Ketanji Brown Jackson is and isn’t 1st Black female justice
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shirley Troutman, a judge on New York’s highest court, was working last week when her daughter texted messages that included a clappingRead More
Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
MENLO, Iowa (AP) — With inflation at a 40-year high, President Joe Biden journeyed to corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce a modest step aimed atRead More
Biden waiving ethanol rule in bid to lower gasoline prices
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is visiting corn-rich Iowa on Tuesday to announce he’ll suspend a federal rule preventing the sale of higher ethanolRead More
Biden to nominate new ATF director, release ghost gun rule
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is nominating an Obama-era U.S. attorney to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, as his administrationRead More
Judge rules US military can’t discharge HIV-positive troops
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — U.S. service members who are HIV-positive cannot be discharged or barred from becoming an officer solely because they’re infected with theRead More
Biden expected to release rule on ghost guns in days
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will come out with its long-awaited ghost gun rule — aimed at reining in privately made firearms without serialRead More
Trump endorses Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania Senate race
(CNN) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz in the competitive US Senate race in Pennsylvania, according to a statement Saturday by Trump’sRead More
CNN: Trump Jr. text shows ideas to overturn 2020 election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump Jr. texted White House chief of staff Mark Meadows two days after the 2020 presidential election with strategies for overturningRead More
Cheers for Jackson, who declares, ‘We’ve made it, all of us’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tearfully embracing a history-making moment, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson said Friday her confirmation as the first Black woman to the Supreme Court showed theRead More
Jackson confirmation takes Biden political story full circle
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a moment 46 days — and more than two centuries — in the making. President Joe Biden on Friday is celebratingRead More