Erin Smith fought for months for death benefits after her husband, a D.C. Metropolitan police officer, died of suicide nine days after the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. In an interview with CBS News, she said she was initially skeptical that legislation would pass, having fought for over a …
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Louisville, Kentucky — Sen. Rand Paul on Monday accused Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of cutting “a secret deal with the White House that fell apart,” blaming a lack of communication by his fellow Kentuckian for the failure of a federal judicial nomination. Further exposing long-simmering tensions between the state’s …
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Washington — The Biden administration is giving nearly $1 billion to 85 airports to expand and upgrade terminals and other facilities, using money approved in last year’s huge infrastructure bill. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the projects will help meet future demand for travel and make flying safer and more …
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Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th Supreme Court justice upon the retirement of Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the 2021 term, on June 30, 2022. Here’s what you need to know about the 51-year-old federal appeals court judge who has become the first Black woman …
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Nicholas John Roske, accused of attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, at a hearing at the Southern Division Courthouse, in Greenbelt, Maryland. Roske, 26, of Simi Valley, Calif., was arrested outside Kavanaugh’s Maryland home earlier this month armed with a gun, knife and burglary …
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President Joe Biden told The Associated Press on Thursday that the American people are “really, really down” after a tumultuous two years with the coronavirus pandemic, volatility in the economy and now surging gasoline prices that are hitting family budgets. He said a recession is not inevitable and bristled at …
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will advance to the special general election for the state’s only U.S. House seat after voters cast their ballots in Saturday’s special primary to replace the late Rep. Don Young, who held the position for 49 years before his death in March at the age of 88. …
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Washington — The Biden administration will mark a new milestone in the fall when it pays its class of White House interns for the first time in the nation’s history, the White House announced Thursday. Funding for interns participating in the White House Internship Program comes from legislation President Biden …
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Washington — The Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent beginning in November 2023, a significant leap forward in the push to ensure an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day all year round. The bill, known as the Sunshine …
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President Biden said he’s done a “deep dive” on about four potential candidates for the Supreme Court open seat that will be left vacant when Justice Stephen Breyer retires, and he said he thinks whomever he eventually picks will receive GOP support. The president made the comments in an interview he …
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