The Boston Marathon bomber case reaches the Supreme Court
The federal government is appealing a lower court ruling that overturned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence.
Politics & Government
White House organizes virtual global summit to tackle ransomware
The White House is hosting a virtual meeting for more than 30 countries — from Ukraine to the United Arab Emirates — this week to find ways to fight ransomware together.
United against higher spending, centrist Democrats don't agree on what to cut or keep
Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are the two holdouts as Democrats and the White House try to reach a deal on a sweeping spending bill. But their policy demands may put them at odds.
Southwest Airline officials say delays and cancellations weren't caused by a protest
Southwest Airlines is again canceling dozens of flights, but officials say they are slowly returning to normal operations. The airline denies pilots staged a protest the airline's vaccine mandate.
The U.S. will soon allow nonessential travelers from Canada and Mexico again
Nonessential travel has been halted on the U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico borders since March 2020. That'll change next month, but vaccines will be required.
The House passes a short-term fix to the looming debt ceiling crisis
The bill heads off fiscal calamity and puts an end — for now — to tense negotiations over the federal debt limit.
Democrats weigh how to shrink their social spending plan and still make big change
Shorten the shelf life of programs or cut programs altogether? Those are a couple of the choices facing Democrats as they try to shrink the overall cost of the package.
2 Senate Democrats are holding up Biden's spending package — with conflicting demands
Two Democrats are not on board with President Biden's domestic agenda. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., may be at odds due to their own policy priorities for this package.
G20 meets to find a way to prevent economic collapse and help citizens in Afghanistan
The G20 is holding a special summit on Afghanistan as the country heads toward a humanitarian crisis.
California's Justice Department is now investigating the cause of the oil spill
California Attorney General Rob Bonta says investigators will work to find the cause of the oil spill and whether anything could have been done to prevent the spill.