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Election 2022-Trump-Kentucky Congressman FILE - Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., talks to reporters before leaving Capitol Hill in Washington, March 27, 2020. Just two years ago, Trump said the maverick congressman should be thrown out of the Republican Party. Rep. Thomas Massie had angered Trump by opposing a massive COVID-19 relief package in 2020 when he was in the White House. Trump took to Twitter to urge GOP leaders to “throw Massie out of Republican Party!″The two apparently patched things up. CRYPTOCURRENCY IN CONGRESSBig spending by a cryptocurrency billionaire helped catapult political newcomer Carrick Flynn to front-runner status in the crowded Democratic primary for Oregon's new 6th Congressional District, near Portland.

The disapproval was the first time JPMorgan's board suffered a down vote on compensation since "say on pay" measures were introduced more than a decade ago.

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (Alex Brandon)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Congress held its first hearing in half a century Tuesday on unidentified flying objects. Testifying before a House Intelligence subcommittee, Pentagon officials did not disclose additional information from their ongoing investigation of hundreds of unexplained sightings in the sky. We get it from family and we get them night and day.”Lawmakers from both parties say UFOs are a national security concern. The U.S. government is believed to hold additional technical information on the sightings that it has not disclosed publicly. Scott Bray, deputy director of naval intelligence, stood next to a television to show a short video taken from an F-18 military plane.

Supreme Court FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building, Nov. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Patel and his wife, Jyotsnaben, concede they entered the U.S. illegally roughly 30 years ago since leaving their native India. In 2007, Patel applied for a “green card,” legal permanent residency status, with the support of his employer. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for five conservative justices that federal courts can't review such decisions under immigration law. “As a result, no court may correct even the agency’s most egregious factual mistakes about an individual’s statutory eligibility for relief,” Gorsuch wrote, noting the agency itself sided with Patel at the Supreme Court.

A sharply divided Supreme Court has ruled that federal courts are powerless to review immigration officials’ decisions in some deportation cases, even when they have made what a dissenting justice called “egregious factual mistakes.”.

House staffers will be able to join a union if they choose to, but it isn't a requirement under the resolution.

Newtown Shooting Infowars FILE - This Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, photo shows radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones at Capitol Hill in Washington. The Sandy Hook families' lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon. That is based on agreements revealed Friday, May 13, 2022, in a Texas bankruptcy court. The Sandy Hook families have questioned the legitimacy of the filings, saying they were meant only to delay the defamation lawsuits — claims Jones' lawyers deny. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, killed 20 children and six educators.

The Sandy Hook families’ lawsuits against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for calling the 2012 Newtown school shooting in Connecticut a hoax appear poised to resume soon.

House Defense Budget Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing for the Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoygu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday after months of refusing direct contact with his American counterpart. The call — initiated by Austin —- marked the highest level American contact with a Russian official since the war began in late February. This is the first conversation between Austin and Shoygu since Feb. 18, a week before the war started. The defense official said that the U.S. hopes it will serve as a springboard for future conversation and that it appeared that Austin's request for future communication was received.

After rebuffing U.S. requests for months, Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu spoke with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday.

Yellen Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on the Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Thursday, May 12, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. “We really need a regulatory framework to guard against the risks,” Yellen said of cryptocurrencies called stable coins, during a House committee hearing Thursday. Stable coins are a type of cryptocurrency pegged to a specific value, usually the dollar, another currency or gold. A Federal Reserve report released Monday outlines how stable coins are vulnerable to runs. “We have a really good strong labor market, we have household balance sheets that are in good shape,” as well as a strong banking sector, Yellen said.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, responding to the recent sharp decline in cryptocurrencies, says additional federal regulation is needed to respond to the wave of speculative investment in the currency whose secrecy is an essential part of its appeal.

The select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot subpoenaed House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and four other Trump-allied lawmakers.

