The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post after President Donald Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr. Pirro is a form...
Senate heads home with no deal to speed confirmations as irate Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
The Senate is leaving Washington Saturday night for its monthlong August recess without a deal to advance dozens of President Donald Trump’s nominees
Canada wildfire smoke brings unhealthy air to large swaths of the Midwest
Air quality alerts were in effect in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Collision with moose kills driver, injures passenger near Alaska national park
A driver was killed and a passenger in his car injured after hitting a moose near the entrance to Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve
North Carolina Senate race sets up as a fight over middle class
Democrats still in the dumps over last year’s elections have found cause for optimism in North Carolina, where former Gov. Roy Cooper jumped into the race for that state’s newly open seat with a vow to address voters’ persistent concerns about the chal...
DeSantis set a Florida record for executions. It’s driving a national increase
Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has executed more people so far this year than any other state, setting a new state record
Trump’s new tariffs give some countries a break, while shares and US dollar sink
U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries have drawn expressions of relief from some countries that negotiated a deal or managed to whittle them down from rates announced in April
Generations come together at a county fair dubbed Mississippi’s ‘giant house party’
This week, hundreds of brightly colored cabins came to life with sounds of children playing and smells of Southern comfort food
Senate delays August recess for now as Trump presses for more confirmations
A stalemate over the pace of confirmations has delayed the Senate’s yearly August recess for now as President Donald Trump declares that his nominees “should NOT BE FORCED TO WAIT.”
Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars
The National Science Foundation can continue to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from researchers in several states until litigation aimed at restoring it plays out