BY RYAN SABALOW | CalMatters A bill that would increase penalties for those who assault hospital emergency department workers is facing the same pushback that other recent tough-on-crime legislation has …
Albany lawmakers are squaring up to approve a last-minute backroom measure to plug the financial hole in the MTA’s capital plan created by Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to scrap the …
Up to 12 years’ worth of presidents’ and vice presidents’ tax returns would be public information under new legislation from Rep. Katie Porter. Named the Presidential Ethics Reform Act, Porter, …
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland took aim on Tuesday at Donald Trump’s Republican allies, accusing them in congressional testimony of peddling false narratives that endanger law enforcement and undermine the Justice …
Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, faced heated questioning on Monday from Republican lawmakers about the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. …
Less clear is his political fallout from Thursday’s verdict as American voters from Boston to Boulder and foreign leaders from Beijing to Brussels game out the implications of a second …
By Colleen Long and Seung Min Kim | Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and …
Donald Trump’s well-attended rally in The Bronx last week is a “wake-up call” for President Biden and the Democrats, said ex-New York Democratic Gov. David Paterson on Sunday. Paterson, who also previously …
Trump used a phrase from his old television show, The Apprentice, to sum up the election in a fiery 100-minute speech that included touches of humour. Former US president Donald …
Democrats also cannot risk alienating their voters in rust belt states such as Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, where efforts to revive US manufacturing are viscerally felt. As the White House …