American Samoa splits delegates in Democratic caucuses between Biden, Jason Palmer

Biden, Trump win most Super Tuesday contests Biden, Trump win most respective Super Tuesday contests 20:07 Washington — Jason Palmer, an entrepreneur with almost no name recognition, won half the delegates in American Samoa’s caucuses, with the other half going to President Biden, the party announced on Wednesday. Of the 91 ballots that were cast,

U.S. charges Chinese national with stealing AI trade secrets from Google

Washington — A former Google software engineer who worked on artificial intelligence is accused of stealing more than 500 files containing proprietary information about the tech giant’s supercomputing infrastructure, according to a federal indictment unsealed in San Francisco on Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national living in Newark, California, was arrested on Wednesday and charged

House passes funding package in first step toward averting shutdown

Washington — The House approved a major funding package on Wednesday, taking a significant step toward a longer-term solution to the spending saga that has stretched on for months. Lawmakers voted 339 to 85 to approve the package of spending bills that extends funding for some federal agencies through September, surpassing the two-thirds majority needed.

Watch Live: House takes up funding package to avert partial shutdown

Washington — The House is voting Wednesday on a major funding package ahead an end-of-week deadline to avert a partial shutdown, with lawmakers looking to bring an end to a spending saga that has stretched on for months.  Congressional leaders unveiled a six-bill spending package on Sunday, finalizing a bipartisan plan to fund the government

In State of the Union, Biden to call for action to lower health care costs

President Biden plans to urge Congress to focus on cost-saving ideas for prescription drugs in his State of the Union address Thursday night, including capping out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for all Americans and allowing the federal government to negotiate the prices of widely used medications. These two proposals expand on actions taken in the 2022

What happens to a candidate’s delegates when they drop out of the primaries?

Washington — Nikki Haley suspended her presidential campaign on Wednesday after former President Donald Trump accumulated a seemingly insurmountable lead of delegates on Super Tuesday, but what happens to her delegates depends on a number of factors.  Haley only won one state on Super Tuesday, Vermont, which followed her only other primary victory in Washington, D.C.,

Why Dean Phillips’ primary challenge against Biden failed

Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota dropped his long-shot Democratic primary bid against President Joe Biden Wednesday, ending a run that centered on a call for generational change and concern about losing the White House to Donald Trump.  Phillips at first staked his presidential campaign on a strong showing in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary, which operated