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A large banner that says "Billionaire tax now" at a campaign event.

California billionaire wealth tax fails, dashing liberal dreams

Zach Halaschak · November 9, 2026 9:45 pm

Abortion-rights counterprotesters hold signs supporting a woman's right to choose abortion, as nearby anti-abortion activists held a rally in front of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in Denver in this Feb. 11, 2017 file photo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Trump DOJ shores up anti-abortion groups’ support amid bid to salvage $1.8 billion Planned Parenthood lawsuit

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford listens during a hearing of the Aviation Subcommittee of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

FAA administrator’s hearing before House postponed amid air traffic controller issues

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, from left, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talk to reporters about the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 24 Democrats and one Republican who voted against advancing the Senate permitting bill

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

Major bill to cut red tape for energy projects clears Senate hurdle

Tesla electric vehicles are charged at a station in Anaheim, California, Friday, June 9, 2023.

More signs that China is ahead on electric vehicle technology

Maydeen Merino March 25, 2025 8:00 am

The flagrant flouting of operational security rules lands Waltz and Hegseth in the hot seat and raises many questions

Jamie McIntyre March 25, 2025 7:37 am

Political fund raising for Congress - running for reelection - Washington politics

April Social Security direct payment worth $967 goes out in 7 days

Brady Knox March 25, 2025 7:00 am

States roll out the red carpet to bring fired federal workers to their state

Emily Hallas March 25, 2025 7:00 am

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's choice to be the Director of National Intelligence, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee for her confirmation hearing at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

Gabbard and Ratcliffe to be grilled over Signal group chat that exposed Houthi plans to reporter

Mike Brest, Rachel Schilke March 25, 2025 6:00 am

In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016, file photo, soft drink and soda bottles are displayed in a refrigerator at El Ahorro market in San Francisco.

Soda companies push back against MAHA efforts to cut them out of food stamps

Lauren Green, Zach Halaschak March 25, 2025 5:00 am

Michale Waltz, a former Army Green Beret and veteran of Afghanistan who serves as President Donald Trump's national security adviser, in a 2024 file image.

Panetta: Trump administration’s group chat debacle should lead to firings

Mike Brest March 24, 2025 9:02 pm

Hegseth dismisses leaked Houthi plans and condemns journalist involved

Brady Knox March 24, 2025 8:20 pm

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and national security advisor Mike Waltz speak with the media following meetings with a Ukrainian delegation in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025.

Congress irate over ‘astonishing’ national security breach

Brady Knox March 24, 2025 8:12 pm

Trump taps Susan Monarez for CDC director following failure of first nominee

Gabrielle M. Etzel March 24, 2025 5:03 pm

The Department of Energy building is shown in Washington, Friday, May 1, 2015.

DOE delays three Biden energy efficiency standards for appliances

Maydeen Merino March 24, 2025 4:55 pm

The arrival of inmates belonging to the MS-13 and 18 gangs to the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo in Tecoluca, 46 miles southeast of San Salvador, Feb. 25, 2023. The first group of 2,000 suspected gang members in El Salvador has been moved to a huge new prison, the centerpiece of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's self-declared war on crime. Tens of thousands of suspected gangsters have been rounded up in the country under a state of emergency following a spike in murders and other violent crimes.

DHS continues to combat allegations of TDA members being wrongly deported

Jenny Goldsberry March 24, 2025 3:23 pm