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WASHINGTON—Once again waiting till the last minute, Congress approved a temporary money bill, called a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the government going, its lights on, and its functions continuing through early March. The measure averts a scheduled shutdown.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —It’s a presidential election year, and that means Cabinet secretaries often deviate from official duties to laud their presidential bosses, while the secretaries speak out on the hustings.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A 90-times-criminally indicted and confirmed sexual abuser, Donald Trump, won the Republican caucuses in Iowa last night leaving far behind spineless rivals who never once during the campaign posed any kind of challenge to him or his ideas.
WASHINGTON —Fed up with the big Class I freight railroads’ incessant drive to put profits over people, and safety, and with federal regulators’ piecemeal and often pro-corporate responses, a coalition of rail freight unions issued a comprehensive analysis of the problem, with key recommendatio...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate is apparently tone-deaf to the rising popular demand for ending U.S. military aid to the Jewish state due to its massive bombing and other attacks on the people of Gaza. The deafness appeared January 16 when senators defeated a resolution by Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt.