Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is opening an investigation into whether the White House was involved in the plea deal that military prosecutors reached with the alleged architect of the 9/11 terror attacks and two other defendants. GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight panel, sent a letter
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, two top contenders whom presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is considering for her vice president, are both headlining Harris Victory Fund events Monday. Both fundraisers will take place the night before Harris said she would hold her first rally with her running mate, signaling the veepstakes
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh for setting back ceasefire talks between Israel and the terrorist group amid growing concerns of the war spilling over into a wider regional conflict. The Wednesday assassination of Haniyeh in the Iranian capital of Tehran “doesn’t help” negotiations on a hostage-ceasefire
Former President Donald Trump is promising to eliminate taxes on Social Security, a vow aimed squarely at the 67 million Americans who receive monthly benefit checks from the retirement and disability program. “Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security and they won’t,” Trump said at a Wednesday campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Such a
‘Seniors should not pay tax on Social Security,’ the former president said, debuting the policy proposal for the first time. Former President Donald Trump this week debuted the idea of seniors not having to pay taxes on their Social Security benefits, as he seeks to secure more voters with fewer than 100 days left before
Biden ‘understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy,’ veep says Kamala Harris’s campaign took a page out of the Biden White House playbook on Friday, issuing an edited transcript that cleaned up a bizarre comment in which Harris lauded Joe Biden as “a president who understands the power of diplomacy and
NEW YORK (Reuters)—U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, stoking fears that the labor market is deteriorating and making the economy vulnerable to a recession. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an 175,000 increase. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it