2+ week, 5+ day ago   (409+ words) Tim Lauer, a spokesperson for Pirro’s Washington-based office, noted that it’s a grand jury’s job — not prosecutors’ — to decide whether to hand up an indictment. “Attempting to weaponize the disciplinary process against prosecutors for doing their jobs amounts to nothing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (515+ words) By DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND ROB GILLIES Such a change would be reminiscent of the Republican president’s unilateral action last year by executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The United States and Canada are…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago   (878+ words) By JOHN HANNA and SARAH RAZA The U.S. plans to reopen a border crossing in Arizona to cattle from Mexico on Monday as part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to reduce record-high beef prices, though economists doubt the…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (910+ words) Most of us have become remarkably skilled at postponing our lives. We tell ourselves that things will settle down after this week, after the project is finished, after the kids get through this phase, after the house is organized, after…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (386+ words) The letter gave the Washington, D.C.-based Center for American Progress until the end of business Friday to issue the retraction or face a $5 billion lawsuit. The center declined. The nonprofit’s president and chief executive, Neera Tanden, said in a statement…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (901+ words) William Franklin was buried at the graveyard of St. Pancras Old Church following his death in 1813, more than three decades after he was forced to leave America because of his service to the country his father fought so hard to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (787+ words) By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JULIE CARR SMYTH Vance has highlighted his Rust Belt roots while trying to boost GOP candidates ahead of the November midterm elections. He has focused on promoting the Trump administration’s economic policies and efforts to try…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (290+ words) An airplane pilot died Wednesday after a violent collision with a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter near a runway at a small airport, but both state troopers aboard the helicopter survived, authorities said. The plane was coming down on the runway…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1074+ words) By JESSE BEDAYN, MARC LEVY and SCOTT BAUER “If I were the mayor of a town or the governor of a state, and I had a chance to get a big plant in, an AI plant or a data center,…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (465+ words) The milestone figure was recorded just five months after the U.S. hit a record $39 trillion debt in March. It reached $38 trillion five months before that, in October. The unprecedented $40 trillion figure highlights competing administration priorities, from boosting defense spending that the…...