TrayvonAsk and he’ll tell you, 'I love my job!' for all the amazing opportunities and experiences he has had his 13+ year career. He watched NASA’s last space shuttle, Atlantis, launch from Jetty Park. He followed the crowds of protesters seeking justice afterMartin’s death. Firestorms, earthquakes, riots, presidential elections, marches on Capitol Hill, and the list goes on.

For now, his party's slim majority proved unable to overcome the filibuster led by Republicans, who have been working for decades to install conservative Supreme Court justices and end Roe v. Wade. Harris can provide a tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 split Senate, but that was beside the point on Wednesday. Over several days, Democratic senators delivered speeches contending that undoing abortion access would mean great harm, not only for women but for all Americans planning families and futures. Few Republican senators spoke in favor of ending abortion access, but they embraced the filibuster to block the bill from advancing. Wednesday's failure renewed calls to change Senate rules to do away with the high-bar filibuster threshold, at least on this issue.

An Orlando man charged in connection with the riot on Capitol Hill pleaded guilty to a charge of civil disorder.

The Senate has fallen far short in a vote toward enshrining Roe v.

"Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess," read the chalk, which local police acknowledged was "not overtly threatening."

"Susie, please, Mainers want WHPA —–> vote yes, clean up your mess," read the chalk, which local police acknowledged was "not overtly threatening."

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen believes the U.S. financial system is in working order, but wouldn't be surprised to see market volatility linger.

Pelosi Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference, Friday, April 29, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi noted that the recent approval of a 21% increase in that allowance should more than cover the increased salaries. “This is also an issue of fairness, as many of the youngest staffers working the longest hours often earn the lowest salaries." The median salary for staff working for an individual lawmaker was $50,000 last year, according to the House Office of Diversity and Inclusion. A volunteer group of staffers called the Congressional Workers Union has been leading the unionization efforts.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is addressing concerns about the working conditions for some Capitol Hill aides.

Russia Ukraine War Cyber Operation Lithuania FILE - U.S. Cyber Command head, National Security Agency Director and Central Security Service Chief Gen. Paul Nakasone attends a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) (Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Pentagon's cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks. The U.S. Cyber Command mission, known as a hunt forward operation, involved a specialized team that worked to identify vulnerabilities and counter malicious cyber activity affecting the networks of Lithuania's foreign affairs ministry and defense systems. The three-month operation coincided with Russia's war against Ukraine and was part of an ongoing effort by the Cyber Command to work with foreign governments that want help protecting their networks.

The Pentagon’s cyber arm says a team spent months working with officials in Lithuania to help protect government networks there from cyberattacks.

New documents show a former Apopka police officer charged for his involvement in the Capitol Hill riot served as a leader of a local Proud Boys chapter at the time of his arrest.

Facebook's parent company is pulling back on hiring midlevel or senior-level workers as advertisers reduce spending.

Blinken FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies during a Senate Foreign Relations committee hearing, April 26, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Spokesman Ned Price said Blinken tested positive in a OPCR test on Wednesday afternoon. Price said Blinken is fully vaccinated and is experiencing only mild symptoms. Blinken tested negative Tuesday and again earlier Wednesday morning. He is the latest Biden administration figure to test positive.

The State Department says Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner and related events over the weekend.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had not seen President Joe Biden in person for several days before testing positive for the coronavirus.

The singer shared her own recent experience with abortion after a Supreme Court draft opinion was leaked that shows Roe v. Wade may be overturned.

Newsy's reporters explain early reactions and what's coming next after a draft decision overturning Roe v. Wade leaked from the Supreme Court.

NASA Administrator will testify about the space agency's 2023 budget.

The Biden administration has announced $3.1 billion in funding to U.S. companies that make and recycle lithium-ion batteries.

