JOE BIDEN

The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed this week show it will slice America's carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade.

A Saudi court has sentenced a doctoral student and women’s rights advocate to 34 years in prison for spreading “rumors” on Twitter and retweeting dissidents.

Pardoning Donald Trump would be the best way to ensure he never runs for office again.

Sachs, a Columbia University professor, said the Biden administration should not have continued Trump-era tariffs on China.

Taiwan US Trade FILE - Visitors review new Asus computer products at the Computex trade show in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File) (Wally Santana)HUALIEN, Taiwan — (AP) — The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a wide-ranging trade treaty in a sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory. Meanwhile, Taiwan's military held a drill Thursday with missiles and cannon simulating a response to a Chinese missile attack. President Joe Biden’s coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region, Kurt Campbell, said last week trade talks would “deepen our ties with Taiwan” but stressed policy wasn’t changing. Taiwan, with 23.6 million people, has launched its own military drills in response.

The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade agreement in a sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory.

The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory.

In 2021, six tropical systems spawned in just three weeks between Aug. 10 and Aug. 30, a prime time period for tropical development.

Rudy Giuliani has arrived back in New York after spending hours before a special grand jury investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. (Aug. 17)

The New York City mayor's office says 129 people arrived at the Port Authority Bus Terminal Wednesday looking for asylum in the U.S.

They're targeting Black and Latino voters, two groups whose support for Biden has sagged in recent months.

NEW ORLEANS — (AP) — A judge’s order that forced the Biden administration to resume sales of oil and gas leases on federal land and waters was vacated Wednesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. Biden signed an executive order that suspended new lease sales soon after taking office in 2021. The law requires the government to reinstate $192 million in leases in the Gulf of Mexico that were blocked by another court ruling last year. “Offshore oil and gas leasing has been protected and will proceed,” said Milito. Environmentalists remained hopeful that the ruling would prompt the administration to move forward with other changes to the oil and gas leasing program, such as limits on future development including where leasing occurs.

A judge's order that forced the Biden administration to resume sales of oil and gas leases on federal land and waters has been lifted by a federal appeals court.

Capitol Police weren't alerted about the threats until 5:55 p.m. on Jan. 6, 2021, by which time officers were already under siege by a violent mob.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes provisions that could help you save on health insurance, prescription drugs and home energy improvements.

The Inflation Reduction Act offers tax credits and other incentives for switching to cleaner energy alternatives.

Liz Cheney’s resounding election defeat marks the end of an era for the Republican Party.

Railroad Contract Talks FILE- A BNSF rail terminal worker monitors the departure of a freight train, on June 15, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. — (AP) — The major freight railroads signaled they're ready to negotiate a new deal with their workers based on a presidential report that calls for 24% raises, but the 12 unions involved in the stalled talks covering 115,000 workers still haven't commented on the recommendations. They chose capital over the needs of workers and our nation," Union Pacific engineer Ross Grooters said on Twitter. The current contract talks have gone on for more than two years without an agreement and rail workers haven't had a raise since 2019. But the railroads said the recommended wage increases and bonuses would result in average payouts of $11,000 to rail workers for back wages dating back to 2020.

The major freight railroads signaled they’re ready to negotiate a new deal based on a presidential report that calls for 24% raises, but the 12 unions involved in the stalled talks covering 115,000 workers still haven’t commented on the recommendations.

Two weeks before federal student loan payments are set to resume, the Biden administration hasn't said whether or not there will be another extension.

Yellen IRS File - Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks about the economy during a news conference at the Treasury Department, July 28, 2022, in Washington. Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) (Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON — (AP) — Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats' expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. Most recently, Republican politicians and candidates have distorted how the climate, tax and healthcare bill would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. Yellen last week sent instructions to IRS leadership not to increase audit rates on Americans making under $400,000 a year annually.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will modernize its technology, customer service and hiring.

