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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy helped secure a debt limit deal – now he has to secure its passage in the House, with little room for error and a looming threat to his speakership.

The Theranos founder was sentenced in November to 135 months for lying to investors about what she had claimed was a revolutionary blood-testing device.

A deal to limit government spending in exchange for suspending the debt ceiling has further fueled concerns that the law’s ambitious goals could be harder to achieve.

The upstart GOP candidate turned to tried-and-true (but untrue) scare tactics to fearmonger over 2018's bipartisan First Step Act.

This article is from Big Technology, a newsletter by Alex Kantrowitz. The demo was beautiful. At Google’s I/O developer conference this week, the company showed an experimental version of ...

A Chinese fighter jet conducted an “unnecessarily aggressive maneuver” during an intercept of a US spy plane in international airspace over the South China Sea last week, the US military said in a statement Tuesday.

Broward County Sheriff’s Deputy Scot Peterson is charged with seven counts of felony child neglect for four students killed and three wounded in the shooting.

Scientists are lugging sophisticated sensors into homes in 10 cities to measure and track the pollution from gas stoves as it drifts from room to room.

Black voters may not have a strong appreciation for the president, but they have a strong animosity for his most likely opponent.

One day you’re not a parent; the next you are. It’s universal, the same story for everybody. Take us, for example, the way we arrived for a meeting with a social worker and she handed us a ...

Guyana's health ministry says the death toll in a girl’s dormitory fire has risen to 20 after a 14-year-old girl died of her injuries at a hospital in Georgetown

The arrival comes more than a year after a jury convicted Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy in January 2022. She was sentenced to prison time in November.

Less than 5,000 of the 77,000 Afghans resettled in the U.S. after the Taliban took power in 2021 have secured permanent legal status, according to DHS figures.

Wells Fargo & Co.’s former head of retail banking, Carrie Tolstedt, agreed to pay $3 million to settle a Securities and Exchange Commission case over misleading investors about a key measure of the lender’s success.

The Pentagon released video appearing to show a Chinese military jet intercepting a U.S. surveillance plane over the South China Sea.

Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, was arrested in Virginia and charged with the murder of Eunice Dwumfour, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced Tuesday.

Washington, D.C., is rated as having the nation's best city park system, and migratory birds flock here on their journey north, many of them having traveled thousands of miles to nest and breed. Early on a Sunday morning,

Drew Barrymore shares what Taylor Swift means to her after she attended the singer's concert over the weekend.

This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. We’re keeping the focus on the debt-ceiling drama and its impact. Today, Anna Edgerton looks at the people unhappy with the deal.

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has reported to a federal prison in Texas — marking the start of her 11-year sentence for overseeing a notorious blood testing hoax. Holmes was convicted last year for duping investors who contributed hundreds of millions of dollars in the failed Silicon Valley startup.

Several members of Congress introduced amendments to block the construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline from Virginia to North Carolina.

US politicians have agreed on a deal to raise the debt ceiling - with a vote from Congress expected Wednesday; A committee on the House of Representatives meets today to

Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. talks of tensions with China, defensive preparations, and a Ukraine effect on attitudes.

House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he plans to bring contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray after the agency refused to provide a document

Los Angeles on Tuesday announced a settlement with a Nevada-based company it accused of illegally selling so-called "ghost guns," components without serial numbers that a purchaser can easily assemble into a complete gun,

TikTok has stored the most sensitive financial data of its biggest stars — those in its "Creator Fund" — on servers in China.

House GOP leaders are racing to secure support for the debt ceiling deal that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck with President Biden as they face growing criticism from Republicans. The

In the most recent intercept, a Chinese fighter pilot "flew directly in front of the nose" of an RC-135 U.S. aircraft, according to the report. The U.S. plane then had to fly through the Chinese fighter plane's turbulence.

Mexico border have long known Friendship Park as a space of unity. The border area, which links San Diego County and Tijuana, is under construction – and protest.ALTERNATIVE HEAD: US-Mexico border par

There's a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all. Matilda Welin talks to the 'no-wash' and 'low-wash' believers.

A People’s Republic of China J-16 fighter pilot performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver during the intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, May 26, 2023. The PRC pilot flew directly in front of the nose of the RC-135,

Executives and early investors sold shares worth $22 billion through well-timed trades, profiting before share prices collapsed.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) praised House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and GOP negotiators for reaching a bipartisan agreement to raise the debt ceiling, while also criticizing Democrats and the Biden administration for not coming to the bargaining table sooner.

Drowning is a real risk for young kids—but teaching them to swim can save their lives while also making summer more fun.

A U.S. request for a meeting of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China’s Defense Minister Li Shangfu was declined, showing the limits of a tentative rapprochement between the two powers.

Departing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has received a green light from the Biden administration to testify before Congress in mid-June, according to the House GOP.

Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass apologized Tuesday for expressing support on social media for anti-LGBTQ+ boycotts of Target and Bud Light.

The U.S. Department of Justice is intervening on behalf of a Christian charitable group in Orange County that's been threatened with fines and even criminal penalties for using their property to ...

Texas is poised to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in state universities after the state legislature passed a bill prohibiting the programs.

The defense acknowledged the shooter’s actions in the deadliest antisemitic attack on U.S. soil.

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer is taking steps to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress after the bureau notified the panel it will not comply with its subpoena related to a possible criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden.

Lyme disease, the notorious illness spread by ticks, has a deadly cousin that’s spreading fast. Doctors are warning that ticks are also rapidly spreading the Powassan virus, which causes a little-known disease that’s incurable and can be deadly.

Hold the damn line” on Republican efforts to secure spending cuts in exchange for an increase in the debt ceiling. Over the holiday weekend, however, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy retreated. McCarthy struck a deal with President Joe Biden’s White House that appears to forgo many of the wins Republicans were poised to score.

The White House killed President Biden's nomination of Ann Carlson to lead an obscure transportation safety agency she vowed to push climate policies through.

A British mother discovered her teen son was suffering from a large brain tumor after blaming his increasing clumsiness on a recent growth spurt.

The Five' co-hosts discuss a bloody Memorial Day weekend in Chicago after 11 people were killed and 46 others were injured in shootings.

House Oversight Committee chairman says he will punish Wray’s “decision to stiff-arm Congress and hide this information.”

Jayapal would not say how her caucus would lean on the bill but said some members are worried about the cuts agreed to by the White House and GOP leaders.

WWE star Alexa Bliss and husband Ryan Cabrera are expecting their first child. The couple also made a reveal video, spoofing “Friends.” “We shot a video with our friend Neil Fernandez, which is a spoof of the ‘Friends’ episode where Rachel tells Ross she’s expecting,” Cabrera said.

Rep. Chip Roy indicated Tuesday that if the McCarthy-Biden debt deal clears committee, he may consider a vote to recall Kevin McCarthy from House speakership.