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Nonprofits making progress in tackling homelessness among veterans, but challenges remain 11/11/2023 04:27pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Along a busy Atlanta residential road, a 68-year-old Vietnam War-era Army veteran has found what he calls a "match made in heaven.” Harold Tilson Jr. found himself homeless earlier this year but for the past few months has been living in transitional housing run by the nonprofit Jim Biden's last name has helped open doors. It also has made him a target of House Republicans 11/11/2023 02:49pm • ELLWOOD CITY, Pa. (AP) — When a health care startup dreamed of building a network of rural hospitals several years ago, it turned to Jim Biden. Although he wasn’t a public health consultant or a medical expert, Jim Biden was the brother of Joe Biden, who had recently finished his term as vice pr Vivek Ramaswamy's approach in business and politics is the same: Confidence, no matter the scenario 11/11/2023 12:19am • ATLANTA (AP) — A political novice and one of the world’s wealthiest millennials, Vivek Ramaswamy has waged a whirlwind presidential campaign mirroring his meteoric rise as a biotech entrepreneur. On everything from deporting people born in the United States to ending aid to Israel and Ukraine, h Moody's lowers US credit outlook, though keeps triple-A rating 11/10/2023 06:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service lowered its outlook on the U.S. government's debt on Friday to “negative” from “stable,” citing the cost of rising interest rates and political polarization in Congress. Moody's retained its top triple-A credit rating Manchin decision hurts Democrats' Senate hopes and sparks new speculation about a presidential bid 11/10/2023 05:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Joe Manchin's decision not to seek reelection virtually ensures that the Democratic Party will lose his Senate seat next year in deep-red West Virginia, making the party's steep path to retaining its razor-thin Senate majority even more difficult. Some Democratic officials are also Yellen says her talks with Chinese finance chief laid groundwork for Biden's meeting with Xi 11/10/2023 05:01pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that she and her Chinese counterpart agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden an Yellen says ransomware attack on China's biggest bank minimally disrupted Treasury market trades 11/10/2023 04:18pm • U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested Friday that a ransomware attack that forced China's biggest bank to take some systems offline only minimally disrupted the U.S. Treasury market. She said U.S. and Chinese finance officials discussed the attack in San Francisco, where they met Friday ah Shutdown watch: Can Congress beat the upcoming government funding deadline? 11/10/2023 03:02pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his biggest test yet — getting his unwieldy Republican conference to unify behind a short-term spending plan to avoid a government shut New Speaker Mike Johnson grasps for a funding plan with a government shutdown rapidly approaching 11/10/2023 01:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — With just a week left to avert a government shutdown, new House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing his first big test as he tries to win House Republican support for a short-term funding plan — a task that looks increasingly difficult amid stubborn divisions in the party over feder Harris files paperwork putting Biden on South Carolina's ballot to kick off 2024 Democratic primary 11/10/2023 12:11pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris flew to South Carolina on Friday to file paperwork putting President Joe Biden on the 2024 presidential ballot of the state, which will lead off the Democratic presidential primary thanks to a White House-led schedule overhaul meant to better empo The Great Grift: COVID-19 aid thieves bought fancy cars, a Pokemon card - even a private island 11/10/2023 10:44am • YANKEETOWN, Fla. (AP) — A freshwater spring bubbles amid the mangroves, cabbage palms and red cedars on Sweetheart Island, a two-acre uninhabited patch of paradise about a mile off the coast of this little Gulf Coast town. Pelicans divebomb nearby into the cool waters of Florida's Withlacoochee Ba Hollywood's strikes are over, but a painful industry-wide transition isn't 11/10/2023 09:52am • NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s months of labor unrest are coming to an end, but the post-strike landscape that awaits actors and writers may be far from happily-ever-after. The film and television industry could rightly celebrate the conclusion this week of a bruising, protracted work stoppage that As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth 11/10/2023 01:42am • LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy this month celebrating Masses at his two parishes, presiding over remembrances for the dead — and preparing the electronic music set for his next international DJ gig. What started nearly two decade Astronaut Frank Borman, commander of the first Apollo mission to the moon, has died at age 95 11/09/2023 07:12pm • BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Astronaut Frank Borman, who commanded Apollo 8's historic Christmas 1968 flight that circled the moon 10 times and paved the way for the lunar landing the next year, has died. He was 95. Borman died Tuesday in Billings, Montana, according to NASA. Borman also led troubled Ea How to Get Free Money as a Student 11/09/2023 07:00pm • The average cost of college is $36,436 per student per year in 2023, according to the Education Data Initiative. But you may not have to pay for the full cost of your attendance. Before turning to student loans or dipping into your savings, consider the following free ways to get money for college.