15+ hour, 20+ min ago   (406+ 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…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (279+ 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, 19+ hour ago   (1138+ words) Jaimie Ding And Claire Rush 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…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (465+ words) The Trump administration's policy of holding immigrants without a chance for release on bond is illegal and “harkens back to some of the darkest moments in our country's history," including the mass detention of Japanese Americans during World War II,…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (329+ words) Nicholas Riccardi And Lindsay Whitehurst WASHINGTON – An appeals court on Thursday upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail voting, a decision that comes as the Supreme Court considers the same case and states have already started…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (455+ words) Fatima Hussein And Ali Swenson WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is promising $500 rebate checks to an estimated 1 million Affordable Care Act enrollees across 30 states, who the White House alleged were overcharged by the Biden administration for exchange fees. The promise comes…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (942+ words) SEATTLE – The number of ballots rejected for late postmarks has soared in the vote-by-mail states of Washington and Oregon, according to newly released data highlighting concerns about recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations ahead of this fall's pivotal midterm…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (294+ words) Lindsay Whitehurst And Gary Fields WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Sunday renewed its appeal to the Supreme Court after a federal judge blocked new restrictions on mail ballots ahead of the midterms. The filing came after U.S. District Court Judge…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago   (1077+ words) WASHINGTON – In the earliest days of this election cycle, the U.S. wasn't at war with Iran. The East Wing of the White House was still standing and the Kennedy Center wasn't threatened with demolition. Artificial intelligence data centers weren't bipartisan…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (375+ words) Nicholas Riccardi And Lindsay Whitehurst A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way of the…...