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  • Biden and Trudeau tiptoe around immigration tensions on the northern border

    Biden and Trudeau tiptoe around immigration tensions on the northern border

     

    President Joe Biden’s challenges along the southern border are spilling into his relationship with his northern partner ahead of his trip to Canada, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempts to fend off his own critics concerned about a surge of migrants.

    ​President Joe Biden’s challenges along the southern border are spilling into his relationship with his northern partner ahead of his trip to Canada, as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attempts to fend off his own critics concerned about a surge of migrants. 

  • Not touching Social Security could lead to 20% benefit cut within a decade

    Not touching Social Security could lead to 20% benefit cut within a decade

     

    President Joe Biden and House Republicans have promised not to touch Social Security in their battle over cutting spending to address the nation’s debt ceiling crisis.

    ​President Joe Biden and House Republicans have promised not to touch Social Security in their battle over cutting spending to address the nation’s debt ceiling crisis. 

  • More states are proposing bills targeting LGBTQ rights. ‘It’s only getting worse,’ advocate says

     

    Heather Thomas spent months pleading with Tennessee legislators to vote against a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, which she says saved the life of her transgender son.

    ​Heather Thomas spent months pleading with Tennessee legislators to vote against a ban on gender-affirming health care for minors, which she says saved the life of her transgender son. 

  • Supreme Court asks Congress for more security money due to threats

    Supreme Court asks Congress for more security money due to threats

     

    With a new annual budget request posted Thursday, the Supreme Court told Congress that it needs nearly $6 million in new security funding to expand the protection justices receive following threats to the court last summer.

    ​With a new annual budget request posted Thursday, the Supreme Court told Congress that it needs nearly $6 million in new security funding to expand the protection justices receive following threats to the court last summer. 

  • Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall in hotel

    Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall in hotel

     

    Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC.

    ​Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been hospitalized after a fall at a hotel in Washington, DC. 

  • Biden’s budget is carefully constructed to contrast the GOP’s

    Biden’s budget is carefully constructed to contrast the GOP’s

     

    The budget blueprint President Joe Biden is set to reveal on Thursday is designed lay out a clear, if aspirational, policy vision for the year ahead.

    ​The budget blueprint President Joe Biden is set to reveal on Thursday is designed lay out a clear, if aspirational, policy vision for the year ahead. 

  • The return of the Reddit investor, this time with powerful friends

    The return of the Reddit investor, this time with powerful friends

     

    Reddit investors have been the butt of many jokes over the last few years, but could these much-maligned meme traders have the last laugh?

    ​Reddit investors have been the butt of many jokes over the last few years, but could these much-maligned meme traders have the last laugh? 

  • The cost of food is down, but grocery bills are still up. Here’s why

    The cost of food is down, but grocery bills are still up. Here’s why

     

    Why aren’t prices falling at the grocery store? When food producers started raising prices a few years ago, they blamed their own costs, including higher ingredient prices. But ingredient prices have actually been on a downswing for months, and individuals are still paying more for food.

    ​Why aren’t prices falling at the grocery store? When food producers started raising prices a few years ago, they blamed their own costs, including higher ingredient prices. But ingredient prices have actually been on a downswing for months, and individuals are still paying more for food. 

  • Bodies of 2 Mexico kidnapping victims expected to be returned to the US for further autopsies, source says

    Bodies of 2 Mexico kidnapping victims expected to be returned to the US for further autopsies, source says

     

    The bodies of two Americans killed in an armed kidnapping in Mexico are expected to be returned to the US on Thursday, a source from the Mexico Attorney General’s Office tells CNN, after two survivors of the attack returned to the US for treatment at a hospital.

    ​The bodies of two Americans killed in an armed kidnapping in Mexico are expected to be returned to the US on Thursday, a source from the Mexico Attorney General’s Office tells CNN, after two survivors of the attack returned to the US for treatment at a hospital. 

  • Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge

    Ex-Trump attorney admits statements about 2020 election were false and is censured by judge

     

    Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal gambits.

    ​Jenna Ellis was censured by a disciplinary judge in Colorado Wednesday, in the latest effort to hold accountable attorneys who boosted former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election reversal gambits.