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Pro-choice activists hold signs outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Department of Justice said Friday it will ask the Supreme Court to effectively block the enforcement of a restrictive Texas abortion law while legal disputes play out. That law,

Migrants from Central America are detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing into the United States from Mexico, in Sunland Park, New Mexico, July 22, 2021. Jose Luis Gonzalez | Reuters The Biden administration will reinstate a Trump-era border policy in November that forces asylum seekers to stay in Mexico until their U.S. immigration

U.S. President Joe Biden responds to a question from a reporter after speaking about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines and booster shots in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, September 24, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Led by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Republican-run states are already gearing up to challenge the legality

A bipartisan White House commission agreed that Congress has the legal power to expand the Supreme Court — but the group was divided on whether lawmakers should actually do it. That’s according to draft “discussion materials” released Thursday by the White House, which tasked 30-odd experts with considering an array of possible reforms to the

Migrants expelled from the U.S. and sent back to Mexico under Title 42, walk towards Mexico at the Paso del Norte International border bridge, in this picture taken from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 1, 2021. Jose Luis Gonzalez | Reuters The Biden administration on Wednesday defended its use of a Trump-era health law to deport

Chairman Sherrod Brown (D-OH) questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chairman Powell during a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the CARES Act, at the Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, September 28, 2021. Kevin Dietsch | Pool | Reuters The Senate’s top Democrat in charge of bank oversight

In this article FDX WMT HD WASHINGTON — As supply chain bottlenecks around the world threaten to hobble the U.S. holiday shopping season, President Joe Biden will unveil a plan Wednesday to try to ease West Coast delays at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles by expanding round-the-clock operations. Central to this plan

Police officers set up barricades in front of of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. Emily Elconin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Supreme Court on Tuesday considered a Republican attorney general’s bid to defend a restrictive Kentucky abortion law, with some liberal justices sounding skeptical that a

In this article FB Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a remote video hearing held by subcommittees of the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee on “Social Media’s Role in Promoting Extremism and Misinformation” in Washington, March 25, 2021. U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee | Handout | via Reuters Reps.

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. first lady Jill Biden walk after arriving in the Marine One helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, U.S. October 4, 2021. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on Monday attended the wedding of the president’s nephew, Cuffe Owens,

45th President of the United States, Donald Trump holds a press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster of New Jersey, United States on July 7, 2021. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump’s luxury hotel in Washington, D.C., lost more than $70 million from 2016

Commuters arrive at Grand Central Station with Metro-North during morning rush hour on June 8, 2020 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images The September jobs report showed Black unemployment dropped sharply from the month prior, but workers leaving the labor force complicated the recovery picture. The overall U.S. unemployment rate

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy and the Labor Department’s September jobs report in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 8, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said the September jobs report reflects “great progress” in getting the

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development on Friday announced a major breakthrough on corporate tax rates, after years of disagreement. The group of developed nations agreed to a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. This marks a huge shift for smaller economies, such as the Republic of Ireland, which have attracted international firms

Steve Bannon, the former chief executive of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, speaks to members of the media outside federal court after testifying in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The House select committee probing the deadly Capitol riot said Friday it could soon advance a

Afghan refugees board a bus after arriving at Dulles International Airport on August 27, 2021 in Dulles, Virginia after being evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images The Biden administration admitted 11,411 refugees to the U.S. in fiscal year 2021, falling far short of the president’s

Protesters supporting U.S. President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol said Thursday it issued three subpoenas connected to a pro-Trump rally that preceded the deadly invasion. The committee said

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Thursday morning that lawmakers have reached a deal on a short-term debt ceiling increase after hours of discussion with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “I have some good news,” Schumer, D-N.Y., said from the Senate floor. “We have reached agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early December, and it’s