Government and Politics
Published on March 13, 2022 - Page 5
DENVER (AP) — Majorities of Americans in both major parties think voting rules in their states are appropriate and support a voter identification law...
Published on March 12, 2022 - Page 6
WASHINGTON (AP) —A $13.6 billion emergency package of military and humanitarian aid for besieged Ukraine and its European allies easily won final...
Published on March 11, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department named a chief prosecutor for pandemic fraud Thursday. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Kevin...
Published on March 11, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) —The IRS said Thursday it plans to hire 10,000 new workers to help reduce a massive backlog the government says will make this tax...
Published on March 10, 2022 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. For decades...
Published on March 10, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —Lawmakers followed through Wednesday on their threat to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon. They asked the Justice Department...
Published on March 7, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — The massive superyacht Dilbar stretches one-and-a-half football fields in length, about as long as a World War I dreadnought. It...
Published on March 5, 2022 - Page 17
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government should study how police use less-lethal weapons, like tear gas and bean-bag guns, and offer guidance to law...
Published on March 4, 2022 - Page 6
WASHINGTON (AP) —The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol has previewed some of its findings in a federal court...
Published on March 2, 2022 - Page 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, President Joe Biden vowed in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night to...
Published on March 1, 2022 - Page 6
WASHINGTON — They have argued viciously in Congress over just about everything: Whether the Capitol insurrection should be investigated or brushed...
Published on February 28, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time President Joe Biden addressed a joint session of Congress, he said the country was “ready for takeoff” after a period...
Published on February 28, 2022 - Page 8
There is a glaring carve-out in President Joe Biden’s sanctions against Russia: Oil and natural gas from that country will continue to flow freely to...
Published on February 28, 2022 - Page 14
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Leading Republicans spent much of three days avoiding Donald Trump’s chief grievances or ignoring him altogether as they unified...
Published on February 25, 2022 - Page 6
U.S. President Joe Biden hit Russia with some of the broadest and toughest financial penalties the world’s biggest economy can muster Thursday, hours...
Published on February 24, 2022 - Page 4
ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — A small convoy of truckers demanding an end to coronavirus mandates began a cross-country drive from California to the...
Published on February 19, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —The 15 boxes of White House records stored at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence contained items marked as...
Published on February 15, 2022 - Page 5
This month, Republican legislators sent Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers a bill that would have banned anti-racist teachings in schools. For the 66th time...
Published on February 10, 2022 - Page 6
HARRISBURG (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf hit the road Wednesday to begin selling his proposal for what would be the largest-ever increase in aid for...
Published on February 7, 2022 - Page 3
HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf will pitch his eighth and last budget proposal to lawmakers Tuesday, as the Democrat pushes Republicans to spend more...
Published on February 6, 2022 - Page 7
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Anti-abortion clinics across the country are receiving tens of millions of tax dollars to talk women out of ending their...
Published on February 5, 2022 - Page 7
LOS ANGELES (AP) —When Leondra Kruger settled into her new chambers at California’s highest court seven years ago, she asked her top assistant to...
Published on February 3, 2022 - Page 4
NEW YORK (AP) — As former President Donald Trump insists his vice president, Mike Pence, could have prevented Joe Biden from taking office, a...
Published on February 3, 2022 - Page 6
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrats’ fragile hold on the Senate majority became more tenuous Wednesday with the sudden illness of New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray...
Published on February 1, 2022 - Page 4
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Talks to stave off the threat of war in Eastern Europe moved to the United Nations Security Council on Monday. Russia,...
Published on January 29, 2022 - Page 5
PITTSBURGH (AP) —Arriving just hours after a bridge collapse here, President Joe Biden stared into the cratered muddy earth where the aging span fell...
Published on January 29, 2022 - Page 8
WASHINGTON — As America’s first second gentleman, Doug Emhoff has attended a U.S. naturalization ceremony in New York, dished up spaghetti and...
Published on January 27, 2022 - Page 9
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy said Tuesday that it has discharged 23 active-duty sailors for refusing the coronavirus vaccine, marking the first time it...
Published on January 21, 2022 - Page 10
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans disapproving of his handling of the...
Published on January 8, 2022 - Page 7
NEW YORK (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show Thursday to apologize for describing the Jan. 6...