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The halt came one day after the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus declared that Republicans should cease negotiations with Mr. Biden and insist on their debt limit legislation, which demanded steep spending cuts in exchange for raising the federal borrowing cap and is a dead letter in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

"Parenting is sneaking in to kiss your kids when they’re asleep, and sneaking out to curse when they’re awake"

It should not go unnoticed that Greene’s exaggeration of the “threatening” nature of Bowman is racialized. There is, of course, a long history of painting people of color, and Black people in particular, as dangerous as a pretext for visiting violence upon them or dehumanizing them.

Former United States President Barack Obama, late night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN’s Erin Burnett are some of the “500 Americans” Russia has banned from entering the country.

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An alliance begun in 2021 at four airports in the New York area and Boston allowed the airlines to sell tickets on each other’s flights and share revenue.

An early Biden administration initiative to root out extremism in the military was designed to identify people like Jack Teixeira, the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman with a long-history of violent and racist behavior now accused of perpetrating one of the biggest leaks of classified documents in modern history.

The FBI was right to revoke these employees’ security clearances. Don’t let bad-faith hearings convince you otherwise.

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A life in Congress comes with power, prestige and perks that can be hard to leave behind. For some lawmakers who view their job as their identity, the prospect is unthinkable.

After signs of at least incremental progress, high-stakes negotiations on avoiding a disastrous debt default abruptly stalled Friday, with a standoff over proposed spending cuts a key sticking point.

The president has told allies he approved plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, a senior administration official said.

The bans, merged into one bill, prompted protests at the capitol and outcries from opponents, but narrowly passed in the Republican-dominated legislature

My daughter is a human being, they had to take care of her,” said Mabel Alvarez, a migrant from Honduras and the mother of Anadith Tanay Reyes Álvarez.

Pedro! Pedro!” shouted the Cannes crowd before Pedro Almodóvar unveiled his latest film, “Strange Way of Life,” a 31-minute Western starring Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke as cowboys and former lovers.

The US Treasury’s window to keep the US government from running out of borrowing room continues to narrow as declines in its cash balance to the lowest since 2021 offset a slight uptick in funds available for extraordinary measures.

Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and now, First Republic Bank. The failure of three smaller lenders in less than two months has shaken the entire global banking sector — with potentially ...

An arbitration panel ruled a software expert won the My Pillow CEO's election-fraud contest and is entitled to the winnings. But he hasn't been paid, the filing alleges.

Even a brief debt ceiling breach of about one week would slash 1.5 million jobs, raising the unemployment rate from 3.4% to 5%, a Moody's Analytics report found in March. An extended breach of roughly two months would bring a massive wave of unemployment, cutting nearly 8 million jobs and pushing the unemployment rate to 7.8%, the report said.

Brown was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player three times. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in each of his nine NFL seasons and held 15 league records, according to the Hall of Fame, when he retired in 1966 at 30. Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay wrote Friday on Twitter that Brown was “THE greatest ever.”

Nebraska lawmakers on Friday gave final approval to legislation that bans gender-affirming health care for transgender minors and prohibits abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy, sending the

Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb believes the "feds are coming fast" for Donald Trump, predicting that the investigation into the former president's alleged mishandling of classified documents will land him in prison.

Talks between U.S. House of Representatives Republicans and Democratic President Joe Biden's administration about raising the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling have been paused, U.S. media quoted the lead Republican negotiator as saying on Friday.

The DOJ filed an antitrust complaint arguing the partnership stifled competition and drove up competition in the northeast.

The killing of Jordan Neely in a New York subway has revealed a chasm between stand-your-ground states and states like New York with a legal duty to retreat.

In one of the "concerning actions" highlighted by prosecutors, Mr Teixeira was suspected of "potentially ignoring a cease-and-desist order on deep diving into intelligence" after posing "very specific questions" during a classified briefing. If convicted of the charges, Mr Teixeira faces up to 25 years in prison.

Businesses in East Palestine, Ohio, are continuing to fight the stigma and concern that arose from a Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern train derailment and the subsequent release of toxic chemicals. At one point,

A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in federal custody as he awaits trial on charges he violated the Espionage Act.

The German sportswear maker cut ties with Kanye West last year after the rapper made several antisemitic comments.

Some of Ukraine's Western allies have signaled they are prepared to give the American-made fighter planes to Kyiv.

The House Natural Resources Committee has launched an investigation into the Fish and Wildlife Service’s spending on its social justice agenda, saying the agency charged with rescuing endangered species is spending much of its time and money working instead on “social change.

In barring U.S. officials from visiting Evan Gershkovich, Moscow blamed Washington over the visa status of its reporters.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is beating President Joe Biden in key 2024 battleground states such as Arizona and Georgia, according to new polling.

If you built it, and they're not coming, should you keep building? For federal rail officials, the answer is yes. This past week, the Federal Railroad Administration released a draft environmental study of the planned massive $8.8 billion redevelopment of ...

It is long past time for Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to be held accountable for the inflammatory misinformation he spread during his time in office. Arguably one of the worst Democrats in congressional history,

As he turns 70, the Chinese leader has cleared the field of all potential rivals, with no heir in sight—a situation that could destabilize China and rock the foundations of the global order.

In the polarizing wake of Jordan Neely’s chokehold death at the hands of a fellow New York City subway rider, there has been a “distortion of values,” Rev. Al Sharpton said Friday in eulogizing the former subway performer at his funeral.

U.S. health officials reported another death and several more cases of vision loss from illnesses linked to eyedrops tainted with a drug-resistant bacteria.

The Cleveland Browns star, who was also a leading voice on civil rights issues, is regarded as one of the greatest players in football history.

Is your mail being monitored? Is the government keeping track of correspondence among people? Should the government have that power? These were the questions some senators sought an answer to this week in a letter sent to the United States Postal Inspection Service.

The FBI improperly used warrantless search powers against U.S. citizens more than 278,000 times in the year ending November 2021, according to an unsealed filing.

It looks like an actual maximum security prison from the exterior. What a waste of money for everyone,” a Disney fan said on a Reddit board about the hotel closure.

Texas, sent a letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board, calling for the 2018 award to The New York Times and Washington Post to be rescinded.

Harden starred in Houston from 2012-21, winning the 2018 MVP award and making nine straight All-Star appearances while being the NBA’s scoring leader from 2018-2020.

Kouri Richins, a Utah mom and children's book author accused of killing her husband, allegedly took out nearly $2 million in life insurance before his death.

“I’d rather just have a real job and actually feel like I’ve got a purpose helping in society,” she explained. But she hasn’t completely sworn off OnlyFans, continuing to make content on the side at times when she needs some extra cash. The Post has contacted Daley for comment.

Lawmakers in Louisiana are debating a better-than-expected revised revenue forecast saying there are hundreds of millions of dollars in funds that are available to be spent.

Bess, who flew on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin space flight in 2021, is parting ways with this Watsonville home, which comes with many perks.

Barack Obama and James Clapper were briefed in 2016 on Hillary Clinton's alleged plan to say Donald Trump was colluding with Russia, according to the Durham report.

New York prosecutors are asking a judge to give rapper Fetty Wap as much as nine years behind bars at his sentencing next week for selling drugs.