Now that President Joe Biden signed Democrats' expansive climate, tax and health care bill into law, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has directed the IRS to develop a plan within six months outlining how the tax agency will overhaul its technology, customer service and hiring processes. In part, the improvements are meant to “end the two-tiered tax system, where most Americans pay what they owe, but those at the top of the distribution often do not," Yellen said in a Tuesday memo to IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig, whose term ends in three months. Yellen has called for the IRS to “fully resolve the inventory backlog and make significant improvements in taxpayer services," “to overhaul an information technology system that is decades out of date” and invest and train employees “so they can identify the most complex evasion schemes by those at the top."

A man who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor says two other men were “very eager” to move forward with the plan in 2020.

Proposal would extend student loans payment pause, eventually cancel loans (NCD)Student loan borrowers will know “soon” if the pause in federal loan payments will be extended, according to Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. The Responsible Education Assistance Through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act would rescind the student loan pause. pic.twitter.com/ARK4FjVX3D — SLSA (@SLSAorg) August 16, 2022The pause affects those with federal student loans. Biden had been pressed to forgive up to $50,000 in federal student loan debt. He said he would not consider that amount, but has indicated he is considering forgiving up to $10,000 in student loan debt.

In May, President Biden met Tice's parents and reiterated his commitment to working toward "Austin's long overdue return to his family."

Syria Austin Tice FILE - Marc and Debra Tice, the parents of Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria, speak during a press conference, at the Press Club, in Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 4, 2018. The Syrian Foreign Ministry denied on Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, that it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File) (Bilal Hussein)DAMASCUS, Syria — (AP) — Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him. “We know with certainty that he has been held by the Government of Syria,” Biden said in his statement last week. It was the highest-level talks in years between the U.S. and Assad's government, though Syrian officials offered no meaningful information on Tice.

Syria has denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans, a week after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of holding him

China US Climate Beachgoers walk near wind turbines along the coast of Pingtan in Southern China's Fujian province, on Aug. 6, 2022. The world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are sparring on Twitter over climate policy, with China asking if the U.S. can deliver on the landmark climate legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden this week. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns took to Twitter on Sunday to say the U.S. was acting on climate change with its largest investment ever — and that China should follow. Using the acronym for the People's Republic of China, he ended with: “The PRC should follow+reconsider its suspension of climate cooperation with the U.S.”China elaborated on its “Can the U.S. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has been pushing China to set more ambitious climate goals.

The world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are sparring on Twitter over climate policy, with China asking if the U.S. can deliver on the landmark climate legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden this week.

DAMASCUS, Syria — (AP) — Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him. Biden's remarks were the clearest indication so far that the U.S. is certain Tice is being held by the government of President Bashar Assad. Tice went missing shortly after his 31st birthday on Aug. 14, 2012 at a checkpoint in a contested area west of the capital Damascus. A video released a month later showed him blindfolded and held by armed men, saying “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.

Syria has denied it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans, a week after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of holding him.

The nation's leading abortion rights advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood, plans to spend a record $50 million ahead of November’s midterm elections.

This year’s back-to-school season will restore a degree of pre-pandemic normalcy.

The "Tonight Show" host mocked the president for a move he made as he signed a climate and health care bill into law.

US Afghanistan Explainer FILE - Taliban special force fighters arrive inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021. A year after America's tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines. Critics slam the August 2021 evacuation of more than 120,000 American citizens, Afghans and others as poorly planned and badly executed. They say the complete withdrawal of U.S. forces opened the door to a resurgence of al-Qaida and Islamic State militants in the country. It noted that outside groups, including former military troops who had worked with Afghan interpreters and others, began coordinating their own networks to get people out.

Rudy Giuliani says he has “satisfied his obligation” after facing hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta.

A year after America’s tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines.

