How a Venezuelan man new to politics became an opposition leader who says it’s his turn to rule
Edmundo González has become a beacon of hope for millions of Venezuelans. They want to call him president. He believes he won that office at the ballot box last year. The ...
IRS has improved taxpayer services but is slow to resolve ID theft, an independent watchdog says
The IRS boosted taxpayer services through Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act but still faces processing claims from a coronavirus pandemic-era tax credit program and is slow to ...
Jimmy Carter lies in state at Capitol Rotunda ahead of his state funeral
President Jimmy Carter will lie in state for a second day Wednesday after his remains arrived in Washington a day earlier as ...
Heisman Trophy runner-up Ashton Jeanty of Boise State to enter NFL draft
Ashton Jeanty, who rushed for the second-most yards in a season in major-college football history and was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy, will leave Boise State to enter the ...
What this week’s winter wallop means for farmers across the U.S.
A nasty dose of winter weather has pummeled much of the U.S. from Kansas to the East Coast, leaving many Americans to dig out ...
Speaker Mike Johnson says Trump is the coach calling plays. But what if coach changes his mind?
House Speaker Mike Johnson often says he sees himself as the quarterback and President-elect Donald Trump as the coach ...
At last, some welcome news on college costs. Tuition has fallen significantly at many schools
The cost of college keeps spiraling ever higher, right? Not necessarily. New research indicates students are paying ...
Wildfires latest: Thousands flee Los Angeles as blazes burn in and around the city
Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force on Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape from ...
US applications for jobless claims fall to 201,000, lowest level in nearly a year
U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in nearly a year last week, pointing to a still healthy labor market with historically low layoffs. The Labor Department on ...
Australian Open 2025: There really isn’t much time off in the offseason for tennis players
If it seems as though the 2025 professional tennis year started pretty much immediately right after 2024 ended, that’s because that’s exactly what happens in a sport where the offseason really ...
Trump asks the Supreme Court to block sentencing in his hush money case in New York
President-elect Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to call off Friday’s sentencing in his hush money case in New York. Trump’s lawyers turned to the ...
Top Fed official backs new rate cuts even if Trump tariffs materialize
A top policymaker at the U.S. Federal Reserve said Wednesday that he still supports cutting interest rates this year, despite elevated inflation and the prospect of widespread ...