• Prosecutions, Epstein and the $1.8B fund: What to watch at Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Todd Blanche is heading into a high-stakes test this week in his bid to become attorney general, with key Republicans still undecided about whether to back his nomination. Blanche will need the support of all GOP lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee in order to advance his nomination to lead the Justice […]
  • Inflatable dinosaurs race at Emerald Downs, in photos
    AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — Racers in inflatable T-Rex costumes participate in the T-Rex World Championship Races at Emerald Downs on Sunday in Auburn, Washington. The annual race traces its origins to a 2017 team-building event for a local pest control company. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Brought to you […]
  • The Latest: Supreme Court justices set to testify in rare appearance before Congress
    Weeks after the end of a historic term, Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett will make a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. The justices could face wide-ranging questions as the high court seeks millions of dollars to beef up security amid a rise in threats to the […]
  • Warsh to say Fed has ‘no tolerance’ for high inflation but provides no hints on next move
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said in written testimony Tuesday the Fed will make high inflation “a thing of the past,” yet provided no signal about the central bank’s next steps. Fed policymakers “have no tolerance for persistently elevated inflation,” Warsh will say when he testifies at 10 a.m. Eastern before a […]
  • Who is Darline Graham Nordone, Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sister?
    CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Darline Graham Nordone, who was appointed to serve the remaining months of the Senate term that her late brother, Lindsey Graham, left behind when he died over the weekend, hasn’t been in office before. But through her brother’s decades of public service, Nordone has been by his side, supporting him in […]