8+ hour, 16+ min ago   (393+ words) WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s proposal to send $5,000 to every American adult if his Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the November election needs congressional approval, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday, while pledging to try to…...

11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (526+ words) WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that a plan by the Trump administration to slash staffing at the federal agency tasked with responding to disasters by 50% was unlawful. The opinion issued late Friday marked a victory for labor groups who…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (290+ words) WAUSAU, Wis. — A Republican congressman said he had to swim to safety after a plane he was traveling in made an emergency landing in a lake late Saturday. U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany says he was returning from the La Crosse…...

13+ hour, 14+ min ago   (1107+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Ever since Democrat Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump two years ago, political strategist Khalil Thompson has been traveling the country to figure out why Black men inched toward a white Republican rather than a Black…...

17+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1223+ words) Nearly 60 residents took to the streets of Clover Commons in Plum last week to protest their rising land rent. The quiet modular-home community in Plum has housed residents 55 and older for nearly 40 years. Now, folks that have lived there for…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (533+ words) It should be no surprise Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman and President Donald Trump get along so well. Democrat Fetterman and Republican Trump are pretty much the same guy. Both rose to power on the promise they could make things better…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (380+ words) President Donald Trump wants the Smithsonian Institution to install a colossal statue of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president. Trump, in social media posts late Friday, asked for…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1116+ words) LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities — a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions. All…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (242+ words) ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former CIA official found with $40 million of gold bars in his home has reached a tentative plea agreement after being charged with theft for fraudulently inflating his salary, according to court records. A federal judge on Friday…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (525+ words) A Carnegie Mellon University professor is on a voluntary sabbatical while school officials review what they called “hostile and threatening social media posts.” Uju Anya, an associate professor of second language acquisition, is under scrutiny following a 2021 exchange on X…...