When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple of line items. At least, that was his intention Monday. read more
Rep. Andrew Clyde, who owns Athens gun shop, takes credit for gun silencer tax break in Trump bill
The moment that Oceangate's Titan submersible was lost has been revealed in footage recorded on the sub's support ship. read more
Aging is inevitable, but the speed at which we age might not be. read more
Ten days before start of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced their forecast for how many tropical storms and hurricanes to expect this year. read more
This is to say that if the government continues to spend on credit, and offers no clear path for arresting the growth of its debt, investors will demand ever higher interest rates on the money they lend to it. read more
Billy Joel has canceled all of his scheduled concerts due to a recently diagnosed health condition, the legendary singer said on Instagram. On Friday, a statement shared on his Instagram revealed he was recently diagnosed with normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Just when everyone thought Donald Trump's trade war and tariff frenzy had finally reached a period of weary -- if expensive -- attrition, the president made sure to remind everyone that his trade policy is just as erratic and arbitrary as ever. Trump is now threatening to level steep tariffs on iPhones and the European Union.
A federal judge further blocked the Trump administration from sharply cutting jobs and reorganizing the structure of many major federal agencies as part of its so-called DOGE effort under billionaire Elon Musk. ... "Agencies may not conduct large-scale reorganizations and reductions in force in blatant disregard of Congress's mandates, and a President may not initiate large-scale executive branch reorganization without partnering with Congress."
"Do not use semicolons," wrote Kurt Vonnegut, who averaged fewer than 30 a novel (about one every 10 pages). "All they do is show you've been to college." A study suggests UK authors are taking Vonnegut's advice to heart; the semicolon seems to be in terminal decline, with its usage in English books plummeting by almost half in two decades - from one appearing in every 205 words in 2000 to one use in every 390 words today.
More than three years after its installation was approved by Congress, a plaque honoring law enforcement personnel for defending the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, is instead sitting in a Capitol basement utility room surrounded by tools and maintenance equipment. ... The legislation authorizing the memorial was part of an omnibus spending package approved by Democrats and 39 Republicans in 2022 and signed into law by Biden. Leadership of the House changed in 2023 when Republicans took control and before the plaque was ready to be installed. The memorial has been in limbo ever since.
Measure would tighten eligibility for health and food programs for the poor and could add $3.8tn to US debt read more
The White House told NBC News it has decided to post only videos. There still is one transcript remaining online, however: Trump's inaugural address. read more
U.S. President Donald Trump showed a screenshot of Reuters video taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of what he falsely presented on Wednesday as evidence of mass killings of white South Africans. read more
A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education and ordering that fired employees be reinstated. read more
One FEMA official described the strategic plan to CBS News as the agency's "organizational backbone." "Without it, there are just a bunch of offices doing whatever they feel like doing," the official said. read more
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