(Note profane language in 17th paragraph) By Jonathan Landay VILKHIVKA, Ukraine – The near-constant crump of shellfire washed over this battered hamlet on Wednesday, testifying to fierce fighting beyond its…
WASHINGTON -U.S. lawmakers plan to hold a hearing this month on shortages of infant formula, the House Energy and Commerce Committee said on Wednesday, calling the situation “increasingly alarming.” The…
By Katharine Jackson and Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) -Victims of the collapse of a Surfside, Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people have reached a $997 million settlement with insurers, developers…
WASHINGTON -The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that it was stepping up security for members of the U.S. Supreme Court ahead of an anticipated ruling by the high court…
By David Brunnstrom, Simon Lewis and Michael Martina WASHINGTON -President Joe Biden will host Southeast Asian leaders in Washington this week, seeking to show his administration remains focused on the…
By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif. -In New York, lawmakers have introduced a bill to expand funding for abortion care. California legislators will soon vote on measures aimed at increasing the…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -Arkansas’s attorney general on Wednesday accused drugmakers and pharmacy benefit managers of colluding to drive up the price of insulin drugs, the latest in a series…
WASHINGTON – A Democratic bill that would legalize abortion throughout the United States was failing to get the 60 votes needed to advance in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, amid…
By Diane Bartz and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm privacy expert Alvaro Bedoya to be a commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission, giving…
(Reuters) – A Florida judge on Wednesday said the state’s new congressional map, championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, unconstitutionally dilutes Black citizens’ voting power. During a virtual hearing, Circuit…
By Pavel Polityuk and Jonathan Landay KYIV/VILKHIVKA, Ukraine -Ukrainian forces reported battlefield gains on Wednesday in a counterattack that could signal a shift in the momentum of the war, while…
Texas School Board Candidates Sweep Elections With Help Of Anti-CRT PACs Kendall Tietz on May 11, 2022 Texas school board candidates backed by anti-Critical Race Theory conservative political action committees…
By Nate Raymond and Rami Ayyub (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated seven new members to the hobbled U.S. Sentencing Commission, restoring hope among criminal justice reform advocates…
By Andy Sullivan and Jason Lange WASHINGTON -Donald Trump’s favored candidate fell short in Nebraska’s Republican primary election for governor on Tuesday, but the former president’s pick prevailed in a…
NYT Writer Who Taught Class On ‘Black Rage’ Gets A Pulitzer Kendall Tietz on May 11, 2022 A New York Times writer and university professor who taught a class on…
‘Radical Leftist’: Senate Poised To Confirm Biden Nominee Who Is Anti-ICE Jennie Taer on May 11, 2022 The Senate is likely to vote this week on President Joe Biden’s nominee…
‘Hidden Tax’: Inflation Runs Rampant After Biden Skirts Blame On Rising Costs Thomas Catenacci on May 11, 2022 Inflation eased in April, but still surged 8.3% year-over-year, a pace far…
Dems Seek To Lock Up Critical Minerals, Throwing A Wrench In Biden’s Green Agenda Thomas Catenacci on May 11, 2022 Several top Democrats doubled down on an effort Tuesday to…
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE – The White House on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of Al Jazeera reporter and Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh and called for an investigation into…
STOCKHOLM – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed Finland and Sweden to the verge of applying for NATO membership. Finland, which shares a 1,300-km (810-mile) border with Russia, and Sweden…
(Reuters) – A remote island off Ukraine occupied by Russia on the first day of its invasion has, as Kyiv steps up efforts to retake it, become the focal point…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A murder suspect who escaped from an Alabama jail with the help of a female corrections officer was heavily armed and prepared for a shootout…
By Drazen Jorgic MEXICO CITY – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has stopped stationing a plane in Mexico for anti-narcotics operations for the first time in decades after Mexican…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY -The wives of two of the last remaining Ukrainian fighters holed up in Mariupol’s steelworks asked Pope Francis on Wednesday to help get soldiers to…
(In third paragraph, corrects ‘paramedics’ to ‘civilian healthcare professionals’) By Jorge Silva and Ivan Lubysh-Kirdey BAKHMUT, Ukraine – The hospital in the small Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was never intended…