiring 60 votes to move legislation through the Senate if they hope...
EXPLAINER: What’s the Senate filibuster and why change it?
WASHINGTON — Minority Republicans used a Senate filibuster to block a Democratic bill that would have launched a bipartisan probe of the Jan. 6...
WH legislative team pursues ‘politics is personal’ strategy
WASHINGTON — The calls can come late in the day, over the weekend, really any time a question pops into the mind of a...
Advocates in US push new efforts to bring back deportees
MIAMI — Jesus Lopez says he feels like a stranger in the place he was born.
...
Feds: Unemployment fraud suspect tried to bilk IRS of $1.6M
TACOMA, Wash. — A suspended Nigerian government official accused of stealing $350,000 from Washington state as part of a massive pandemic-related fraud also sought...
NASA releases stunning new pic of Milky Way’s ‘downtown’
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA has released a stunning new picture of our galaxy’s violent, super-energized “downtown.”
...