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Biden signs a package of spending bills passed by Congress just hours before a shutdown deadline 03/09/2024 01:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation's success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budge Another burst of hiring shows off the resilience of the US job market 03/09/2024 09:25am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� America���s employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in February, adding a surprising 275,000 jobs and again showcasing the U.S. economy���s resilience in the face of high interest rates. Last month���s job growth marked an increase from a revised gain of 229,000 jobs Congress passes first package of spending bills just hours before shutdown deadline for key agencies 03/08/2024 11:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate on Friday approved a $460 billion package of spending bills in time to meet a midnight deadline for avoiding a shutdown of many key federal agencies, a vote that gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year. The The Latest | Sea route for Gaza aid gains momentum as cease-fire talks stall 03/08/2024 09:16pm • The United States and Europe are seeking to open a sea route that would bring humanitarian aid into Gaza, as alarm grows over the spread of hunger among the besieged territory's 2.3 million people. However, aid officials say deliveries by ships or recent airdrops are far more costly and inefficient Spending bill would ease access to guns for some veterans declared mentally incapable 03/08/2024 04:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days ��� a reversal of current law that Republicans, and even some Democrats, h Haiti's prime minister is locked out of his country and faces pressure to resign 03/08/2024 10:19am • Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry is struggling to stay in power as he tries to return home, where gang attacks have shuttered the country's main international airport and freed more than 4,000 inmates in recent days. As of midday Wednesday, Henry remained in Puerto Rico, where he landed the day be Leading NGOs slam Israel's halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank 03/08/2024 10:16am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel���s halt in renewing visas for international aid workers in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli occupied West Bank is kneecapping aid work just when it's needed the most, a coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups says. Israel���s welfare ministry has paused its work President Biden to make 'unity agenda' appeal to Congress in State of the Union 03/07/2024 04:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Much of President Joe Biden���s State of the Union on Thursday night will focus on comparing his vision for America with that of the Republican Party, setting up an election-year contrast that Biden hopes will pay dividends in November. But he'll also focus on areas that he an State of the Union: What to watch as Biden addresses the nation 03/07/2024 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The State of the Union speech is one of the biggest pieces of political theater every year. It's rooted in a simple requirement in the U.S. Constitution that directs the president to ���give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union, and recommend to their Considerati Georgia bill would punish cities and counties that break law against 'sanctuary' for immigrants 03/06/2024 10:00pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Some Georgia senators want to punish cities and counties that they say are illegally harboring immigrants who are in the country without permission by cutting off most state aid to the local government and removing elected officials from office. The Senate Public Safety Committee vo House passes $460 billion package of spending bills. Senate expected to act before shutdown deadline 03/06/2024 06:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House passed a $460 billion package of spending bills Wednesday that would keep money flowing to key federal agencies through the remainder of the budget year. The Senate is expected to take up the legislation before a midnight Friday shutdown deadline. Lawmakers are negotiat Politicians seek new alliances to lead Haiti as gangs take over and premier tries to return home 03/06/2024 06:35pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Haitian politicians started pursuing new alliances Wednesday, seeking a coalition that could lead the country out of the gang violence that has fueled lawlessness, closed the main airport and prevented embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry from returning home. Haiti rem The Latest | South Africa says UN court should order Israel to let more aid into Gaza 03/06/2024 04:51pm • South Africa has gone back to the United Nations��� top court seeking additional orders for Israel to let humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, citing ���widespread starvation��� in the devastated Palestinian territory. After nearly five months of war, much of Gaza is in ruins. International pressur V-J Day 'Kiss' photo stays on display as VA head reverses department memo that would've banned it 03/06/2024 12:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Veterans Affairs secretary has reversed a department memo that aimed to ban VA displays of the iconic ���V-J Day in Times Square��� photograph of a Navy sailor kissing a woman he did not know on the streets of New York at the end of World War II. Secretary Denis McDonough Biden administration would cap credit card late fees at $8, part of campaign against junk fees 03/05/2024 04:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Biden administration announced a rule Tuesday to cap all credit card late fees, the latest effort in the White House push to end what it has called junk fees and a move that regulators say will save Americans up to $10 billion a year. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau