Schumer, the first Jewish majority leader in the Senate and the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., strongly criticized Netanyahu in a 40-minute speech on the Senate floor
Indigenous peoples in the U.S. are among the communities most affected by severe climate-related environmental threats, which have already negatively impacted water resources, ecosystems and traditional food sources
Household spending is being fueled by a strong jobs market and rising wages. But spending has become choppy in the face of rising credit costs and higher prices
Black infants in the southern state were nearly twice as likely as white ones to die over the past decade, according to a report by the state Department of Health
Two of the six charges dismissed are related to the phone call Trump made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, where he said ‘All I want to do is this. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have’
A key point of clarity is how the law applies to ‘classroom instruction,’ as opposed to mere discussion or mention of a topic anywhere on school grounds
That difference is coming into stark view on Equal Pay Day, and in spite of the fact that women comprise more than half of college-educated workers and participate in the labor force at record rates
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Chilean head of state reviews his time in office and addresses his political future. ‘The depth of the changes we imagined went against the grain of what the majority of people wanted. We changed our priorities and our speed, but not our principles,’ he says, at the halfway point of his administration
The bill passed by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee would ban puberty blockers and end access to hormones for those already receiving therapy
Democrats, as the minority in the House, began gathering signatures for a ‘discharge petition’ — a seldom-successful procedural tool that can circumvent the speaker’s control over which bills come up for a vote
Neither President Joe Biden nor former President Donald Trump faces significant opposition in primary contests across Georgia, Washington state, Mississippi and Hawaii
The American supermarket chain Walmart rewards its managers with record pay, but its front-line workers struggle under poor working conditions and paltry wages
It is the first of his four criminal cases slated to go to trial as he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination in his quest to retake the White House
The proposal for fiscal 2025 is an election year blueprint about what the future could hold if President Joe Biden and enough of his fellow Democrats win in November
According to the indictment, Menendez caused his lawyer to falsely tell prosecutors overseeing the investigation that he was unaware that another of his business associates had helped his wife make a $23,000 mortgage payment on her New Jersey home
Pressure is mounting as many Haitians demand the departure of the government of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who recently announced elections for August 2025
Under the current rule, a company like McDonald’s isn’t considered a joint employer of most of its workers since they are directly employed by franchisees. The new rule, which was due to go into effect Monday, would have set new standards
Criticism is emerging from unexpected quarters over the puritanical aspects of the current wave of political correctness that puts the focus on identity and difference
The Wall Street Journal reports Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January