Government and Politics
Published on March 25, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the...
Published on March 25, 2022 - Page 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, sent weeks of text messages imploring White House Chief of Staff...
Published on March 24, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, a child refugee from Nazi- and then Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe who rose to become the first female...
Published on March 24, 2022 - Page 10
BRUSSELS (AP) — As war rages on in Ukraine, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in Brussels and Warsaw this week to talk through plans...
Published on March 21, 2022 - Page 4
SCRANTON — Dr. Mehmet Oz leans in to ask a little girl, “Do you remember when your parents thought you were a boy?” The question was but a few...
Published on March 18, 2022 - Page 6
HARRISBURG (AP) — Mehmet Oz, warding off criticism from a key rival in Pennsylvania’s heated Republican primary race for U.S. Senate, said Wednesday...
Published on March 17, 2022 - Page 1
WASHINGTON —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned memories of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11 terror attacks Wednesday in an impassioned...
Published on March 17, 2022 - Page 7
WASHINGTON (AP) —The Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year...
Published on March 17, 2022 - Page 11
HARRISBURG — Candidates came in a stampede before Tuesday’s deadline to file paperwork to get on Pennsylvania’s primary ballots, as large fields...
Published on March 16, 2022 - Page 3
LEBANON (AP) — As CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, David McCormick wore suits, lived on Connecticut’s ritzy Gold Coast, talked up...
Published on March 13, 2022 - Page 4
WASHINGTON (AP) —Congress renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence...
Published on March 13, 2022 - Page 5
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Growing suspicion about the security of voting systems has kindled a back-to-the future moment among conservatives in some parts...
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...