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Amid signs of internal discord, the US Supreme Court is waiting until the bitter end to do the largest share of its work in more than 70 years.

The U.S. is putting as many as 8,500 troops on heightened alert for deployment to bolster NATO forces in Eastern Europe if needed as Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s borders, offering a show of military force alongside diplomatic efforts to defuse the crisis.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocates billions of dollars to priority areas, including funding for the development of carbon capture infrastructure, alternative energy sources and technologies, grid infrastructure, and electric vehicle infrastructure.

Readers respond to articles on the submarines, celestial navigation, and more.

The current Supreme Court term will, starting this week, determine whether the constitutional right to abortion will be gutted and if sweeping new restrictions will be allowed in much of the country.

President Joe Biden celebrated the latest jobs figures, despite U.S. job growth in September being the slowest so far this year. Biden is also facing pressure from rising gas prices, but a solution might conflict with his environmental agenda.

Immediately launching a removal effort should Larry Elder win on Sept. 14 would show the absurdity of California's recall process.

Pressure to reform and rebuild the nation’s emergency medical supply stockpile is mounting after shortages early in the coronavirus pandemic.

March 5, 2021 7:01 AM By Zachary Sherwood and Brandon Lee Senate Democrats face a gauntlet of Republican attempts to rein in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus package in a marathon session of votes that will extend the timetable for passage into the weekend. Democratic leaders plan to rough it through the amendment process and emerge with a bill that gets the votes of all 50 Democrats without risking a revolt from progressives in the House, which will have to agree o...