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To ease the labor crunch, some states are moving to roll back restrictions to let teens work more hours — much to the chagrin of labor rights groups, who see it as a troubling trend

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden will now have to sell it to their respective parties. They have to make sure that the deal is popular enough to pass both the House and Senate without a revolt on either side

The former U.S. Representative gave a commencement speech at Colorado College on Sunday. Cheney’s speaking schedule has fueled speculation about whether she may choose to enter the 2024 GOP presidential primary race

If the Republican succeeds in pushing the budget-cutting deal through Congress, it will be an accomplishment like nothing he has achieved before

An increasing number of malls, amusement parks and other public places where teens gather to meet their friends have implemented policies requiring them to be accompanied by adult chaperones at least at certain times of the day

Though the government opened some new avenues for immigration, the fate of many people is largely left to a U.S. government app only used for scheduling an appointment at a port of entry

Race has emerged as a central issue — and a delicate one — in the 2024 presidential contest as the GOP’s primary field so far features four candidates of color, making it among the most racially diverse ever

The Justice Department has, in some cases, questioned where the money is really going because many of those charged have had government-funded legal representation

The Florida governor’s showdown with the former president will define the presidential primaries and the future of the political group. While the real estate magnate is leading in the polls, he knows that trends can quickly change

The GOP-led House of Representatives on Saturday approved 20 articles of impeachment on sweeping allegations of wrongdoing that have trailed the state’s top lawyer for years, including abuse of office and bribery

McCarthy said the House will vote on the legislation on Wednesday, giving the Senate time to consider it ahead of the June 5 deadline to avoid a possible default

Several Catholic dioceses and American newspapers have revealed cases that, until recently, were unknown to the public. EL PAÍS has discovered that, after committing their crimes in the U.S., the accused clergymen headed for Spain… and managed to disappear

Support from both parties will be needed to win congressional approval next week before the government’s projected June 5 debt default

The historic vote came after a monthslong House investigation into the three-term attorney general that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power, including obstruction of justice, bribery and abuse of public trust

‘The world has drastically changed,’ the vice president told the roughly 950 graduating cadets. She referred to the global pandemic that took millions of lives and the fraught shifts in global politics in Europe and in Asia

The criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos startup is entering its final phase

Detractors have accused him of more concern with power than harmony during his tenure, enacting realpolitik policies favoring American interests while assisting or emboldening repressive regimes

After years of legal and ethical scandals, there could be an impeachment vote on Saturday that could quickly throw him from office

The international agency foresees high interest rates until the end of 2024 due to persistent inflation and a resilient economy

Most large American cities are reporting fewer homicides this year, according to data collected by the Council on Criminal Justice, which created a Crime Trends Working Group this spring in hopes of providing more real-time information on crime

Americans and the world are watching with concern the negotiating brinkmanship that could throw the U.S. economy into chaos and sap world confidence in the nation’s leadership

The Treasury Secretary’s comments come as Congress breaks for the three-day Memorial Day weekend, and as tensions build over whether a deal between the White House and Republicans in Congress will be struck in time

The House has set a Saturday vote to consider impeaching Paxton and suspending him from office over allegations of bribery, unfitness for office and abuse of public trust

‘We all deserve the same access to employment, housing and public accommodation, regardless of our appearance, and it shouldn’t matter how tall you are or how much you weigh,’ said Mayor Eric Adams

The holiday is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s come to anchor the unofficial start of summer and the travel season

The candidate for the Republican presidential nomination insists books aren’t actually being ‘banned’ in his state’s schools, preferring to call the forced removal of some books ‘curation choices’