VIDEO: Here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act will affect Floridians Here’s how the Inflation Reduction Act will affect FloridiansORLANDO, Fla. — On Tuesday, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, marking the end of a long-promised effort to deliver on climate change and drug price reduction promises he made to voters on the campaign trail. READ: How Florida seniors stand to benefit from Inflation Reduction ActMillions of Floridians will continue to enjoy subsidized Affordable Care Act coverage, since the act extended tax benefits that were on the verge of expiring, according to the nonpartisan Florida Policy Institute. However, the institute’s CEO, Sadaf Knight, said hundreds of thousands of poor Floridians would be left out. READ: Central Florida food banks are seeing more people due to inflation“The Inflation Reduction Act was an opportunity to close the coverage gap by creating a solution in the bill,” she said. READ: Inflation Reduction Act: What it means for your tax billIn addition to investments in the renewable energy industry and upgrading manufacturing plants, Democrats have aimed the law at homeowners.

Railroad Contract Talks FILE- A BNSF rail terminal worker monitors the departure of a freight train, on June 15, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. — (AP) — The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks suggested Tuesday that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike. According the report, the board is recommending 24% wage increases and $5,000 in bonus payments over the life of the contract. Railroad workers have gone without a raise since 2019 while the contract talks drug on. The major freight railroads have all said they want to hire hundreds more workers, but worker shortages are making that difficult.

How Biden's wins are impacting Democratic primaries, what you should watch in tonight's elections, and how to interpret the special election results in Minnesota.

Scientists say new climate investment will have some beneficial effect on global warming, but the U.S. has a way to go.

Several new websites launched Tuesday to help people identify which vehicles qualify for the credits. Based on data submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, at least 31 new 2022 and 2023 models qualify for the tax credit. It includes a tax credit of up to $7,500 that could be used to defray the cost of purchasing an electric vehicle. If the metals requirement isn’t met, the automaker and its buyers would be eligible for half the tax credit, $3,750. The tax credit would be available only to couples with incomes of $300,000 or less or single people with income of $150,000 or less.

Railroad Contract Talks FILE- A BNSF rail terminal worker monitors the departure of a freight train, on June 15, 2021, in Galesburg, Ill. Railroads and unions will use those recommendations as the basis for a new round of negotiations over the next month. A railroad strike could devastate businesses that rely on Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and other major freight railroads to deliver raw materials and ship their products. Railroad workers have gone without a raise since 2019 while the contract talks drug on. The major freight railroads have all said they want to hire hundreds more workers, but worker shortages are making that difficult.

The U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to award new tax credits to electric vehicle purchasers.

The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks has suggested that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike.

The special board appointed by President Joe Biden to intervene in stalled railroad contract talks suggested Tuesday that 115,000 rail workers should get 24% raises and thousands of dollars in bonuses as part of a new agreement to avert a strike. A railroad strike could devastate businesses that rely on Union Pacific, BNSF, Norfolk Southern, CSX and other major freight railroads to deliver raw materials and ship their products. A White House official said Biden is optimistic the report will provide a good framework for successful negotiations because avoiding a rail shutdown is in the nation's interests.

Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake in the second FedEx Cup playoff event.

Climate Law Analysis FILE - Employees of NY State Solar, a residential and commercial photovoltaic systems company, install an array of solar panels on a roof, Aug. 11, 2022, in the Long Island hamlet of Massapequa, N.Y. If things don’t work quite as optimistically as Hare thinks, it would be 5.4 degrees (3 degrees Celsius) of warming, the analysis said. Even that best case scenario falls short of the overarching internationally accepted goal of limiting warming to 2.7 degrees warming (1.5 degrees Celsius) since pre-industrial times. And the world has already warmed 2 degrees (1.1 degrees Celsius) since the mid-19th century. Other analysts and scientists said the Climate Action Tracker numbers makes sense.

Climate scientists say the new spending package that President Biden just signed will trim future warming a bit.

President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday.

Federal authorities and experts who study online extremism are warning of a risk of additional attacks on federal law enforcement following the FBI's search of ex-President Donald Trump's Florida home.

