U.S. News
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President-elect Joe Biden has selected a federal appeals court judge, Merrick Garland, as his attorney general
January 06, 2021 -
President Donald Trump has vetoed the annual defense policy bill, following through on threats to veto a measure that has broad bipartisan support in Congress and potentially setting up the first override vote of his presidency
December 23, 2020 -
Congress passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
December 21, 2020 -
Congress has passed a two-day stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend
December 18, 2020 -
The Pentagon has endorsed a new slate of initiatives to expand diversity within the ranks and reduce prejudice, including in recruiting, retention and professional development across the force
December 18, 2020 -
A federal judge in New York has ruled that Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf assumed his position unlawfully.
November 14, 2020 -
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can end census field operations early, in a blow to efforts to make sure minorities are properly counted in the crucial once-a-decade tally
October 14, 2020 -
Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences for older people
October 13, 2020 -
The ruling by the three judges on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco was a split decision for the Trump administration and a coalition of civil rights groups and local governments that had challenged the administration’s 2020 census schedule.
October 07, 2020 -
Military leaders who were in contact with Adm. Charles W. Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, have been tested, Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. None have exhibited symptoms or have so far tested positive.
October 06, 2020 -
A federal judge has stopped the 2020 census from finishing at the end of September
September 25, 2020 -
The two blue beams known as the Tribute in Light are rising from lower Manhattan on the 19th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks
September 11, 2020 -
A group of states suing over service cuts at the Postal Service is asking a federal judge to immediately undo some of them, saying the integrity of the upcoming election is at stake.
September 10, 2020 -
Two days after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Census Bureau to stop temporarily winding down operations for the 2020 census, the statistical agency says it's refraining from laying off some census takers and it's restoring some quality-control steps
September 08, 2020 -
It’s an arcane law that people in Washington alternately regard with love, hate or indifference.
August 27, 2020