U.S. Senate election: Republican Jim Justice wins, flips West Virginia seat
1 of 4 | West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, won the state's open Senate seat Tuesday night, according to NBC News, The Wall…
Democratic lawmakers tell companies they want answers on ‘shrinkflation’ prices
1 of 2 | “Even as our economy recovers from the pandemic, people are still hurting from high prices at the grocery store," said Rep.…
U.S. senators seek federal antitrust investigation of generative AI providers
Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. (pictured 2023), who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer rights, said in a letter to DOJ…
Thousands of hotel workers strike for better wages, fairer workloads
Some 10,000 hotel workers formed picket lines in eight cities across the United States on Sunday as they called for better wages and the restoration…
DNC sets stage for Kamala Harris’ history-making acceptance speech
1 of 6 | Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her history-making presidential nomination acceptance speech Thursday night as the Democratic National…
Teachers union sues MOHELA for allegedly mismanaging students’ loan accounts
The American Federation of Teachers, under Randi Weingarten, filed a lawsuit Monday accusing the Higher Education Loan Authority of Missouri of mismanaging its borrowers' accounts.…
Trump rallies supporters for first time since assassination attempt
1 of 3 | Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump holds his fist up after speaking at his first joint rally with Republican vice presidential…
Trump, Vance hold first rally in Michigan while Harris campaigns for Biden in Massachusetts
Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, is expected to join Donald Trump in Michigan Saturday for his first campaign rally as Trump's vice president pick. Photo by…
Wall Street bankers tell Senate they oppose new increased capital regulation
1 of 5 | Wall Street bank CEO's testified before the Senate banking committee Wednesday, united in opposition to proposed new rules requiring them to…
House holds vote on stopgap funding measure as shutdown deadline looms
1 of 3 | House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., lacks his party's full support on a government funding bill due to a shortage of spending…
Top tech CEOs call for AI regulation in closed-door Senate meeting
1 of 5 | Owner of X and CEO of Tesla Elon Musk calls artificial intelligence a "civilizational risk," as he speaks to the press…
Democratic senators demand DOJ sue fossil fuel industry over climate change
1/3 Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., sent a letter Monday to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, urging the Justice Department to bring…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to investigate Tesla over Twitter ‘conflicts of interest’
1/2 Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is urging the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Tesla’s board of directors over what she called “apparent conflicts of…
U.S. job openings fell to near two-year low in March
In the U.S. Labor Department's latest report on the job market, separations increased in construction by 104,000. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo…
Democratic lawmakers urge Fed Chairman Jerome Powell not to raise interest rates
Democratic Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Sheldon Whitehouse and other lawmakers urged the Federal Reserve to stop interest rate hikes to avoid damaging the economy.…
U.S. hiring remains strong, raising expectations of higher interest rate hike
1/2 Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, said U.S. Fed policies are designed to be job killers. Data, however, show new hires increased more than expected. File…