Before President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday, he called the legislation that invests in fighting climate change and aims to reduce health care costs for Americans “one of the most significant laws in our history.”

Biden President Joe Biden speaks before signing the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. It also would help an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic. “In normal times, getting these bills done would be a huge achievement,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said during the White House ceremony. He plans to hold a larger "celebration" for the legislation on Sept. 6 once lawmakers return to Washington. The White House announced Monday that it was going to deploy Biden and members of his Cabinet on a “Building a Better America Tour” to promote the recent victories.

The Inflation Reduction Act will limit insulin co-pays for Medicare patients to $35 per month. Where efforts to provide similar relief to other patients stand.

After more than a year of debate, Biden's sweeping infrastructure bill is becoming law — albeit a significantly smaller version of his Build Back Better plan.

The cancelation in federal student debt for 208,000 borrowers came after authorities found "widespread and pervasive misrepresentations" at the defunct college chain, the Education Department said.

A former Virginia police officer who testified against a friend and former supervisor he joined at the Capitol in the Jan. 6 insurrection has avoided prison time for his role in it.

It also would help an estimated 13 million Americans pay for health care insurance by extending subsidies provided during the coronavirus pandemic. He plans to hold a larger "celebration" for the legislation on Sept. 6 once lawmakers return to Washington. Though Democrats have labeled the measure the Inflation Reduction Act, nonpartisan analysts say it will have a barely perceptible impact on prices. Still, Biden and Democrats are hailing the legislation as a once-in-a-generation investment in addressing the long-term effects of climate change, as well as drought in the nation's West. Another $64 billion would help 13 million people pay premiums over the next three years for privately bought health insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats' flagship climate and health care bill. Approved by the divided Congress, the bill brings the biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. But the package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals. Republicans deride the 730-page bill as big government overreach and point particular criticism at its $80 billion investment in the IRS to hire new employees and go after tax scofflaws. HELP PAYING FOR HEALTH INSURANCEThe bill would extend the subsidies provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to help some Americans who buy health insurance on their own.

President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and now he has signed into law legislation with a slimmer version of that idea.

Education Sec. Miguel Cardona said he is "having conversations daily with the White House" on the student-loan payment pause that's expiring Aug. 31.

Virus Outbreak Jill Biden FILE - President Joe Biden looks at his grandson Beau Biden as first lady Jill Biden waves and walks to board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Aug. 10, 2022. First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing ‘mild symptoms’ the White House announced Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) (Manuel Balce Ceneta)KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — (AP) — First lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing "mild symptoms," the White House announced Tuesday. The Bidens have been vacationing in South Carolina since Aug. 10, and the 71-year-old first lady began experiencing symptoms on Monday. Jill Biden, like her husband, has been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19 Jill Buden's positive test comes amid the president’s recovery. (NCD)First lady Jill Biden is experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 on Tuesday after testing positive for the viral infection, according to officials. She was staying Tuesday at a home in South Carolina, where Alexander said she plans to stay until she has received at least two negative COVID-19 tests. The First Lady has tested positive for COVID-19. He subsequently tested positive again in a “rebound case” of the viral infection that ended earlier this month.

She had been vacationing with President Joe Biden in South Carolina when she began experiencing symptoms Monday.

Student Debt ITT Tech FILE - ITT Technical Institute campus seen closed after ITT Educational Services announced that the school had ceased operating, Sept. 6, 2016, in Rancho Cordova, Calif. Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceled. It adds to the administration's growing list of piecemeal student debt cancellations — a similar action in June promised to erase $5.8 billion in debt related to Corinthian Colleges — but it provided no answers on broader student debt cancellation. The new policy will automatically cancel any remaining federal student debt that was used to attend ITT Tech from Jan. 1, 2005, through its closure in 2016. The Education Department has previously approved the cancellation of $1.9 billion in debt held by former ITT Tech students, largely for students who applied for relief saying they were misled by the company. Tasha Berkhalter enrolled at ITT Tech in 2006 to pursue a career in criminal justice after being honorably discharged from the Army.

