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House GOP is moving swiftly toward Mayorkas' impeachment as Senate focuses on a border security deal 01/18/2024 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying the groundwork for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a House committee on Thursday heard from parents whose tearful testimony sought to link government border policy to their daughters' deaths and from a law professor warning off the effort GOP lawmakers approve a 'flat' income tax for Kansas, but a governor's veto looms 01/18/2024 04:35pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas on Thursday passed a broad package of tax cuts promoted as widespread relief that the Democratic governor is likely to veto because she says it favors the wealthy and threatens the state’s budget in the future. The opposing viewpoints kept the t In Davos, Israel's president calls ties with Saudi Arabia key to ending war in Gaza 01/18/2024 11:28am • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a key element of ending the war with Hamas and a game-changer for the entire Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Thursday at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss town of Davos. “I UN: Palestinians are dying in hospitals as estimated 60,000 wounded overwhelm remaining doctors 01/18/2024 07:36am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the tens of thousands people hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee call Honda, Kia and Hyundai dominate list of Best Cars for the Money 01/18/2024 05:38am • Just in time for this weekend's D.C. Auto Show, U.S. News & World Report has issued its 2024 list of the Best Cars for the Money. Eleven cars have won the distinction ranging from compact sedan to minivan to three-row SUV. Three automakers dominate the list: Honda, Kia and Hyundai. "We bel Ruben Studdard, Clay Aiken join WTOP as 20th anniversary 'American Idol' tour hits Bethesda Theater 01/18/2024 04:36am • They memorably squared off in the finals of Season 2 of "American Idol" (2003) just as the reality singing competition was embarking on a meteoric rise to become the No. 1 television show in America. Next week, Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken bring their special 20th anniversary tour to Bethesd Nearly two years after invasion, West still seeking a way to steer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine 01/18/2024 12:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's been nearly two years since the United States and its allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. That roughly $300 billion in Russian Central Bank money has been sitting untapped as the war grinds Biden brings congressional leaders to White House at pivotal time for Ukraine aid and US border deal 01/17/2024 11:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted top congressional leaders at the White House to underscore Ukraine's security needs as it continues to fight Russia's nearly two-year-old invasion, hoping to add momentum to efforts to pass $110 billion in stalled aid to Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. a Hawaii lawmakers open new legislative session with eyes on wildfire prevention and housing 01/17/2024 09:27pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers on Wednesday opened a new session of the state Legislature vowing to address glaring problems laid bare by the deadly wildfire that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina in August: the threat posed by wildfires and the lack of affordable housing. Lahaina is still Biden administration finalizes a $1.1 billion aid package for California's last nuclear power plant 01/17/2024 07:10pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday finalized approval of $1.1 billion to help keep California’s last operating nuclear power plant running. The funding is a financial pillar in the plan to keep the Diablo Canyon Power Plant producing electricity to at least 203 9 Best Blue-Chip Dividend Stocks 01/17/2024 07:00pm • In Wall Street parlance, blue chip means quality. Blue-chip stocks represent mature, reputable, financially sound companies with established histories of reliable performance. Like all stocks, blue chips fluctuate up and down with the market and other factors. Still, savvy investors consider blue-ch 25 Best Jobs That Pay $100K or More 01/17/2024 07:00pm • Bring in a six-figure salary with these jobs.A six-figure salary is a career milestone that many Americans strive to achieve. Despite inflation, $100,000 per year is still a substantial salary that puts you well ahead of the median American household, which earned $74,580 in 2022, according to the U Ariana Grande announces new album, 'eternal sunshine,' will arrive March 8 01/17/2024 01:44pm • Thank you, next: Ariana Grande announced on Wednesday that her new album, titled “eternal sunshine,” will be released on March 8. Last Friday, Grande released her first single from “eternal sunshine,” a house-informed pop kiss-off to the haters, “yes, and?” News of the album first broke Yellen says current US economic growth 'vindicates' Biden's COVID-19 pandemic stimulus spending 01/17/2024 11:06am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is pushing back against Republican criticism of the Democrats' big coronavirus pandemic response package and making an election-year pitch that the current state of the U.S. economy “vindicates” the steps taken in 2021 to “get our economy bac The political and economic ramifications of undermining the free market in health care 01/17/2024 11:03am • This content is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA). Congress has reconvened and one of the hot topics in 2024 in the area of healthcare is prescription drug pricing, which has drawn considerable attention from lawmakers. Former U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsy