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House fails to override Biden's first veto
The Republican-led House on Thursday failed to override President Biden’s first veto, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed to revive the resolution targeting an administration rule related to ESG investing, which takes environmental and social...
Pentagon chief: Putin-Xi meeting sends ‘very troubling message’
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday said Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia sends a “troubling message.” Xi earlier this week concluded his three-day visit to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a visit seen by the West as...
Buttigieg: Transportation Department reviewing hazardous material definitions after East Palestine disaster
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Thursday that the agency is reviewing its definition of a high-hazard flammable train in the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio, derailment. Buttigieg made the remarks in response to questioning from Senate...
Bragg says Trump created ‘false expectation’ on potential arrest
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) for the first time on Thursday addressed a claim by former President Trump that he would be arrested in connection to an investigation into a hush money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels, calling it the...
Democratic infighting complicates Schumer response to banking crisis
Democratic infighting over a bipartisan bill that passed in 2018 to roll back part of the landmark Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act is the latest political problem facing Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Liberals led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren...
GOP questions DeSantis attacks on Trump ahead of possible indictment
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) salvo targeting former President Trump’s character this week has been met with questions from corners of the GOP over the effectiveness of his latest message as the world waits to see whether Trump will be indicted over a hush...
Following recent collapses, Americans' trust in banking industry sharply declines: poll
The public’s trust in the banking industry sharply dropped in the aftermath of the collapse of two prominent banks earlier this month and their effects on the market, according to a new poll. A poll released Wednesday from The Associated Press and NORC Center...
Oversight panel distances from Gaetz, Greene push to bring Tara Reade for interview
The House Oversight Committee is distancing itself from a push by Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to bring Tara Reade, who has accused President Biden of sexually assaulting her, in for an interview after Gaetz announced the panel’s...
Biden administration plans to break up monopoly power of U.S. organ transplant system
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced it aims to overhaul and modernize the organ transplant system in the U.S. with a plan that includes breaking up the monopoly power that has run the system for decades. The Health Resources and Services...