Students who used federal loans to attend ITT Technical Institute as far back as 2005 will automatically get that debt canceled.

First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms.”.

First Lady Jill Biden has cancelled a planned trip to Orlando after testing positive for COVID-19. Biden reportedly tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday morning...

The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change and would cap prescription drug costs.

History doesn’t support the notion that higher company taxes necessarily lead to higher prices or lower wages.

The latest results from the Wyoming primary ahead of the 2022 midterms.

The latest results from the Alaska primary ahead of the 2022 midterms.

Congress Budget Stock Buybacks FILE - In this June 7, 2021 file photo, The Federal Hall statue of George Washington overlooks the New York Stock Exchange on June 7, 2021, in New York. Democrats have pulled off a quiet first in legislation passed this month: the creation of a tax targeting stock buybacks. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders loathe them, calling the practice “paper manipulation” to enrich senior executives and big shareholders. Where stock buybacks stand as the Democratic bill becomes law:BUYBACK BONANZAThe major companies in the S&P 500 index bought a record amount of their own stock last year, $882 billion. “I hate stock buybacks,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters as the legislative package advanced through Congress.

Democrats have pulled off a quiet first in legislation passed this month: the creation of a tax targeting stock buybacks.

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says after losing a Republican primary she’s thinking about running for president.

President Joe Biden has signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill.

Taiwan is high on the summer travel list for U.S. members of Congress on their August recess this year.

Days of widespread drug cartel arson and shootings in four Mexican states last week have left people asking why drug cartels exploded, and what do they want.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home.

Polish officials are marking their nation’s Armed Forces Day holiday alongside the U.S. army commander in Europe and regular American troops, a symbolic underlining of NATO support for members on the eastern front as Russia wages war nearby in Ukraine.

Elections in Wyoming and Alaska on Tuesday could relaunch the political career of a former Republican star and effectively end the career of another.

Salman Rushdie's agent says the author is “on the road to recovery” two days after suffering serious injuries in a stabbing at a lecture in upstate New York.

As more details emerge about the Georgia investigation into possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election, high-profile lawyers are getting involved.

At the 7th annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville, a lineup of GOP national heavyweights and local Nevada politicians fired up a crowd of 1,500 Republicans with a message of urgency.

Climate activists are pressuring President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency, something the White House hasn't done yet.

Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has received nearly $1 million in campaign contributions over the past year from private equity professionals, hedge fund managers and venture capitalists whose interests she has staunchly defended in Congress.

The flagship climate change and health care bill passed by Democrats and soon to be signed by President Joe Biden will bring U.S. taxpayers one step closer to a government-operated electronic free-file tax return system.

Republicans in Congress are not only defending Donald Trump against the FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago home.

Arizona officials say they will use shipping containers to close a 1,000-foot gap in the border wall near the southern Arizona farming community of Yuma.

With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, President Joe Biden is poised to sign into law his landmark Inflation Reduction Act Tuesday afternoon.

The FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sent reverberations across the country, even before court papers were unsealed Friday.

A federal judge has reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump.

The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change.

Democrats have pushed their landmark climate and health care bill through Congress, handing an election-year victory to President Joe Biden.

Last week, Kansas voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot measure that would have allowed state lawmakers to tighten restrictions on abortion.

Gas prices hit record highs just two months ago, but now they're sinking below $4 a gallon.

Numerous transportation projects across the U.S. will be getting a slice of $2.2 billion of new federal funding.

Whether it's the fitness tracker on your wrist, the “smart” home appliances in your house or the latest kids’ fad going viral in online videos, they all produce a trove of personal data for big tech companies.

An off-duty Virginia police officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol with a fellow officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison, matching the longest prison sentence so far among hundreds of Capitol riot cases.