Winston-Salem business, education leaders lay out legislative priorities
Business and education leaders joined with elected officials in Winston-Salem Friday to discuss legislative priorities for the coming year, with jobs, training, and afforda
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Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off
The freight railroad CSX announced this week it had made a deal to provide paid sick leave to roughly 5,000 rail workers. The White House and lawmakers are pushing other railroads to follow suit.
Rep. Angie Craig told police she fought off an attacker using hot coffee
Rep. Craig, D-Minn., is bruised but otherwise OK after a man attacked her Thursday. Her suspected assailant, now in custody, did not appear to have political motivations
Biden administration officials briefed lawmakers on the downed Chinese balloon
It's been nearly a week since the U.S. shot down the spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. The incident is reverberating in Washington as the Navy and FBI work to recover the balloon's remains.
Senate panel hearing targeted Southwest Airlines holiday travel meltdown
Southwest Airlines was on the hot seat during Thursday's Senate panel hearing. Senators had a lot of questions about the airline's Christmas meltdown.
Sen. John Fetterman spends the night in the hospital after feeling lightheaded
The first-term Pennsylvania senator is in good spirits and has been talking with staff and family. He suffered a stroke last year, but tests Wednesday didn't show evidence of another stroke.
Nicaragua frees almost all of its political prisoners
In a surprise move from an increasingly authoritarian government, Nicaragua has freed almost all of its political prisoners. More than 200 were put on a plane and flown to Washington, D.C.
Southwest Airlines was in the hot seat at a Senate hearing over its recent meltdown
A Senate hearing Thursday explored the causes and impacts of recent air travel disruptions. Some Democrats called for an airline passengers bill of rights that would include big payouts for delays.
The push for a bill that would drive research into reparations for Black Americans
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Democratic New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman about the effort to reintroduce H.R. 40, a bill that would create a task force to study reparations for Black Americans.
House panel on 'weaponization' of the government's first hearing takes aim at DOJ, FBI
The hours-long meeting for the House Judiciary Committee's select subpanel saw Republicans and Democrats trading attacks.