Politics

Florida is following through on Governor Ron DeSantis’ threat to sue the the Biden administration over the federal order requiring the employees of federal contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19, arguing that the U.S. government lacks the authority to impose the order. DeSantis, who has been fighting vaccine requirements issued …

Lev Parnas, 49, a former business associate of Rudy Giuliani, was indicted in 2019 on charges that included violating a ban on foreign donations in elections, falsifying statements and documents, among other charges. He and co-defendant Andrey Kukushkin were found guilty on all counts. “In order to gain influence with …

Former presidential and New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is leaving the Democratic Party, he announced this week.  Yang said in a Medium post that he changed his voting registration from “Democrat” to “Independent” on Monday after being a registered Democrat for 20 years.  “I have at this point dozens of …

The debate over the debt limit — often called the debt ceiling — is heating up again on Capitol Hill. But government officials, business leaders and economists are raising the alarms, saying not addressing it in a timely manner would be disastrous.  What is the debt limit, and why do …

Hours before a Friday deadline, the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol said it received “thousands” of pages of documents.  The committee did not describe the documents further, but it had sent letters to multiple agencies seeking records related to the gathering and dissemination of intelligence before …

President Biden on Friday criticized the new Texas abortion law for creating “a sort of vigilante system” because its abortion ban is to be enforced by citizens who can sue anyone who may have aided an abortion. The president said the Justice Department is examining whether it can limit the …

Washington — President Biden on Wednesday pitched his $3.5 trillion tax and spending plan to boost social programs and fight climate change, dubbed the “Build Back Better” agenda, after the Senate passage of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill.  But in remarks at the White House, the president started off …

Washington — The State Department is expanding opportunities for Afghans who are at-risk and their families to resettle in the United States, it announced Monday, amid a rise in violence by the Taliban as the U.S. troop withdrawal nears its conclusion at the end of the month. The State Department said …