House Blinken Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, questions Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday April 28, 2022, to review the U.S. Department of State's foreign policy priorities and fiscal year 2023 budget request. The select committee sent letters to Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks and Ronny Jackson — three members of the ultra-right House Freedom Caucus that have in recent years aligned themselves with Trump. “The Select Committee has learned that several of our colleagues have information relevant to our investigation into the facts, circumstances, and causes of January 6th," committee chairman Bennie Thompson and vice-chair Liz Cheney said in a statement. "We urge our colleagues to join the hundreds of individuals who have shared information with the Select Committee to get to the bottom of what happened on January 6th.“Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Supreme Court Water Rule FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place the illegal campaign contributions conviction of Kentucky businessman and former Democratic Party chief, Jerry Lundergan. Lundergan and a codefendant were convicted in 2019 of orchestrating a scheme to funnel illegal contributions to the failed 2014 U.S. Senate campaign of Lundergan's daughter, Alison Lundergan Grimes. A jury convicted Jerry Lundergan on charges that he broke federal law by paying for approximately $200,000 for goods and services that benefitted his daughter's campaign. Lundergan, 75, was sentenced in 2020 to spend 21 months in prison and to pay a $150,000 fine.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place the illegal campaign contributions conviction of Kentucky businessman and former Democratic Party chief, Jerry Lundergan.

Election 2024 Hutchinson FILE - Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, June 22, 2021 in Washington. On Sunday, May 1, 2022, Hutchinson said he is considering a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump joins the race. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won't be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race. He's also made it clear since early 2021 that he would not back a Trump 2024 bid.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he is weighing a presidential run in 2024 and his decision won’t be affected by whether former President Donald Trump decides to join the race.

Biden's request for $33 billion in aid to Ukraine hit an snag on Capitol Hill, where a dispute over immigration threatens to hamstring assistance to Kyiv.

Video: VA pushing to recruit, train more healthcare providers to specialize in women’s needs This week lawmakers on Capitol Hill heard from the VA about potential gaps in care for female patients. (WFTV)WASHINGTON — The number of women veterans getting health care through the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has tripled in the last two decades, with more than half a million women receiving care through the agency today. This week lawmakers on Capitol Hill heard from the VA about potential gaps in care for female patients. Among the biggest challenges: getting enough healthcare workers who specialize in women’s health care needs. “Over the past 20 years at least, VA has become much, much better at providing women’s healthcare.

Congress Gas Prices Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, listens to a reporter during a press conference about gas prices, Thursday, April 28, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. With voters concerned about the growing toll of inflation, Democrats again signaled their intention going into November's midterm elections to place much of the blame for high gas prices on oil companies. "On the consumer and lowering gas prices? Oil executives, testifying before Congress earlier this month, said oil is a global market and that oil companies don’t dictate prices. Many Democrats in Congress have also called for Congress to suspend the 18.4 cent per gallon federal gas tax.

Congress Gas Prices Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, listens to a reporter during a press conference about gas prices, Thursday, April 28, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Democrats accused oil companies of "ripping off the American people" at a contentious hearing this month with oil industry executives. “Congress must do more to beef up the FTC’s ability to crack down on potential gas price manipulation and price gouging,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said Thursday. On the consumer and lowering gas prices? “Energy prices are determined by supply and demand, not false accusations of ‘price gouging’ motivated by the upcoming election instead of the facts.

Democratic leaders have announced an effort to give the Federal Trade Commission increased authority to crack down on oil and gas companies that engage in price gouging.

Supreme Court Water Rule FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in dissent that people who suffer discrimination often feel humiliation or embarrassment. Breyer noted in his opinion that some anti-bias laws, including against workplace discrimination, allow for damages for emotional distress. But Premier Rehab said Cummings could “communicate with the therapist using written notes, lip reading, or gesturing,” Roberts wrote. She went elsewhere, but then sued the business, asking for a court order against Premier Rehab and damages for emotional distress.

The Supreme Court has upheld the dismissal of a discrimination lawsuit filed by a deaf and legally blind woman against a physical therapy business that wouldn’t provide an American Sign Language interpreter for her appointments.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies today before the House Judiciary Committee where he's expected to face another heated round of questioning on Title 42.

