The Senate is set to vote Thursday on two separate plans aimed at addressing rising health care costs expected for tens of millions of Americans who receive enhanced tax credits from the Affordable Care Act unless Congress acts. Both plans, one proposed by Democrats and the other championed by Republicans, are almost certain to fail….
An atmospheric river event that has been pummeling the Pacific Northwest with rain is now focused on western Washington, where “historic” flooding could force 100,000 people to evacuate. After two days of rain, 4 to 8 more inches are possible Wednesday and Thursday in the higher elevations of western Washington state. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson…
The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday, amid rising tensions between the administration and the South American nation. “It’s been a very interesting day, from a news standpoint. As you probably know, we just seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela,” Trump…
President Donald Trump ramped up his anti-immigrant rhetoric in a speech Tuesday night, repeatedly attacking Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar and complaining about immigration out of Europe. “Let’s take some from Denmark. Would you mind sending us some people? Send us nice people. Do you mind? But we always take people from Somalia, places that are…
The federal judge who presided over the 2019 criminal case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein became the third judge to grant a Justice Department motion to unseal grand jury materials and other undisclosed evidence from government investigative files. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York on Wednesday issued a…
The Federal Reserve will announce its latest interest rate adjustment on Wednesday, potentially cutting borrowing costs for the third time this year in an effort to boost sluggish hiring. Top Federal Reserve officials have shown an unusual degree of public disagreement over a potential interest rate cut. Inflation has risen in recent months along with…
Eight teenagers from a Philadelphia youth soccer team were arrested and charged with felonies after they allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Florida, just hours before their championship game. The United Thoroughbreds players, ages 14 and 15, had traveled to Polk County from Pennsylvania, where they stole $2,296.07…
In the wake of the bombing of his official residence earlier this year, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is now facing questions about how he spends tax money on security upgrades for his private home. A GOP-led committee in the state legislature voted Tuesday to issue three subpoenas seeking records related to, among other things, roughly…
Several people were injured in a shooting Tuesday at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, according to the university and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear. A suspect is in custody, according to Beshear and local police. The Frankfort Police Department said it responded to an incident on the school’s campus Tuesday afternoon “regarding an active offender.” The…
President Donald Trump, after initially saying he had “no problem” releasing video of the Sept. 2 attack on a suspected drug ship in the Caribbean Sea that killed two survivors, is now changing course and deferring to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. “I didn’t say that,” Trump claimed when ABC News chief political correspondent Rachel Scott…
