Democratic senators urge Biden to act on temporary protections for migrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic senators are urging President Joe Biden to extend temporary protections for migrants in the U.S. before he leaves office, warning that millions of people could be forced to return to unsafe countries once
Biden says healthy women help US prosperity as he highlights White House initiative on their health
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he is “so proud” that a women’s health research initiative he launched last year at his wife’s urging has already invested nearly $1 billion because a healthy female
Trump’s NASA pick says his future SpaceX missions “a question mark”
ORLANDO (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for NASA administrator, tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, said Wednesday that the private astronaut missions he has planned with Elon Musk’s SpaceX “may wind up on hold for a moment,” as
FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign at end of Biden’s term in January
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray told the bureau workforce Wednesday that he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January, an announcement that came a week and a half after
The Trump and Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump doesn’t think much of Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. The Republican president-elect frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year
Attorneys for man accused in Trump assassination attempt seek lengthy trial delay
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for a man accused of attempting to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump in September asked a federal judge on Wednesday to delay his trial until next December as they need more time
Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices agreed with a lower court judge who found the law likely
KEYWORD NOTICE – Co-founders of US luxury real estate brokerage charged with sex trafficking
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – The co-founders of a U.S. luxury real estate brokerage have been arrested on sex-trafficking charges, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday, accusing them of raping dozens of victims. The Manhattan U.S.
House voting on $895B defense bill with military pay raise, ban on transgender care for minors
WASHINGTON (AP) — National defense would see a 1% increase in spending this fiscal year under a Pentagon policy bill that also gives a double-digit pay raise to about half of the enlisted service members in the
Ex-prosecutor charged with meddling in Ahmaud Arbery case appears in court ahead of trial
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A former Georgia district attorney charged with illegally interfering with police investigating the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery made her first court appearance Wednesday, more than three years after being indicted by a