Speaking Tuesday night, April 26, 2022, on PBS’ “NewsHour,” Fauci said the global pandemic isn’t over but the U.S. currently is “out of the pandemic phase.” But it doesn’t mean the coronavirus threat to Americans has ended. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) (Greg Nash)Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the coronavirus is under better control in the United States. but the pandemic isn't over — and the challenge is how to keep improving the situation. “We are in a different moment of the pandemic,” said Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, in an interview with The Associated Press. COVID-19 cases are at a lower point than they’ve been in months and two-thirds of the U.S. population is vaccinated.

Speaking Tuesday night, April 26, 2022, on PBS’ “NewsHour,” Fauci said the global pandemic isn’t over but the U.S. currently is “out of the pandemic phase.” But it doesn’t mean the coronavirus threat to Americans has ended. Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said on the PBS “NewsHour” on Tuesday that the coronavirus remains a pandemic for much of the world, but the threat is not over for the United States, adding that he was speaking about the worst phase of the pandemic. "Namely, we don’t have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are still experiencing a pandemic,” Fauci told the Post. The Biden administration has stressed that the nation has more tools — vaccinations, booster shots and medications — to better handle infections than earlier in the pandemic.

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the state of the coronavirus in the U.S., saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” on new infections, hospitalizations and deaths.

Migrants have been expelled more than 1.8 million times under Title 42.

Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.C., pushed ahead Monday. The House passed legislation that would create a commission to study the feasibility of a new National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. The bill approved unanimously by the House would establish a new commission to consider the feasibility of a new National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. Plans are underway for two other museums, the National Museum of the American Latino and the Smithsonian Women's History Museum. “Our story is not just an Asian American story, it’s an American story.”Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Efforts to create a national Asian Pacific American museum in Washington, D.

President Joe Biden plans to speak at a memorial service on Sunday for former Vice President Walter Mondale, who died last April at age 93.

Supreme Court FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law, earlier struck down by lower courts, that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities. The justices did not comment in leaving in place a ruling by a federal appeals court panel that the so-called ag-gag law violated the First Amendment by stifling speech critical of animal agriculture. The Animal Legal Defense Fund and the Center for Food Safety were among the groups that challenged the ban. Federal appeals courts considering similar laws in Iowa and Idaho had split over the issue, raising Kansas' hope that the high court would step in.

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Kansas to revive a law that banned secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities but that was struck down by lower courts.

Supreme Court Water Rule FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed, who claims untested crime-scene evidence will help clear him. Reed was sentenced to death for the 1996 killing of 19-year-old Stacey Stites. Reed says Fennell was angry because Stites, who was white, was having an affair with Reed, who is Black. Fennell, who served time for sexual assault and was released from prison in 2018, has denied killing Stites.

Orrin Hatch dead at 88 FILE - This April 16, 2010, file photo shows Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listens to testimony on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hatch died Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the age of 88. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (Charles Dharapak/AP)Former U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest serving senator in Utah history, died Saturday evening at the age of 88, the Hatch Foundation confirmed. >> Read more trending newsThe Hatch Foundation sadly announces the passing of Senator Orrin G. Hatch—the former President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate and the longest-serving Senator in Utah history (1977-2019). To learn more about his incredible life, click here:https://t.co/XFOMEYbe2l pic.twitter.com/dCGa7ew11f — Orrin G. Hatch Foundation (@OrrinHatch) April 24, 2022According to the foundation, Hatch died at 5:30 p.m. local time surrounded by family.

Supreme Court FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building, Nov. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The injured were expected to recover and the suspect was found dead hours later. Authorities had said earlier that they were seeking a 23-year-old Virginia man as a person of interest. Separately on Friday, emergency medical crews were called to the Supreme Court around 6:30 p.m. after a man set himself on fire outside the building. The University of the District of Columbia went into lockdown, telling students and staff to shelter and stay in place.

