Lawmakers portray Omar as a serious legislator who in the past four years has earned admiration for giving voice to marginalized groups often forgotten on Capitol Hill. And she’s moved up the ranks in the Congressional Progressive Caucus
The president keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in March. More than 236,000 jobs were added. But there has been no political payoff for the Democrat
The White House says the U.S. president will visit Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday and Wednesday to mark 25 years since the Good Friday peace accord
Critics on Long Island, a sprawling expanse of communities home to 2.9 million people, are denouncing provisions that would set growth targets, drive denser development near train stations and sometimes let state officials override local zoning decisions
The proposed rule would prohibit blanket bans, like those that have been approved in at least 20 states. But it would still allow schools to adopt policies that limit transgender students’ participation
More than three years after the start of the coronavirus pandemic there is no definitive answer as to the source of the outbreak, although the FBI points to a lab leak in Wuhan
The visit put the contrasting leadership styles of the Republican and Democrat on display after they scored landslide 2022 reelection victories
The nephew of President John F. Kennedy and son of his slain brother Robert F. Kennedy, was once a bestselling author and environmental lawyer who worked on issues such as clean water
Politicians and travelers have been railing against these unexpected add-on fees — like upcharges for seat selection and resort fees — for years
The president met Tuesday with his council of advisers on science and technology about the risks and opportunities that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence pose for individual users and national security
The Biden administration is arguing that America’s traditional reliance on promoting free trade pacts failed to anticipate China’s brass-knuckled brand of capitalism
President Xi Jinping’s government sees the chips that are used in everything from phones to fighter jets as critical assets in its rivalry with Washington and efforts to gain wealth and global influence
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Moscow ‘will be forced to take military-technical and other retaliatory measures to counter the threats to our national security arising from Finland’s accession to NATO’
The latest aid comes as the Ukrainian troops prepare for a spring offensive against Russian forces
The White House said Tuesday it’ll allow developers of clean energy projects to take advantage of billions of dollars in new bonuses
Combined with a cut of two million barrels per day announced in October, producers have axed about 3% of the world’s oil supply
The locations for the camps have infuriated Chinese officials because they would provide U.S. forces with a staging ground close to southern China and Taiwan, the self-governed island Beijing claims as its own
The move would likely raise oil prices, further straining relations between Riyadh and Washington as the world copes with inflation fueled in part by the war in Ukraine
The case against the former president is spurring far-right talk of a coming civil war, and is set to define the 18 months leading up to the 2024 presidential election
Aides are mindful that Donald Trump has just been indicted, and they say Biden will look to time his announcement to a point when he won’t share the political spotlight with the Republican
A new Republican majority in the House is itching for a spending showdown. They blame what they view as excessive federal spending for inflation and for the growing national debt
Since the legislation was signed by President Joe Biden last summer, the number of mass shootings in the United States has only grown
Whether out of sympathy or mere political calculation, even opponents such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence have expressed support for the ex-president following the indictment
The rules require companies to sell more electric trucks of varying sizes all the way up to massive vehicles weighing more than 33,000 pounds
Lefortovo prison, where American journalist Evan Gershkovich has been jailed on espionage charges, has been a terrifying symbol of repression since Soviet times
‘I’m not going to talk about Trump’s indictment,’ the Democratic president said firmly when asked by reporters on Friday
The Social Security and Medicare trustees report says Medicare will be unable to pay full benefits for inpatient hospital visits and nursing home stays by 2031