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The Congressional Hispanic Caucus campaign arm on Wednesday called on Democrats to support Nevada's application to host the first Democratic presidential primary in the country. The plea comes after a midterm cycle in which Democrats successfully defended Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto's seat and three House seats in the Silver State. In a joint statement, Rep....

The elections board in Luzerne County, Pa., certified their vote canvass on Wednesday after being sued for missing a state deadline earlier in the week. Board members on Monday had voted to defy the state certification deadline in a 2-2 vote, with one abstention, after polling places in the county experienced paper shortages on Election...

A group of Republican senators on Wednesday threatened to withhold their votes to advance the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) if the chamber doesn't vote on whether to end the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the military. Led by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the group said the military is...

White House officials expressed concern on Wednesday about the condition of Paul Whelan, who is being detained in Russia, after his family said they have gone several days without hearing from him. "Our embassy in Moscow has been working to understand exactly Paul's condition and why his family hasn’t heard from him," press secretary Karine...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expanding its wastewater testing for polio in parts of Michigan and Pennsylvania, officials announced Wednesday. Polio outbreaks once caused panic in the United States but those concerns died once a vaccine was created and widely distributed in the 1950s and 1960s.   Concerns over the...

The top Democrat and Republican on the Senate’s antitrust committee led a grilling of the CEOs of Kroger and Albertsons on Tuesday over their planned $25-billion grocery mega-merger, which comes after months of rising inflation that has hit consumers hard.  “The companies assure us that this is the merger that will make everything better,” said...

The use of smart meters to enforce water restrictions could encourage widespread conservation — but not without local backlash, a new study has found. Amid California’s ongoing drought, researchers partnered with the city of Fresno in summer 2018 to access and identify water violations via household meter data. While a resulting surge in fines brought...

A click of a button. That’s all it takes for us to connect with the rest of the world. We are living through a “Fourth Industrial Revolution,” in which the internet has blurred boundaries between our physical and digital world. This new frontier changed how we interact with one another, how we consume media, and how...

President Biden on Friday will visit with Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, while they are visiting Boston, Mass. “The president intends to greet the Prince and Princess of Wales in Boston. We’re still finalizing the details. I don’t have any anything more to share,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters...

Former President Clinton announced on Twitter Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms. Clinton tweeted that he is “doing fine overall” and is grateful to be fully vaccinated and boosted. “I’m grateful to be vaccinated and boosted, which has kept my case mild, and I urge everyone to do...

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh will meet with Senate Democrats Thursday to brief them on the railroad labor deal brokered by the Biden administration that four freight rail unions rejected, ahead of an expected vote on whether to block a potential rail strike. A Senate Democratic leadership aide said that Buttigieg...

The legal authorities to protect the American public from drone threats expire on Dec. 9.

Queen Elizabeth II’s lady-in-waiting has resigned after repeatedly questioning a Black British charity founder on her background.  Ngozi Fulani of Sistah Space, a charity that supports women of African and Caribbean heritage in the United Kingdom who have faced domestic and sexual abuse, was invited to the Palace on Tuesday with about 300 other guests...

The House passed a bill on Wednesday to avert a railway strike, taking the first major step in avoiding a walkout of workers that would have drastic effects on the U.S. economy as it heads into the holiday season. The chamber passed the resolution in a 290-137 vote, sending it to the Senate for consideration...

President Biden on Wednesday committed his administration to protecting a Nevada mountain and the surrounding landscape, but stopped short of the national monument designation desired by advocates. Avi Kwa Ame, or Spirit Mountain, is a sacred site to the indigenous people of the Yuman language group, and environmentalists have also called for a national monument...

Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State group, was killed recently in battle, The Associated Press reported. The news service reported that Islamic State spokesperson Abu Omar al-Muhajer made the announcement in an audio clip released on Wednesday, indicating he did not provide further details on who was responsible or when al-Qurayshi...

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and one of the group's state leaders were convicted Wednesday of seditious conspiracy and other charges related to their role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.  Jurors announced their verdict in one of the most high-profile cases stemming from the insurrection after a nearly two-month-long trial and three days of...

Corporate profits in the nonfinancial sector hit a record high of $2.08 trillion in the third quarter even as 40-year-high inflation continues to squeeze American consumers. Profits adjusted for inventories and capital consumption rose $6.1 trillion from the second to third fiscal quarters, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday, continuing a red-hot recovery from the flash...

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is condemning white nationalist Nick Fuentes and defending former President Trump after a dinner he had with the rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye; Fuentes and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. She also reflected on her past interactions with Fuentes and Yiannopoulos, which have resurfaced in the aftermath of the...

An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday -- but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people’s lives.

House Democrats on Wednesday elected Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to head the party in the next Congress, marking a generational shift after 20 years under the reign of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) while making Jeffries the first Black figure to lead either party in Congress in the nation’s history.  The shift was no surprise. After...

Tens of millions of workers are on their way to a $15 minimum wage or higher.

At least two people were killed as severe storms swept the Southeast on Tuesday night, leading to tornadoes and intense rain that placed millions under weather advisories. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued tornado warnings for Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama as severe thunderstorms rolled through into the overnight hours, with the agency confirming a tornado...