domestic politics

WASHINGTON — Momentum toward passing a $1.7 trillion government funding bill with more aid for Ukraine slowed considerably Wednesday as lawmakers struggled to reach an agreement on amendments needed to get to a final vote and avoid a…

““A lot of the money is going into trees … Don’t we have enough trees around here?””…

The Senate’s top Republican is out with a sober assessment of his party’s chances for taking the chamber in November’s midterm elections, and he says “candidate quality” is a big factor. Speaking in Kentucky on…

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President Joe Biden on Friday visited the Cincinnati area to talk up priorities such as a China competition bill and a new 3-D printing program, but a key fellow Democrat — the party’s Ohio Senate nominee, Tim Ryan…

Do Republican investment advisors outperform Democratic ones? Given how intensely polarized the U.S. has become, it was perhaps inevitable that partisanship would creep into the investment advisory arena. And it…

When parents look for information to help them choose a good elementary or secondary school for their child, they often turn to a variety of sources online. Parents might also rely on popular school rating websites like …

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his endorsement of Rep. Mo Brooks in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race in a major blow to the Republican congressman’s campaign.In a statement, Trump cited Brooks’s…

WASHINGTON—After three confirmation fights in which Democrats vigorously opposed former President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is working to convince  Republicans to…

WASHINGTON — The Senate Banking Committee approved Jerome Powell’s nomination to a second four-year term as chair of the Federal Reserve Wednesday, just hours after the central bank began what will be a difficult…