Treasury watchdog begins audit of Musk DOGE team’s access to federal government’s payment system
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General on Friday said it was launching an audit of the ...
Including people without legal status in census has had little impact on House seats, study finds
A new study says inclusion of people in U.S. illegally has had little impact on presidential elections or control of Congress ...
Noah Feldman: JD Vance is playing a dangerous legal game
It’s neither surprising nor especially worrisome that Elon Musk is attacking the courts — he doesn’t know anything about law ...
Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to new poll
On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and ...
Judge sets a 5-day deadline for the Trump administration to start lifting its USAID funding freeze
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily lift funding freeze shutting down U.S. humanitarian aid ...
Pope Francis hospitalized to treat bronchitis, undergo tests as Holy Year events cancelled
ROME — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo diagnostic tests, the Vatican ...
Can suspending a cage-free egg law solve the soaring price problem? Nevada takes a crack at it
Now four years later, a dozen eggs costs an average of nearly $5 in the U.S. because of the lingering bird flu, so Nevada ...
Vance will meet Zelenskyy amid concerns about US-Russia talks to end the war in Ukraine
Hours before Vance and Zelenskyy were set to meet, a Russian drone with a high-explosive warhead hit the protective ...
Many Americans think Valentine’s Day is romantic and fun — not outdated or stressful: poll
About 2 in 10 U.S. adults say “outdated” describes the holiday extremely or very well, while about 3 in 10 say it describes ...
Chocolate love has its price on Valentine’s Day as cocoa costs make hearts shudder, not flutter
With the price of cocoa beans setting unprecedented records on the commodities market, it will certainly turn the gift of ...
Trump administration begins sweeping layoffs with probationary workers, warns of larger cuts to come
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday intensified its sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal ...
Annexing Canada? At Niagara Falls, Trump’s idea gets eye rolls but not support
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — At Niagara Falls, the iconic honeymoon and tourist destination on the U.S.-Canadian border, visitors from both countries took in President Donald Trump’s unsolicited ...