WASHINGTON — Congress is allocating more than $100 billion in emergency aid designed to address extensive damage caused by disasters after this week’s scramble to find consensus on a government […]
Senate review of Supreme Court ethics finds more luxury trips and urges enforceable code of conduct
WASHINGTON — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of Supreme Court ethics details more luxury travel by Justice Clarence Thomas and urges Congress to establish a way to enforce […]
Biden and the first lady bring holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital
President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, brought some holiday cheer to patients and families at a children’s hospital in Washington WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, […]
After shooting, Wisconsin school and church lean into Christmas message for comfort
For Christians around the world, Christmas is the joyful celebration of the birth of Jesus. To affirm their beliefs — that God is present and hasn’t abandoned them — the […]
Winning numbers drawn in Friday’s Mega Millions
The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” game were: 02-20-51-56-67, Mega Ball: 19, Megaplier: 2 The winning numbers in Friday evening’s drawing of the “Mega Millions” […]
Government funding bill clears the Senate and heads to President Biden for his signature, averting shutdown
Government funding bill clears the Senate and heads to President Biden for his signature, averting shutdown Source link
Florida requires teaching Black history. Some don’t trust schools to do it justice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Buried among Florida’s manicured golf courses and sprawling suburbs are the artifacts of its slave-holding past: the long-lost cemeteries of enslaved people, the statutes of Confederate soldiers […]
Senate eyes vote before midnight on government funding after House approves bill to prevent shutdown
WASHINGTON — Approaching a midnight government shutdown deadline, the Senate set up votes toward final passage late Friday of a new plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster […]
Santa, Mrs. Claus use military transports to bring Christmas to Alaska Native village
YAKUTAT, Alaska — Forget the open-air sleigh overloaded with gifts and powered by flying reindeer. Santa and Mrs. Claus this week took supersized rides to southeast Alaska in a C-17 […]
Farmers still reeling months after Hurricane Helene ravaged crops across the South
LYONS, Ga. — Twisted equipment and snapped tree limbs still litter Chris Hopkins’ Georgia farm more than two months after Hurricane Helene made its deadly march across the South. An […]