At least one person has died in a partial collapse of a 12-story Miami-area building early Thursday, with emergency personnel continuing to carry out a massive search and rescue effort for others who may have been inside....
Senate Democrats are at a stalemate over how to pass voting rights legislation after Republicans blocked a sweeping election reform bill.Democrats insist that this week's setback is just "day one" of the conversati...
Democratic senators are starting to say the August recess, or at least part of it, should be in peril as the party falls further behind on its legislative agenda.Bipartisan infrastructure talks have bogged down, an...
Nikki Haley is seeking a course-correction after a falling out with Trump World earlier this year left her isolated from some top conservatives.The for...
Defense contractors are ramping up PAC donations to Republicans who voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results, with funds flowing to lawmakers on committees that wield control over Pentagon spending.Nearly every major defense firm...
A group of Democratic senators led by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to step up efforts to eliminate toxic heavy metals that have been reported in some baby foods. Klobuchar, along with...
BuzzFeed is reportedly close to finalizing a deal to go public through a merger with a special-purpose acquisition company, commonly referred to as an SPAC.The deal with 890 5th Avenue Partners Inc., a...
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday night vowed to advance a bipartisan infrastructure plan and Democratic-only bill next month.Schumer spoke to reporters alongside House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) after their two-hour...
California's secretary of state confirmed on Wednesday that the effort aimed at recalling Go...
Fans of Britney Spears and fellow pop stars rallied around the singer on Wednesday, after she delivered scorching remarks in court regarding her more than a decade-long conservatorship.Spears broke her silence on Wednesday, delivering...
A bill ending the pandemic federal unemployment supplement passed the North Carolina House and Senate.The bill passed along party lines with no Democrats in the Senate and only three Democrats in...
Making COVID-19 vaccines widely available is a worthy track for U.S. global health leadership. But we need to do more. The coronavirus pandemic has shined a bright spotlight on the underlying problems that hampered the fight against COVID-19,...
Former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken (D) is launching a comedy tour nearly four years after he resigned over sexual misconduct claims.The 15-stop tour, dubbed “The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour,” is scheduled to kick off in...
An Italian man who dresses up like Spider-Man greeted Pope Francis during the pope's Wednesday appearance at a local hospital.Matteo Villardita, 28, who reportedly takes on the super-hero persona to lift the spirits of children who are...
Senators involved in bipartisan negotiations say they and White House officials have agreed to an infrastructure "framework," and they'll meet with President Biden Thursday to brief him. “Republicans and Democrats have come together, along with...
Senators involved in bipartisan negotiations say they and White House officials have agreed to an infrastructure "framework," and they'll meet with President Biden Thursday to brief him."Repub...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) overstated California's wildfire prevention efforts, according to an ...
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, have been distancing themselves from former President Trump's claims about the 2020 election, 12 former Trump White House and administration officials, famil...
Tulsa city officials on Wednesday said that hackers responsible for a ransomware attack last month are now sharing residents' personal information online.Over 18,000 city files, including police reports and police...
President Biden received a 56 percent approval rating in a recent Fox News poll.The number marks a slight increase from the 54 percent who approved of his performance in April and May. The poll also found 43 percent of voters disapprove of his...
EV vs. gas vehicles is literally a penny race.
When will Congress address our most pressing challenges? Another severe hurricane season is expected, our western states are bracing for more deadly wildfires and currently suffering the worst drought on record, and rising sea levels already...
The trial has begun for a Chicago bank owner who prosecutors said exchanged $16 million in loans with former President Trump's 2016 campaign manager Paul Manafort in an effort to buy a role in the Trump administration.Stephen...
Republican Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.) and Mike Lee (Utah) were thwarted by Democrats on Wednesday when they attempted to pass a bill that would revoke the Biden administration’s mask requirement on public transportation.The federal mask mandate for...