Supreme Court FILE - An American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building, Nov. 2, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Authorities had said earlier that they were seeking a 23-year-old Virginia man as a person of interest. The man had been “linked to social media postings” that emerged as part of the investigation, said Assistant Metropolitan Police Chief Stuart Emerman. Separately on Friday, emergency medical crews were called to the Supreme Court around 6:30 p.m. after a man set himself on fire outside the building. The University of the District of Columbia went into lockdown, telling students and staff to shelter and stay in place.

At least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, were shot when a gunman unleashed a flurry of bullets Friday afternoon in the nation’s capital, leading to lockdowns at several schools.

Republican leaders are more beholden than ever to a narcissistic demagogue who has no respect for democracy or the law.

Supreme Court Water Rule FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday that a federal appeals court was wrong when it ordered Michigan to retry or release a convicted murderer because his rights were violated when he was shackled at trial. The justices said the appeals court should have applied two different legal tests, not just one, and that the man's case didn't pass the second test. Davenport then took his case to federal court, and an appeals court concluded he should be released or retried. State courts concluded that Davenport's shackling didn't affect the case's outcome.

Federal Reserve-Crypto FILE - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking Committee hearing, Thursday, March 3, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. “So that does point in the direction of (a half-point rate increase) being on the table" for the Fed's policy meeting May 3-4, Powell said. Typically in the past, the Fed has raised its benchmark short-term rate by more modest quarter-point increments. That would be the fastest tightening since 1994, when the Fed raised its rate by 1.25 percentage points over the course of three meetings. Typically, interest rate policies can do little about such supply shocks.

Supreme Court FILE - An American flag blows in the wind in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court has upheld the differential treatment of residents of Puerto Rico, ruling that Congress was within its power to exclude them from a benefits program that’s available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The court held by an 8-1 vote Thursday that making Puerto Ricans ineligible for the Supplemental Security Income program, which provides benefits to older, disabled and blind Americans, did not unconstitutionally discriminate against them. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, whose parents were born in Puerto Rico, was the lone dissenter. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Federal Aviation Administration failed to inform Capitol Police of the pre-planned flyover.

The U_S_ Capitol was briefly evacuated Wednesday evening after police identified an aircraft that they said posed "a probable threat.”.

Russia Ukraine War Sanctions FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The sanctions include the first set of penalties against a cryptocurrency mining firm in relation to the war. The Treasury Department’s sanctions arm designated the commercial bank Transkapitalbank, which has operations in China and the Middle East. Treasury also targeted people and companies led by U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev — the founder of a Russian Orthodox news channel, Tsargrad TV. In a first, the U.S. government issued penalties against a cryptocurrency mining firm in relation to the war.

You have the right to remain silent.

Russia Ukraine War Sanctions FILE - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, Wednesday, April 6, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The sanctions include the first set of penalties against cryptocurrency mining firms in relation to the war. The Treasury Department’s sanctions arm designated the commercial bank Transkapitalbank, which has operations in China and the Middle East. Treasury also targeted people and companies led by U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev — the founder of a Russian Orthodox news channel, Tsargrad TV. “The United States is committed to ensuring that no asset, no matter how complex, becomes a mechanism for the Putin regime to offset the impact of sanctions,” Treasury said in a statement.

The U.S. rolled out new sanctions on Wednesday against more than 40 individuals and entities accused of evading the ongoing wave of penalties imposed on Russia as punishment for invading Ukraine.

A Marion County woman charged for her involvement in the Capitol Hill riot is asking a federal judge to move her trial out of the District of Columbia.

Supreme Court Water Rule FILE - Visitors walk outside the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (Patrick Semansky)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to the 2017 tax law that capped federal tax deductions for state and local taxes. It argued that the Republican-led tax law, signed by then-President Donald Trump, unfairly singled out high-tax states in which Democrats predominate. The law caps a deduction for state and local taxes, known as SALT, at $10,000. The lawsuit claimed that lawmakers crafted the provision to target Democratic states, interfering with the states' constitutionally granted taxing authority.

