
Divided Republicans bring the US government to the brink of a shutdown
The White House is preparing to keep only essential public services open and furlough hundreds of thousands of civil servants
The White House is preparing to keep only essential public services open and furlough hundreds of thousands of civil servants
The House’s right-flank Republicans refused to support the bill despite its steep spending cuts of nearly 30% to many agencies and severe border security provisions, calling it insufficient
Stellantis was spared from the third round of strikes, which will spread to 7,000 union workers in Chicago and Lansing
Paul Krugman is surprised that Americans do not share his euphoric view of the country’s economic data, but the reality is that people’s living standards have not improved
In a speech in Arizona, the president warned of the danger to American institutions and the U.S. Constitution posed by the former president and his ‘extremist movement’
It’s a high-stakes opening act for Republicans, coming in the midst of a potential federal government shutdown, as they try to link the business dealings of Hunter Biden to the president. But so far they have no hard evidence of wrongdoing
Congress is at a crossroads days before a disruptive federal shutdown that would halt paychecks for many of the federal government’s roughly 2 million employees, as well as 2 million active-duty military troops and reservists
The great American writer who has been writing satires for 40 years about the racism that he himself has suffered has published ‘The Trees’, an editorial phenomenon about (dead) Black people killing whites
Massive striking by autoworkers has placed economic discontent at the center of the political agenda
Several candidates dared to criticize the absent Trump, but none stood out enough to narrow his lead in the polls
During his speech Wednesday night, the former president and Republican frontrunner attacked electric cars and presented himself as the defender of the ‘working class’
Only three presidents have been impeached in US history. Republicans want Joe Biden to be the fourth
Environmentalists have long sought stronger federal protections for the prairie bird, which is at risk from oil and gas development, livestock grazing and farming, along with roads and power lines
A feminist who doesn’t write about feminism, this American thinker describes the times that we’re living in as ‘nihilistic.’ ‘Freedom is being used as a rallying cry for the entitlement to just destroy the planet,’ she says
McCarthy set up a test vote Friday, one day before the shutdown deadline, on a far-right bill rejected by President Biden, Democrats and the unruly Republican majority
The Republican frontrunner is scheduled to deliver primetime remarks at Drake Enterprises, a non-unionized auto parts supplier in Clinton Township, about a half-hour outside Detroit
A draft of a letter from Washington includes calls for reforms to the judiciary, the Ministry of Defense and the agencies that regulate public enterprises
‘Wall Street didn’t build this country, the middle class built this country, and unions built the middle class,’ the president said Tuesday. ‘You deserve what you’ve earned, and you’ve earned a hell of a lot more than you’re getting paid’
The House is expected to vote Tuesday on a package of government funding bills, but it’s not at all clear that Speaker Kevin McCarthy has the support needed
The suit accuses the attorneys of ‘hacking into, tampering with, manipulating, copying, disseminating, and generally obsessing over’ data that was ‘taken or stolen,’ leading to the ‘total annihilation’ of Biden’s digital privacy
The president of the United States is going to Michigan on Tuesday to support UAW workers striking against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday ‘these projects will make American rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient’
Congress needs to approve spending bills by October 1 in order to avoid the suspension of all non-essential public activities
His story illustrates how both Republicans and Democrats are perceived by South Florida’s powerful bloc of Cuban American voters, which has influenced presidential elections for decades
Israel’s admission has been a priority for successive Israeli leaders and will be a major accomplishment for Netanyahu
The announcement about the new diplomatic missions in the South Pacific comes as Biden prepares to welcome leaders to Washington for the two-day U.S.-Pacific Island Forum Summit
While some government entities will be exempt, others will be severely curtailed. Social Security checks, for example, will still go out. But federal agencies will stop all actions deemed non-essential