Senate Republicans got over the first procedural hurdle Thursday on their revised budget resolution needed to move forward with a filibuster-proof reconciliation bill. But it wasn’t a sure thing going in, raising questions about the simple majority needed for final adoption sometime this weekend.

The 52-48 vote on the motion to proceed to the...Read more

If Wednesday was indeed Liberation Day in America, perhaps Thursday represents the hangover.

Before markets opened, with futures trading showing some serious signs of impending negative economic reaction, President Donald Trump proclaimed his unilateral decision to hike tariffs was going precisely according to plan.

“The operation is over! ...Read more

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said Thursday that vandals overnight defaced the Braddock Free Store started in 2012 by his wife, Gisele Barreto Fetterman.

Mr. Fetterman — a Democrat who has risen as one of the staunchest pro-Israel voices on Capitol Hill since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by the terrorist organization Hamas — posted a picture on X ...Read more

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and a Russian negotiator met on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, days after U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Vladimir Putin over the lack of momentum on negotiations toward a ceasefire in the Ukraine war.

The U.S. is now waiting for Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian negotiator, to report ...Read more

Multiple people were stabbed on Thursday by a man in an “altered mental state,” according to police in Washington, D.C.

The mass stabbing began at around 3:22 p.m. in the northeast part of the city, near the U.S. National Arboretum and Gallaudet University. Police said the suspect began stabbing himself and a female acquaintance as they ...Read more

Colorado lawmakers and Gov. Jared Polis’ office are weighing legislation that would require 100% of the state’s energy to come from clean sources by 2040 — 10 years earlier than the current target.

The proposal is still being drafted and has not yet been introduced in the state House; its details were described to The Denver Post by ...Read more

Atlanta rapper Young Thug will not be sent to prison after reposting an investigator’s photo to his social media page with a caption calling the witness a liar, a judge ruled, dealing a blow to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ office.

On Thursday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker declined to send...Read more

Aiden may be just 3 years old, but he was old enough to know something was wrong recently at his family's home.

When the toddler woke up in his grandparents' room on Wednesday, the smell of smoke hung in the air. His grandparents had already gone to work, and his parents were sleeping in another room.

"He was alone and must have noticed that ...Read more

RICHMOND, Va. — All of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s bill vetoes were sustained by the General Assembly this week, but not before some Democrats utilized their time in the reconvened session to highlight several key policies.

In the House, where all 100 delegates are up for reelection this fall, Democrats spoke on 13 vetoes. As they did, each ...Read more

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Trump administration has subpoenaed personal information of hundreds of University of California, Berkeley professors who signed petitions during escalating Israel-Hamas campus protests to bolster its case that college campuses are hotbeds of antisemitism and not worthy of federal funding.

But at least some of them, who...Read more

The Trump administration is poised to block $510 million in federal grants and contracts for Brown University over the school’s response to antisemitism on campus, The New York Times reported.

Following the report, Brown Provost Frank Doyle said in an email that the school couldn’t substantiate the information but was aware of “troubling...Read more

The majority of Americans now have “a great deal” of worry about the U.S. economy, a new poll found.

Most are also greatly concerned about inflation, health care, federal spending and Social Security, according to the latest Gallup poll, which comes during the first few months of President Donald Trump’s second term.

The results mark a ...Read more

In a rare appearance after her loss in November's presidential election, former Vice President and potential gubernatorial candidate Kamala Harris on Thursday decried the rollback of fundamental rights under President Trump, urged people to prioritize self-care and pledged to remain active in the fight to safeguard constitutional protection.

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California joined 18 other states in challenging President Donald Trump’s recent effort to overstep states’ election laws and voting requirements by filing a federal lawsuit Thursday.

The executive order imposes new voting guidelines states must follow in order to receive federal funding to conduct elections, including a voter ID ...Read more

Michael Hurley, a beloved underground singer-songwriter who emerged in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the 1960s, has died at age 83.

“It is with a resounding sadness that the Hurley family announces the recent sudden passing of the inimitable Michael Hurley,” read a statement shared on Thursday by Hurley’s recording label, No Quarter...Read more

A well-regarded 350-bed hospital, one of the last ones left in the country, now stands nearly empty. The home of one of its staffers was burned to a crisp. So too was the house of a former president of the Haitian Senate.

The newest attacks have all occurred outside of Port-au-Prince in Haiti’s heartland, which is quickly emerging as a new ...Read more

A well-regarded 350-bed hospital, one of the last ones left in the country, now stands nearly empty. The home of one of its staffers was burned to a crisp. So too was the house of a former president of the Haitian Senate.

The newest attacks have all occurred outside of Port-au-Prince in Haiti’s heartland, which is quickly emerging as a new ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s trade salvo was years in the making. The details came down to the final moments.

Hours before Trump announced his signature tariff plan, aides were still rushing to hone key elements, including its size and scope as well as how to sell it to the American public and communicate some of its chief ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal judge said Thursday he will decide whether to find the Trump administration in contempt of court, indicating the U.S. government may have “acted in bad faith” in a high-profile legal challenge over a presidential proclamation to remove migrants based on the Alien Enemies Act.

Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. ...Read more