• After long waits at the Social Security Administration, its chief says things are getting better
    WASHINGTON (AP) — After complaints about staffing cuts and long waits to get help at the Social Security Administration, its commissioner says he’s ready to make the case to Congress this week that things are getting a lot better at the embattled agency. Frank Bisignano is expected to face pointed questions from lawmakers at a […]
  • The Latest: Maine primary election tests Platner’s support following mounting scandals
    Voters across Maine, Nevada, South Carolina and North Dakota will cast their ballots Tuesday in another day of primary elections in America, but much of the political world will be focused on Maine’s high-stakes U.S. Senate contest. The results aren’t in question. Neither Republican incumbent Sen. Susan Collins nor Democratic challenger Graham Platner faces serious […]
  • The Latest: Federal judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas
    A federal judge on Monday struck down the Trump administration’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, contradicting an earlier federal court ruling upholding the fee hike. The administration announced the much-higher fee as a way of preventing foreign workers from taking American jobs. Schools and states say filling teacher and doctor jobs was already hard […]
  • Sidelined U.S. study on alcohol’s health effects published in independent journal
    By Emma Rumney LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) – A study that found even low levels of drinking alcohol can increase health risks was published in full on Tuesday in an independent journal after being sidelined by the Trump Administration, which opted not to consider the federally-commissioned research to inform new U.S. drinking guidelines set out […]
  • House is set to fund Trump’s immigration actions for the rest of his time in the White House
    WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will look to get nearly $70 billion for immigration enforcement over the finish line Tuesday, enough to fund a pair of Homeland Security agencies through the next three years and the rest of President Donald Trump’s time in office. Speaker Mike Johnson will need near perfect attendance and unity on […]