The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland to the 2017 tax law that capped federal tax deductions for state and local taxes.

Supreme Court Nomination People celebrate the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson the first Black woman to reach the Supreme Court during a rally outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Friday, April 8, 2022. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) (Jose Luis Magana)WASHINGTON — (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a lawsuit filed by four New York City public school employees over a policy that they be vaccinated against COVID-19. As is typical the justices did not say anything in rejecting the case, and it was one of more than 100 the court turned away. New York City began requiring public school employees to be vaccinated in the fall of 2021. Courts had declined to bar the city from enforcing their policy, which applies to some 150,000 employees and has religious and medical exemptions.

The Supreme Court is declining to wade into a lawsuit filed by four New York City public school employees over a policy that they be vaccinated against COVID-19.

"Speaking of clowns and jokes…have you heard the one where the Chinese Communist Party said China had nothing to do with starting Covid?" Graham said.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)SALT LAKE CITY — (AP) — Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away. The messages from Lee to Meadows — and messages from Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy to Meadows — were reported on and published Friday by CNN. They show Lee’s efforts to assist Trump began Nov. 7 and included early support for Powell. Later, Lee explored a plan to encourage state legislatures to alter the outcome of the 2020 election by appointing alternate electors. Her involvement in the efforts have raised concerns about her husband's potential involvement in any cases involving the election or the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee worked on early efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, helping push legally dubious schemes to keep then-President Donald Trump in power, before he shifted course and quickly backed away.

The contest to replace former Republican Rep. Devin Nunes in California will present voters with a sharply defined choice: the candidates are a progressive Democrat who supports universal health care and a former Trump administration appointee.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says more government regulation is needed to police the proliferation of cryptocurrency and other digital assets and to ward off fraudulent and illicit transactions.

The attorney representing a Marion County man arrested for his involvement in the Capitol Hill riot has been disbarred, prompting a hearing set for Thursday in the nation’s capitol.

Capitol Hill has a fox problem.

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the Justice Department has closed without criminal charges an investigation into political fundraising activity at his former business.

CIA Director William Burns has tested positive for COVID-19.

An Orlando man charged in connection with the riot on Capitol Hill is expected to agree to a plea deal, according to testimony in court.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday that new forms of digital money such as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins present risks to the U.S. financial system and will require new rules to protect consumers.

A federal agency says it's running out of money to cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday.

The Supreme Court says it won’t review the case of a Seattle-based Christian organization that was sued after declining to hire a bisexual lawyer who applied for a job.

A Senate committee has approved a bipartisan blueprint to overhaul the nation’s public health system, applying the lessons of COVID-19 to future outbreaks through a new chain of command, a stronger medical supply chain, and clearer crisis communications.

The Senate has unanimously approved a measure that would make daylight saving time permanent next year.

Companies critical to U.S. national interests will have to report when they’re hacked or they pay ransomware.

Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course and allow the transfer of Poland’s MiG fighter jets to the Ukrainians to fight the Russian invasion.

This could be the end of the line for congressional funding to fight COVID-19.

Congress has given final approval to legislation that for the first time would make lynching a federal hate crime in the U.S. The Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act now goes to President Joe Biden to sign into law.

The Biden administration says it is offering humanitarian relief to Ukrainians in the United States to protect them from being deported.

The U.S. Treasury Department has concluded that more than 80% of the billions of dollars in federal rental assistance during the pandemic went to low-income tenants.

The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard troops to Washington, D.

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a child.

The U.S. Senate is launching a bipartisan working group of lawmakers to scrutinize conditions within the Bureau of Prisons following reporting by The Associated Press that uncovered widespread corruption and abuse in federal prisons.

President Joe Biden is hoping to use his upcoming State of the Union address as a chance to nudge the pandemic into the nation’s rear-view mirror.