WASHINGTON — The House Energy and Commerce Committee would target a wide range of Biden administration climate programs while advancing Republican goals for oil and natural gas in its portion of reconciliation text.

The committee is scheduled to begin its markup Tuesday of legislative text that includes energy and environment subtitles. The ...Read more

The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is calling on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to prioritize U.S. efforts to deal with the crisis of gang violence in Haiti.

Rubio, who supported Haiti while he was in the Senate, should reconsider restoring funding cuts, push for money for the ongoing international armed mission to fight...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday defended his plan to accept a super-luxe $400 million jumbo jet as what he portrayed as a generous gift from the royal family of Qatar.

Claiming the opulent “palace in the sky” would help bridge the gap until Boeing completes a new presidential Air Force One, Trump said he’d be stupid to turn down the ...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump said he spoke with Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook earlier on Monday, just as the iPhone maker was reported to be considering price increases later this year.

Apple is weighing whether to raise prices for an iPhone lineup coming in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with ...Read more

President Donald Trump on Monday said he will implement a prescription drug payment plan that could dramatically lower prices paid by Medicare, although details remain murky.

Trump claimed his proposed plan to tie drug prices to those paid in foreign nations would lower payments by the U.S. by up to 90%, although experts said it’s unclear if ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The White House has named Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche as acting librarian of Congress, the Department of Justice confirmed Monday.

Blanche is a former personal attorney of President Donald Trump and replaces Carla Hayden, the longtime librarian of Congress whom Trump fired last week.

His appointment comes days after the...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that seeks to bring the price of drugs in the United States in line with what other countries pay.

The policy, known as most-favored-nation status, is intended to drive drug companies to lower prices domestically while other countries shoulder more of the cost. White ...Read more

The Trump administration announced Monday that it has launched an investigation into California's Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants, a state program that provides monthly cash benefits to aged, blind and disabled noncitizens who are ineligible for Social Security benefits due to their immigration status.

The investigation began in Los ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Detroit U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib is endorsing a state lawmaker who is trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar, a fellow Democrat who represents the district next door to hers in Congress.Tlaib on Monday said she is backing state Rep. Donavan McKinney’s bid for Congress in Michigan’s 13th District and also took a dig at the two...Read more

BOSTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Kennealy is out with what his campaign calls a “scathing” new ad accusing Gov. Maura Healey of allowing the state’s shelter crisis to grow out of control under her watch.

In the ad titled “Failure” Kenneally says governor’s handling of an influx of migrants to Massachusetts ...Read more

MEXICO CITY — She has won acclaim for facing down tariff threats, shunning political bluster and skirting White House provocations — while winning admiration from President Donald Trump.

"A cool head" has been her motto.

But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum may soon face her most challenging test — and her response could define ...Read more

In the spirit of seeing is believing, a leading Bay State lawmaker is offering an open invitation to the president to stop by Massachusetts and personally witness the apparently positive impact of the policies he frequently derides.

Senate President Karen Spilka said that President Donald Trump is welcome make the trip up to the commonwealth ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he plans to order a cut in U.S. prescription drug costs by mandating that Americans pay no more than people in countries that have the lowest price.

Trump said in a social media post that he’ll sign the executive order at 9 a.m. Monday in Washington.

While predicting that pharmaceutical prices could drop 30% to 80...Read more

The Philippines began voting on Monday in midterm elections that could decide the fate of impeached Vice President Sara Duterte, whose feud with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. comes as the Southeast Asian nation grapples with both the global trade war and growing tensions with China.

Over 18,000 national and local positions are up for grabs, ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran will continue talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, after discussions on Sunday that were described as encouraging by Washington and “difficult but useful” by Tehran.

“Despite the challenges, very useful discussions were held,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in televised statements ...Read more

The U.S. and Iran will continue talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, after discussions on Sunday that were described as encouraging by Washington and “difficult but useful” by Tehran.

A senior Trump administration official said the U.S. was encouraged by Sunday’s talks, which were held both directly and indirectly. Both ...Read more

Israel embraced a plan by U.S. President Donald Trump for a phased resumption of food distribution to Gaza’s civilians that would prevent it being seized by Hamas. It was unclear, though, when the program would start, or who would fund or implement it.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee went public with the plan on Friday, saying the aim...Read more

BOSTON — The governor is being called out for the “appalling” case of an illegal immigrant child rapist found at a Cape Cod home day care.

It’s a startling arrest, Gov. Maura Healey’s administration argued Friday night, that dates back to the waning months of the Biden presidency that’s now being highlighted as Massachusetts, Boston...Read more

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday directing the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a center for homeless veterans on its West Los Angeles campus.

The order set a goal of housing up to 6,000 homeless veterans at the center, which Trump named the National Warrior Independence Center, and ordered federal...Read more