Democrats slam USDA’s relocation of economists as blow to scientific research
Democratic senators on Thursday slammed the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s plan to relocate hundreds of its economists and other researchers from Washington to the Midwest,...
Trump says looking closely at Amazon’s bid on $10 billion Pentagon contract
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration was looking closely at Amazon.com’s bid on a $10 billion cloud contract with the Defense Department...
Senate expected to confirm Trump’s second Secretary of Defense next week
The U.S. Senate is due to vote next week to confirm Mark Esper as President Donald Trump’s second Secretary of Defense, ending the longest period...
House passes bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by October 2025, a big win...
Trump ‘spewing fascist idealogy’: Omar
Somali-born U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar on Thursday hit back at U.S. President Donald Trump describing his beliefs as “fascist ideology,” a day after Trump supporters...
U.S. House passes bill to raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by October 2025, a big win...
U.S. Democratic candidate Warren targets private equity in new Wall Street proposals
U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren released a series of policies on Thursday aimed at regulating the financial industry, including a plan to overhaul the...
Documents on Trump ex-lawyer’s porn star hush payment to be released
Documents regarding hush-money payments by Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to a porn star and a Playboy model who said they had sexual...
Ohio Senate passes bill to save state’s two nuclear power plants
The Ohio Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that will create financial subsidies to stop the state’s two nuclear power reactors from retiring early, according...
Unbowed, Trump intensifies attacks on four Democratic congresswomen
President Donald Trump intensified his vilification of four liberal lawmakers as un-American at a raucous rally on Wednesday, underscoring that the attacks will be a...