Washington — A Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 stumbled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday, leaving lawmakers without a clear path forward to avoid a funding lapse at the end of the month as they leave Washington for at least a week. The short-term funding bill passed
Blank Social Security checks are run through a printer at the US Treasury printing facility in Philadelphia, Pa., on July 18, 2011. William Thomas Cain/Getty Images A range of options to shore up finances for Social Security are being considered, including the possibility of raising the retirement age, as the program edges closer to insolvency.
President Donald Trump has said China has approved a TikTok deal. Trump will meet Chinese regime leader Xi Jinping later this year. A federal judge on Friday struck down Trump’s $15 billion defamation lawsuit against The New York Times over its content, calling the suit a “decidedly improper” effort to attack an adversary. Tru… Original
President Donald Trump departs the White House en route to London, on Sept. 16, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A federal district judge in Florida threw out President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Sept. 19. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said in a ruling that the lawsuit as it currently
President Donald Trump departs the White House en route to London, on Sept. 16, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A federal district judge in Florida threw out President Donald Trump’s multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit against The New York Times on Sept. 19. U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday said in a ruling that the lawsuit as it currently
Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert arrives at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2022. Jae C. Hong/AP Photo Several late-night TV show hosts on Thursday addressed ABC’s decision to suspend fellow host Jimmy Kimmel after he made comments about the late conservative influencer Charlie Kirk earlier in the week.
Washington — The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to enforce for now its policy ending the use of the “X” marker on passports and requiring the documents to reflect the passport-holder’s “biological sex at birth,” changes that affect transgender and nonbinary Americans. The high court’s emergency appeal seeks to lift